Dr. Jennifer Freed

Jennifer has been at Rio since 2004 and has served as biology faculty as well as an instructional designer and the faculty chair for eLearning design. In addition to serving as the co-principal director for the Predictive Analytics Reporting Framework Grant, she is the principal investigator for the Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave IIIb Grant, […]

Jeremiah Owyang

Hailing from enterprise Web management, Jeremiah, a former industry analyst, consults and speaks on the topics of disruptive technologies for brand-related customer strategies. He authors the popular blog Web Strategy and has hosted workshops, events, and community tweet-ups across the globe. He’s active with the Twitter community and has more than 52,000 followers and growing. […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Comprehensive Multi-channel Solicitation Calendar

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention. Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Artificial Intelligence

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention.   Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Strategies to Build Your Donor Base: Digital Engagement

As competition for donor dollars increases, it’s more important than ever to build solid strategies around the three critical components of the annual giving fundraising cycle: acquisition, participation, and retention.   Join us for a discussion series to learn new ideas for how to build and sustain a healthy donor base. In community with other annual […]

Recruiting and Retaining Faculty and Staff Mentors for Minority Students

While many institutions have peer-to-peer mentoring programs in place, more departments are now charged with creating formal mentoring programs for minority students involving faculty and staff. Loyola University Chicago has several such faculty/staff mentoring programs to retain their students of color. Join us online to learn about one of Loyola’s minority mentoring programs – Loyola […]

8 Keys to Improving Task Forces and Committees in Higher Education

Time is the most precious resource on campus, and it is one we can control and influence. But how closely do we manage people’s time across our institutions? What are the biggest opportunities to increase the value from someone’s time? And how do we actually derive more value? These are the questions that led us […]

Ben Jones, MA, CFRE, PMP

Ben blends his extensive Internet startup experience seamlessly into finding entrepreneurial approaches to increasing private foundation and corporate support in Higher Education. He has over a decade of experience in corporate and foundation relations, coupled with over fifteen years experience in Internet business development and production management. Over his career, he has raised over $30 […]

Dr. Cherylyn Cameron

After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Alberta and a Master of Arts in education from Central Michigan University, Dr. Cameron attended University of Toronto and completed a PhD in Theory and Policy Studies in Education. Her dissertation, “The Lived Experience of Transfer Students from a Baccalaureate Nursing Program,” won […]

Jennifer Dilley

Ms. Dilley brings experience in student-housing operations with a diverse academic background including the design, implementation and management of a new division at the nation’s largest accredited private art school. Ms. Dilley works as the bridge between department heads, faculty and students through open communication and a partnership strategy to ensure needs are met. She […]