Build a student advancement ambassadors program appropriate for your institution.
Your students are your best advancement assets. They connect with your prospects, increase peer giving awareness, act as compelling institutional spokespeople, and express the most powerful gratitude to your most appreciated donors. Admissions departments have used these skills for years, but developing students into effective advancement representatives requires well-defined goals and thorough training.
Join Academic Impressions in this archived webcast to learn how to create an advancement ambassador program that harnesses your students' potential, pairs their skills with your shop's vision, and supports their own professional goals. Using Kansas State's and Carnegie Mellon's programs as models, you will learn:
Advancement professionals (especially those in alumni relations and annual giving) charged with increasing engagement among students, alumni, and donors will learn how to create an ambassador program that builds intergenerational connections, expresses effective gratitude, and increases giving awareness.
Donor participation numbers continue to drop across the country. Now is the time for your institution to build a strong student philanthropy program to insulate itself from deeper, future declines.
Purchase the Using Student Ambassadors and Foundations in Advancement archived webcast along with the two below and you can save $150!
To register for any combination of these events and receive a discount, select 'pricing and registration' and select 'Attend this event plus related events'
"This webinar provided a great model and ideas for developing a more robust student philanthropy program. We will definitely take pieces of this model and apply to our institution."-Shannon Polz, Alumni Relations Officer, Lourdes College
"The webinar was very well laid out with a good progression from the theoretical to the applied. I really appreciated the discussion at the end on to how to get started with your own program. It provided great building blocks to look at how best to organize and implement this type of program at my own faculty."-Anonymous participant
"I think anyone looking to expand stewardship, fundraising, alumni relations, and student involvement could learn something from this webcast."-Anonymous participant
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Dan has held his current role since 2007, focusing on building CMU's class reunion program, student alumni programs, and the overall alumni connection to the campus community. He also oversees the coordination of alumni events at Spring Carnival & Reunion Weekend and homecoming events for both students and alumni. Prior to working in alumni relations, Dan worked in student affairs at CMU and at Northwestern University.
Mindy has served in her current role since 2003, focusing on further developing annual fundraising campaigns including alumni, faculty and staff, parents, corporations, and students. Beyond annual giving, she serves as a major gift officer for student life and lead advisor for the K-State Student Foundation. Prior to her current position, Mindy began her career college admissions at K-State and has also worked in nonprofit health agencies on national and local levels.
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