Course Category: Free for All-Inclusive Members

Developing Gift Acceptance Policies

Learn the core tenets of a sound gift acceptance policy that will help to protect the integrity of your institution. You will gain insights into how you can best work with a gift acceptance committee and train frontline fundraisers on the intricacies of your guidelines as they relate to: Real property Matching gifts Split-interest gifts Gifts with associated benefits Morality clauses Included with your registration is a resource packet including 10 sample gift acceptance policies.

Improving Efficiency for Grant Support Systems

Examine a model for pre-award grant support that can drastically improve efficiency. You will learn how the University of Arizona has seen success by embedding grant and contract managers within specific departments. Working alongside department business officers, these grant managers have provided oversight and consistency to the process while greatly cutting costs. Join us to learn how you can adapt this model to your unique institutional context.

Gamification: Practical Strategies for Your Course

Learn how to strategically implement game-based design principles that can help you better engage students in a more interactive approach to education. Using gamification in your courses does not have to be difficult nor does it have to be comprehensive. We will discuss a range of different approaches that you can implement immediately to help make assignments more competitive, grading scales more interactive, and content more compelling.

Measuring and Evaluating Your Planned
Giving Program

Learn how you can use data to effectively measure and improve your planned giving program. You will learn how to: Determine the right metrics for your shop Collect and track key pieces of planned giving data Communicate your program’s value internally and externally Our expert instructor has experience at both small and large institutions and will share insights that you can apply to your own institutional context.

Managing and Supporting Adjunct Faculty

Learn proven approaches for supporting adjunct faculty. From orientation to retention, you will gain practical ideas for improving your institution’s relationship with its adjunct faculty members. You will learn practical ideas for: Onboarding and professional development Classroom evaluations and performance reviews Retaining your best adjunct faculty “After attending this webcast, I feel like we have many ideas and resources we can use for supporting part-time faculty and helping them to feel a sense of belonging.” – Melinda Miller, Department Chair and Professor, Sam Houston State University “This session provided ideas that can be adopted at a manager level while working toward institutional goals.” – Gail Mireau, Program Manager of Continuing Education, Red River College

9 Formative Assessment Techniques for
Online Courses

Gain nine formative online assessment strategies to improve student learning outcomes. This example-packed training provides a guide for each assessment technique, allowing you to practically apply these techniques in your online courses to improve student feedback and more effectively address student challenges.

Fundraising for Law Schools

Traditional fundraising tactics often underperform when approaching law school alumni. Gain tailored tools and techniques for engaging this unique alumni group and compelling them to give. Throughout this training you will learn how to: Meaningfully engage law school alumni Respond to challenges of debt and time constraints Adapt your infrastructure for fundraising success Create law school-specific alumni events

Athletics Fundraising: Direct Mail Strategy

Learn how to develop a comprehensive direct mail strategy for your athletic program. If your institution is looking to grow its athletic fundraising efforts, a coordinated direct mail strategy is a cost-effective first step toward building a donor pipeline and growing fundraising capacity. You will gain insights on scheduling sends, creating compelling messaging, and coordinating your efforts across coaches, student athletes, and centralized advancement staff. Examples of Direct Mail Pieces Included in your registration is a comprehensive resource packet with sample mailing schedules and successful direct mail and email campaigns.

Practical Tactics for Building Academic Grit

Help students build their academic grit by identifying resiliency challenges and offering them practical solutions. Whether you are pointing students toward campus resources or coaching students directly, you will leave this training better able to promote success and persistence. You will learn interventions that you can start using immediately both in person and online to help students: Build self-efficacy in the classroom Improve faculty interaction skills Overcome life barriers Integrate into campus life and culture “Sue was very articulate and the flow of the webcast was excellent. I felt engaged and even though I have more than 10 years in higher ed, I took away new ideas.” Anne Marie Hodges, Chamberlain College of Nursing “It was very helpful! I especially appreciated the interactive activity. It was handled very well. Going through the specific questions or suggestions you might give to a student helped me ground the general advice that the presenter gave.” Carolina De la Rosa, Student Engagement Specialist, SUNY Plattsburgh

Conducting Internal Investigations in
Higher Education

Get the information you need to conduct efficient and effective internal investigations for complaints against faculty and staff. Whether you are new to internal investigations or new to higher education, join us online to walk through the process of what you must accomplish during an internal investigation. You will learn the necessities of internal investigations from an attorney and from a practitioner in higher education, including: What needs to be investigated, and who needs to be involved Critical components of every investigation Proper report-writing and documentation Communication strategies for internal and external parties Register for a recording of this webcast, and keep it in your training library to supplement your existing training of current and future investigators. Note: This program will not cover civil rights investigations related to Title IX.

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