Course Category: Free for All-Inclusive Members

Developing a Risk Management Mindset as a Front-Line Student Services Professional

Learn how front-line student services staff can use a risk management template to evaluate their everyday work. Throughout this training we will walk through common scenarios and discuss how you can utilize the risk management template to protect both your institution and your students. Why do We Need To Pay Attention to Risk Management? The average student affairs professional may not assess risk when doing key job functions like running a student activity event, having a student conduct meeting, working in campus recreation, or running an athletic event. Even high profile events or protests may not get the rightful attention from frontline student affairs staff. While you don’t need to expect everyone to become a risk manager, there are simple things all of these professionals can do to account for risk.

Developing a Consistent and Productive Writing Practice (Webcast Recording)

Establishing a successful weekly writing practice can dramatically improve your productivity. However, there are lots of pitfalls that stand between faculty members and actually accomplishing their writing and productivity goals. Join Laura Plummer, Director of the Scholarly Writing Program at Indiana University, as she outlines ways to overcome these obstacles. Because productive writing depends on a balance of hard and soft skills, we will cover both. You’ll learn about software tools like Scrivener and Mendeley, and you’ll also leave with techniques to help you build focus, space, accountability, and rewards into your practice.

Four Skills to Build Professional Mindsets with Students (Webcast Recording)

Learn how your institution can help students build professional mindsets. In this webcast, you will learn how to focus on four key skills in your interactions with students. We have designed this event with a broader audience in mind. This webcast is applicable to anyone who works directly with students and would like to incorporate skill-building that will help students succeed both in the classroom and in future work environments.

Essential Retention Strategies for Entry-Level Student Affairs Professionals (Five Part Series)

Learn five critical components that your student affairs department needs in order to retain entry-level staff. This training series includes over three hours of content that you can use to actively address the costly retention issues that many student affairs operations face. Separated into five distinct modules, this series focuses on how your institution can work with entry-level staff to better: Onboard and socialize Set strong expectations Create effective training plans Engage in synergistic supervision Create intentional professional development plans Each of the five trainings comes with its own set of additional resources for you to use in your practice. These resources include: questionnaires for assessment, scholarly articles, videos to further explain concepts, websites, and many template documents.

Preparing Faculty for Academic Leadership Webcast Recording

Making the transition from faculty to academic leader can be both difficult and stressful. During this online training we will focus on the skills needed for faculty to successfully transition to an academic leadership role. We will explore: Skills faculty need now to prepare them for their next role Transition challenges and ways to combat them Internal and external resources faculty can use After participating in this training, faculty members will better understand how to build the skills needed to be a successful academic leader. We will also provide a checklist to help you better assess whether academic leadership is a good fit for faculty members.

Tools for Creating a Brand Culture at Your Institution Webcast Recording

After an institutional brand is in place, higher ed marketers often feel the need to play the role of “brand police” rather than taking meaningful steps to move the needle on brand culture and adoption. Join us for a webcast that will help you move more strategically toward a meaningful brand culture at your institution. Our expert instructor will present a three-tiered framework that you can apply to help you build a stronger brand culture at your institution, and will provide examples of the kinds of tools, templates, ongoing educational strategies, and assessment mechanisms her institution is using to strengthen brand culture.

Five Steps for Sub-Branding in Higher Education (Webcast Recording)

Join us for a webcast to learn how to approach and conduct a successful sub-branding process for your individual schools, colleges, departments, or centers on campus. Our expert instructor will present  five steps that he has used to work alongside faculty and staff in various colleges on his own campus to create sub-brands that also align with and support the institutional brand as a whole. To illustrate how these five steps can vary slightly depending on the unit you are sub-branding, our instructor will cover the specifics of how the process has worked at two different schools on his campus.

Developing Presidential Voice: Toolkit for Marketing and Communications Webcast

As the chief spokesperson and representative for an institution, the president is the most powerful communicator and advocate that a college or university has. Presidents must maintain an appropriate and consistent voice in communications with all constituents—a voice that is both authentic and representative of the institutional brand. But with so many channels, audiences, and ever-changing external circumstances to weigh, developing and maintaining that presidential voice is extremely difficult. Join us for this webcast that has been specifically designed for higher ed marketing, communications, and/or public affairs professionals who are looking to partner with their president to develop and refine presidential voice. We will review a variety of practical examples of how other institutions have done this successfully, and will offer 5 key action steps (accompanied by practical tools) to help you make strides in this area on your campus.

Working with a Donor’s Financial Planner Webcast Recording

Are you having more conversations with donors’ financial council? It is important to know how to talk with your donor’s financial council effectively to ensure a successful gift planning process, especially as more gift officers find themselves conversing directly with financial advisors and certified public accountants. Join us to hear from an expert planned giving instructor as she describes the financial planning process and what you need to know to lead productive conversations with donors and their council. You will come away with: A deeper understanding of financial and longevity planning considerations How FAs, CPAs, and attorneys can influence the gift planning process Talking points you can use with these critical team members

Adapting Non-Profit Strategies for Higher Ed Fundraising Success

What can you apply from the non-profit world to improve your own fundraising strategies? Non-profit organizations outside of higher ed are typically seen as lean, cross-functional, and adaptive. As such, they have many creative ideas for proposals, events, and volunteers that gift officers can use to grow their own fundraising abilities and success. Join us to learn how higher ed can better compete philanthropically.

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