Course Category: Free for All-Inclusive Members

Creating a Culture of Collaborative and Data-Informed SEM on Campus Webcast Recording

Learn how York University has successfully created a culture of data-informed Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) on their campus through careful planning, meaningful partnerships, and ongoing dialogue with the campus community. Throughout this online training, we will explore how you can build off of the lessons learned at York University to engage your own campus stakeholders and meaningfully advance the conversation around SEM. Specifically, we will focus on how you can: Use storytelling and student personas to begin the conversation Develop a strong partnership between enrollment management and institutional research Build a cross-campus SEM committee and governance structure Continuously analyze and report your process to further refine SEM strategies

Engaging Alumni Through Athletics Webcast Recording

Athletics are an organic opportunity to deepen and strengthen alumni engagement. During this online training, you will learn how an intentional collaboration across athletics and alumni relations offices can: Better engage alumni with your institution Open your donor pipeline to a wider alumni base Save on resources for both your athletics and alumni relations departments Increase giving to your institution Attend this online training to learn how you can better align your alumni relations and athletics fundraising teams to engage alumni and ultimately increase giving. This training focuses on understanding strategic alumni engagement opportunities, but will not go into event planning specifics.

Collecting User Data to Improve Your Learning Commons Webcast Recording

Gain tangible, flexible, and evidence-based methods to immediately begin collecting and using data to inform your learning commons design. Kristin Meyer, User Experience Librarian, will show you how Grand Valley State University collected user driven data to improve its spaces. You will learn how you can adapt those methods to your unique institutional context and improve your own learning commons. Throughout the online training you will have the opportunity to look at photos of learning commons spaces to better visualize the topics discussed.

Preparing for a University-Wide Activity-Based Costing Model

Learn practical ways to prepare your institution for an activity-based costing (ABC) model. During this training, we will walk you through how this model works, ways to assess your readiness to make this shift, and key considerations for the implementation process. You will leave better prepared to answer questions such as: How is ABC being deployed for financial and academic decisions? What’s the best way to determine cost/revenue drivers? How can I prepare for the full ABC implementation cycle? What are the system requirements for a successful ABC implementation?

First Steps in Residential Goal Alignment Webcast Recording

Ensuring alignment between institutional goals, residence life programming, and student learning outcomes is critical. A practical method for doing so is the process of goal mapping. In this webcast, you will learn a quick and practical approach for mapping departmental goals to institutional goals as part of a larger assessment plan. Throughout this training, we will focus on: Identifying and understanding divisional and departmental goals Mapping key programs, services, and activities Identifying and remediating potential learning gaps Included with every registration is a template rubric to work from as you map your own department.

Connecting with Advisees from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds Webcast Recording

Learn how you can better connect with students who come from different backgrounds than your own. Throughout this training we will look at practical guidelines for bridging cultural barriers. After establishing those guidelines we will discuss how you can use them to connect with students who represent diverse: Religions Ethnic Backgrounds Gender Identities

The $10,000-a-Year Bachelor’s Degree That Works Webcast Recording

Get an in-depth look at how National Louis University built an innovative, scalable, and financially sustainable bachelor’s degree program that is helping close the achievement gap for low-income and first-generation students. Our instructor will give you an insider perspective of the “nuts and bolts” of running this comprehensive program, as well as how the program allows the institution to successfully balance mission and market goals. You will learn: How an in-house innovation space made inception of the program possible The financial model and operational efficiencies that make the program sustainable The ins and outs of the program’s academic curriculum and corresponding support services You will leave with considerations for how the various aspects of this program can be applied and scaled at your own institution.

Effective Gift Agreements: Documenting Donor Intent Webcast Recording

This training provides the insights needed to create effective gift agreements that appropriately align both your donors’ intents and your institution’s needs. Understanding the elements of a legally sound agreement and exploring key case studies will equip you with the tools to create an enriching donor experience that avoids putting your institution at risk. We will also take a closer look at critical partnerships and how best to partner and collaborate with gift officers.

Improving Your Admissions Ambassador Program for Better Campus Visits Webcast Recording

Join us for a webcast that will showcase the admissions ambassador programs for campus visit at Oklahoma State University and Hendrix College. Our instructors will provide details about how their programs are structured, and how student tour guides are trained, managed, and evaluated, including: How the recruitment, interview, and selection process for admissions ambassadors works What topics are included in ambassador training and examples of materials used How disciplinary situations with ambassadors are handled How performance is evaluated You will leave the webcast with new ideas for improving your own admissions ambassador program on your campus.

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