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Three Solutions for Impacting STEM Retention

Learn how you can retain more STEM students by ensuring that you engage them in their interest areas, while helping them master critical math concepts. Throughout this webcast, you will see an innovative model for redesigning your STEM curriculum to remove barriers in your curriculum that cause retention setbacks for your students. You will leave better able to address bottlenecks in your curriculum, provide accelerated pathways for students, and help students succeed even before they arrive on campus.

Prioritizing Marketing Tactics for
Adult Student Recruitment

Learn which marketing channels you should prioritize to see greater engagement and return on investment in the graduate student market. Focusing specifically on St. Thomas University’s graduate programs, our expert instructor will present an in-depth case study of the various tactics and channels the University is using to market to prospective graduate students, including web, social media, SEO, paid advertising, and various non-digital channels. You will see which of these channels have been most successful and which have not, and we will discuss what that means for how you should go about prioritizing your own marketing tactics for prospective graduate students on your campus.

Recurring Gifts: Strategies to Grow Your Program

Learn key strategies needed to revamp or establish a successful and sustainable recurring gifts program. During this webinar, we will focus on: Positioning your recurring gifts program to donors Processing recurring gifts and complying with standards Collaborating within your shop to grow your program Whether you have an existing program or are just getting started, this event will give you the skills and ideas you need to run a more successful program.

Financial Ratios: Strategic Assessment and Communication of Your Institutional Health

Analyze your Composite Financial Index (CFI) more meaningfully and use it to engage key stakeholders in a conversation about your institution’s financial health. During this webcast, you will have the opportunity to use sample institutional profiles to apply what you learn and better answer strategic questions, including: How long could you operate with no influx of revenues? Are your reserves strong enough to pay your total debt in case of an emergency? Is the return on your net assets sufficient to ensure your financial sustainability? Are you able to cover operating expenses with recurring revenues?

Translating Your Student Development Services for Online Students (Webcast Recording)

As online student enrollment grows, it is critical to ensure that you are creating an engaging support environment. Current models in student affairs are primarily oriented around face-to-face, brick and mortar institutions and interactions. This webinar will give you the information you need to help you create a pathway to transition your most important student services to meet the unconventional needs of online students. Toolkit for Translating Your Services In addition to your webcast registration, you will receive a resource packet to help you as you transition student development services online, including: Articles Institutional examples Case studies

Fundraising Essentials: Perfecting Moves Management Webcast Recording

Get practical ideas and advice on the “art” associated with the science of moves management. Gain the knowledge you need to smoothly move prospects through the donor cycle and upgrade them to the next giving level. Throughout this training, you will learn: The right questions to ask and when to ask them Identifying prospects who need to be upgraded or downgraded How to effectively manage donor meetings to ensure outcomes are met Tactics for moving donors through each stage of the solicitation cycle Considerations for using data to guide strategy

Soliciting Endowment Support

Raising funds for your endowment can be one of the most confounding fundraising tasks, but doing so is also an important part of a long-term, sustainable fundraising strategy. Learn how to more effectively raise endowed gifts for your institution. Our expert instructor will share insights on: Developing language and gaining buy-in for endowment fundraising internally Understanding how to talk about and solicit endowed funds with donors Identifying endowment prospects Closing gifts for your endowment

Telling Your First Destination Narrative

Learn how you can use career outcomes and first destination data more effectively both internally and externally at your institution. Using the NACE standards, this webinar will help you gather and present data beyond salary and placement information to paint a clearer picture of the work that your career services office is doing on campus. Specifically we will focus on: Using creative methods for collecting first destination data Moving from data to a compelling impact narrative Sharing your story with internal and external stakeholders During the training you will hear a case study from Colorado State University. CSU tells its first destination story in a clear and compelling way which has led to increased resources and visibility for its program.

Partnering Giving and Alumni Relations to Better Align Efforts

Learn proven strategies for building effective partnerships and aligning the work done between alumni relations and fundraising teams. When these two teams work in concert with each other, it can dramatically increase both engagement and giving. Lynne Wester and Jenny Jones will give you practical advice for: Beginning the conversation about partnership Developing shared goals between your two teams Integrating and improving communications from both offices Deciding which initiatives benefit the most from partnership

Strengthening Admissions and Financial Aid Partnerships (Webcast Recording)

The rising costs of higher education and questions about institutional value have changed the expectations of what admissions and financial aid counseling prospective students and families should receive. This often leaves leaders in admissions asking questions such as: What financial aid information should admissions officers be responsible for? Where and when should the “handoff” between admissions and financial aid occur? How can I better collaborate with my financial aid office to create a more cohesive partnership? To what extent should admissions officers be involved in aid counseling, scholarship awarding, and verification? Join us to learn about two practical and proven partnership models between admissions and financial aid. We will take an in-depth look at each model and discuss next steps for implementation on your campus.

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