Making Your Online Courses More Experiential

It can be difficult for anyone teaching online—both veterans and newcomers—to design courses that are truly experiential. Ideas for hands-on projects and assignments that work well in an in-person setting don’t always translate neatly online, but with some creativity and the right collection of tools, it’s possible to create dynamic and engaging online courses for […]

Collecting Data to Inform Decision-Making Around Remote Learning

The transition to remote instruction has presented its fair share of challenges, but also represents an opportunity for data collection that many universities have yet to take advantage of. As you transition into summer and fall terms, collecting data related to the experience and needs of both faculty and students can equip you with important […]

Find the Right Solution for Employee Performance Gaps

When an employee is not performing as expected, you may spend a lot of time and effort trying to help your employee improve – especially in a virtual world – only to be left with continued performance problems. That’s because there can be many reasons for the lack of performance, and it is not always […]

How Will Colleges Operate in the Fall and What Will Students Pay? A Panel Discussion

How Will Colleges Operate in the Fall and What Will Students Pay? A Panel Discussion Discuss possible fall scenarios and implications for revenue, expenditures, and tuition pricing with our panelists and your peers. Agenda The discussion will be divided into the following three buckets: 1.Revenue and expenditures How many different cases should you model in terms of revenues? How […]

Creating a High-Touch Online Summer Bridge Program

Many institutions are currently in the process of transitioning their summer bridge programs online in light of COVID-19. This is not an intuitive process for those used to designing and running programs face-to-face, bringing with it a host of additional considerations that are best learned from those with prior experience. In this training, our expert […]

Reimagining Giving and Recognition Societies

Giving societies can be a good way to engage donors and encourage future giving, but they can be time intensive and require intentionality around reinforcing positive donor habits. In this two-part online program, our expert facilitator will provide practical tips for examining what is working well and what elements of your giving societies need to […]

Creating a Virtual Orientation Experience that Preserves On-Campus Benefits

For many, COVID-19 has sped up the timeline for transitioning orientations to a virtual format. This webcast will help student affairs professionals who are accustomed to face-to-face orientation programs create engaging virtual orientation experiences. Touching on common challenges of planning and execution, our instructor will share a three-phased approach to help you: Streamline communication and […]

Frontline Fundraising in a Virtual Environment

Instructor Jessica Cloud, CFREVice President of Advancement, Starr King School for the Ministry Course Highlights 60 min of video instruction  Downloadable resources Course Details Released 05/28/2020 The transition to an all-online working environment has presented challenges for major gift officers accustomed to building donor relationships face-to-face. Things that usually feel intuitive, like structuring communication touchpoints […]

Finding Success with Remote Academic Advising: A Training for Frontline Advisors

This webcast will help academic advisors accustomed to face-to-face settings improve their online advising practice and acclimate to their new virtual roles due to COVID-19. Touching on common challenges related to both self and students, our expert instructor will discuss strategies for the following while working remotely: What strategies can I employ to maintain boundaries […]

Developing Rigor in Your Fundraising Team

Most advancement leaders rise into their positions from successful fundraising careers with little or no experience managing teams. You’re a leader because you were a great fundraiser. And you were a great fundraiser because you applied rigor and discipline in your schedule and intuited the information and practices needed for success. But how much have […]