Course Category: Webcast Recording

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 and knowing what to say and what tone to strike, are now much more difficult. But there are ways to continue to be proactive and build relationships in ways that feel authentic and further fundraising goals. This training has been designed to help you address both mindset and action around frontline fundraising in today’s context. From discovery calls to solicitations to donor stewardship, our expert instructor will help you understand how you need to be thinking about these critical touchpoints during COVID and offer creative ideas to translate them into action.   Who Should Attend Major and planned gift officers, those in leadership annual giving, and anyone managing frontline fundraisers will benefit from this webcast.   Agenda This recording will cover how you can adjust both your mindset and approach to the following daily fundraising tasks: Restructuring communication touchpoints Making discovery calls Continuing solicitations in […]

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 and practice better self-care? What do I need to consider about student privacy and confidentiality? How can I structure my touchpoints and communications online to build effective and trust-based relationships with my advisees?

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 you worked to coach others on the rigor and intuition you developed within yourself? Join us online to learn how to start building in your team the skills that made you such a successful individual contributor: Choosing effectiveness over efficiency Managing your time and calendar Gathering and disseminating crucial information Shadowing and roleplaying

Campaigns: Staffing, Training, and Supporting Frontline Fundraisers

In order to meet your campaign goals, it is essential to ensure you have the proper staffing levels, particularly for frontline fundraisers. In this program, our expert facilitator will provide practical tips for staffing, training, and supporting your frontline fundraisers as you ramp up for a comprehensive campaign. Throughout this webcast, you will learn to: Strategically align your team’s talent with the vision of your campaign Use benchmarking with peer and aspirant institutions to provide insights for staffing needs and patterns Gain insights around the tactics and strategies necessary to hire and on-board new fundraising staff to ensure campaign success.

Refocus Your Annual Giving Strategy: Find Opportunities in a Crisis

Refocus Your Annual Giving Strategy: Find Opportunities in a Crisis Now is the time to adjust your annual giving strategy in light of COVID-19. Agenda Revisiting Your Strategy Where should your focus be now and going forward Retention Reactivation Acquisition Recurring donors Refocusing for the Rest of the Year Mapping out your solicitation schedule Communications/Messaging goals for Annual Giving

Virtual Writing Café: An Online Space to Foster Accountability, Support, and Community

Virtual Writing Café An Online Space to Foster Accountability, Support, and Community Writing is easier when you plan for small achievable tasks in a discrete amount of time!  Get started by setting meaningful weekly goals that can be broken down into small daily tasks.   Important Links How Does it Work? Resources Using Adobe Connect The VW Café is moving to Adobe Connect! If you haven’t used this platform before, please review the following: To enter the room: Click on the room link. Then click the radio button that reads, “Enter as a Guest.” Type your name in the box that says “Name.” It will not be displayed publicly. Click the “Enter Room” button. Upon entrance you will be prompted to listen by computer. Select the “Listen Only ” option in the audio pop-up. To download the program or test your setup, please visit this link: https://ai.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Upgrading Your Self-Care During the COVID Crisis

Are you finding that your self-care is becoming just another thing on your to-do list? Maybe it’s not a priority at all. Between taking care of your career, family, friends and household—all while working in new ways from home—you may feel as if there’s never enough time in the day to take care of yourself. Join us online and learn how to integrate self-care into your life in a meaningful way that does not feel like a chore. You’ll learn six proven pillars of upgraded self-care to practice now during the COVID crisis, when it matters the most, and when your life returns to normal. This approach will have you focus on the things you’re already doing but will teach you how to do them better. You’ll learn how to: Set boundaries with your family members while you work from home Fall asleep faster Move your body in a way that feels exciting and purposeful Release the shame or guilt you might feel for not performing at 100%

Strategies for Effective and Actionable Academic Program Reviews

With ever increasing pressure to stay relevant, institutions need to be more intentional in how they approach academic program review. It’s essential to be efficient and structured in order to close the gap between process and actionable results. Academic program review can often seem like a laborious and sometimes perfunctory process that doesn’t always yield meaningful outcomes. A lack of consistent data, metrics, and staff engagement can often cloud results and render the process ineffectual. However, by infusing transparency and engaging faculty to build consensus and buy-in for future changes, you can remove fear and anxiety around the process. Small to mid-sized universities and colleges: Join us for this online course to learn how Hamline University developed their eight core criteria for evaluating academic programs and how it impacted their program review process. Our instructors from Hamline University will take you through how they have: Formed their vision and purpose to achieve a meaningful and efficient review process Established eight key metrics to evaluate academic programs Compiled clean and usable data without investment in new software With ever increasing pressure to stay relevant, institutions need to be more intentional in how they approach academic program review. It’s essential to be […]

Supporting Neurodiverse and Accessible Learning Outside of the Classroom

Much of the curriculum in higher ed is initially designed as if learners are “neurotypical” and then adapted for those who don’t meet that mold. This leads to many students seeking campus support services outside of the classroom in order to achieve academic success. Neurodiversity (or learner variability) applies to all students. Essentially, neurodiversity is the idea that neurological and learning differences among people are the result of naturally occurring variations within the human genome. Rather than looking for a cure to “fix” neurodiverse behaviors, neurodiversity focuses on accommodating and supporting the diverse population. Human brains all learn differently; therefore, neurodiversity should be regarded as the rule, not the exception. In this webcast, Dr. Elizabeth Coghill from East Carolina University will describe: How ECU’s Pirate Academic Success Center promotes the success of diverse learners by infusing the curriculum with universal design for learning principles and academic technologies, How she, her staff, and a network of peer tutors equip students to be independent and empowered learners by role modeling learning techniques and supports, and The unexpected outcomes of UDL and technology application integration, especially the role it plays when campus learning goes exclusively online.

Find Your Position of Power When Addressing Toxic Leadership

In toxic environments – where employees feel worse after they start – you may experience uncertainty, fear, or helplessness on when and how to speak up to advocate for yourself and others. You believe you must tolerate the toxicity, even though doing so can be devastating to your career. It doesn’t have to be that way! Join our expert online and learn how to engage in conversations that will empower you to create change. You’ll learn how to recognize, communicate about, and minimize the impact of toxic leadership. You’ll walk away with recommended language, tools, and most importantly, increased confidence to confront toxicity in a non-threatening way.

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