Leveraging Metrics to Improve Advancement Events

Agenda Understanding Successful Events Unique identifiers of advancement event success Attendee mix Location Follow-up Concrete ROI evaluation for events Surveying and Data Collection: Before, During, and After the Event How to Evaluate and Eliminate a Failing Event

Faculty Handbooks: 5 Common Problems and Recommended Solutions

Outdated faculty handbooks limit institutional flexibility and can create significant liabilities. This online training will outline five common problems with faculty handbooks and offer practical solutions to address each issue. You will leave with clarity around whether your handbook: Complies with Title IX, the ADA, and other civil rights laws Aligns with your board’s bylaws, […]

Strategies to Confidently Communicate with Students Experiencing Mental Health Challenges

Strategies to Confidently Communicate with Students Experiencing Mental Health Challenges Learn best practices for more effective interactions with students experiencing mental health issues, even if you’re not a counselor. Members Get More! Academic Impressions members get additional quizzes and roleplays to practice the concepts shared in the webcast. Practice 6 Communication Strategies Agenda Using common […]

Train Your Faculty to be Better Online Instructors

As online programs continue to grow in popularity, the need to train faculty to adjust traditional classroom teaching styles and become effective online instructors is more critical than ever. If you’re responsible for making sure your faculty feel successful in the online classroom, join this webcast to experience one approach to training faculty used at […]

Create an Alumni Volunteer Experience that Fosters Life-Long Engagement with Your Institution

Create an Alumni Volunteer Experience that Fosters Life-Long Engagement with Your Institution Enjoy this recorded 3-part series, plus a bonus Q&A recorded session for members, which will provide strategies and new approaches to improve alumni volunteer recruitment, onboarding, and recognition, so you can get the most out of your relationships with your volunteers. Alumni volunteers […]

Strengthening and Aligning Academic Programs When Time is of the Essence

While never ideal, operating budget pressures may lead to an immediate need for strategic realignment of faculty and resources. These are tough decisions to make, and it’s always a balancing act to move forward quickly enough to offset further issues and carefully enough to foresee and minimize the impact on your faculty and staff. Our […]

Facilitating Culturally Inclusive Meetings

Agenda Our instructor will begin the webcast by helping you discover how your personal identity shapes the meetings you lead. Then we’ll discuss: How to practice critical communication skills (e.g., deep listening, genuine question probing, and suspending assumptions and judgments) to foster inclusion and collaboration in a group setting How to choose accountability partners who […]

Fostering the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through Faculty Learning Communities

If your institution has faculty learning communities (FLCs), you’re already creating teaching projects that introduce innovations in the classroom, such as experiential learning components or online components. However, have you ever considered moving these projects beyond your institutional boundaries — to peer-reviewed presentations or publications on teaching and learning? Join us online to learn from […]

Boost Student Recruitment with Online and Virtual Events

Agenda We will help you start brainstorming a strategy for online recruitment events by introducing you to how Penn State World Campus executes the following: Webinars Virtual open houses Other virtual platforms You’ll leave with advice on how to get started on your campus. Resources Download the presentation slides (PDF) Download the additional resources (PDF) […]