Using a Volunteer Framework to Increase Faculty Involvement with Alumni Engagement

Engaging faculty in alumni relations’ goals and efforts can often be challenging. Lehigh University is innovating in this space by recognizing that faculty participation in alumni programming aligns closely with volunteer work. Lehigh is cultivating close partnerships with faculty through a volunteer management framework, focusing on recruitment, retention, and recognition. Due to the success of […]

Rethinking Donor Recognition Programs

Donor recognition programs are a useful way to steward donors and can help segment your donor relations efforts. Leveraged properly, they can also be a useful way to understand motivations, include more donors, retain those donors, and inspire future giving. Although many institutions’ societies are aware of the impact they could be leveraging, many remain […]

Building a University Service Culture: Case Study from Laurentian University

Creating a culture of service excellence is critical to enhance enrollment, improve student retention, and better engage alumni. Is your institution responding to the connection between the quality of customer service and the success of the larger institutional mission? This webcast features a case study of how Laurentian University successfully shifted the culture surrounding customer […]

Partner with Faculty to Maximize Private Funding Opportunities

Learn how to better partner with faculty to maximize your CFR efforts. With the increasing competition in public research funding, CFR professionals must partner with faculty to maximize private funding. Discover how one CFR team increased dollars raised for faculty by tenfold by pulling the following success levers: Creating awareness of available funding opportunities and […]

Stewarding Your Scholarship Donors: A Practical Approach

Agenda Our faculty will teach you how to: Establish effective policies Implement procedures and timelines Train your partners on campus Together, these tactics will help you orchestrate a more cohesive and meaningful donor experience.

Case Management 1.0: Considerations for Establishing a New Mental Health Case Manager

Many institutions recognize the need for formalized case management positions to better actively support students with mental health concerns. Some institutions support this need by having the Dean of Students or members of Behavioral Intervention Teams wear multiple hats. However, full-time case managers are able to provide focused and consistent support by following up with […]

New Federal Title IX Regulations: Changes to the Investigative Process

New Title IX regulations are being proposed by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Under these sweeping new regulations, students accused of sexual misconduct may obtain greater protections and colleges investigating such complaints may face reduced liability. Institutions conducting their own gender-based and/or sexual misconduct investigations may be required to implement several changes. Expected changes coming […]

Develop a Plan to Address Sexual Harassment from Alumni, Donors, and Prospects

Agenda After briefly defining sexual harassment and outlining common examples of harassment in fundraising, Audra Brickner will outline the key pieces your team needs to discuss around sexual harassment prevention and response, including: How managers can use a standard process for handling harassment after it occurs How teams can create a culture in which harassment […]

Strategies for Effective and Actionable Academic Program Reviews – University of Denver

With ever increasing pressure to stay relevant, institutions need to be more intentional in how they approach academic program review. It’s essential to integrate the right data for the right reasons in order to close the gap between process and actionable results. A lack of consistent data, metrics, and staff engagement can often cloud results […]