Learn how to better engage your alumni living abroad. Agenda Building the Foundation Clubs/chapters Volunteer structure Formation and sustaining What can be done from afar How to monitor Planning Engaging Programming and Events Events – tradition, service, networking, social Faculty travel Partnering With Other Institutions
What can you apply from the non-profit world to improve your own fundraising strategies? Non-profit organizations outside of higher ed are typically seen as lean, cross-functional, and adaptive. As such, they have many creative ideas for proposals, events, and volunteers that gift officers can use to grow their own fundraising abilities and success. Join us to learn how higher ed can better compete philanthropically.
Do you need a more concise and streamlined approach for communicating financial aid to admitted students and their parents? This example-based online training walks through considerations for proactive and effective financial aid communication during the narrow window of time between admittance and enrollment. Included will be expert approaches from two diverse case-study institutions and many examples of impactful communication tactics.
Training of new Admissions counselors is often, out of necessity, much too hurried and perfunctory. The training that new counselors receive has historically been focused on the everyday duties of the job (travel, reading and processing applications, CRM systems, etc.), accompanied by lots of “just in time” training where other key competencies are concerned. But in today’s intensely competitive environment, it is no longer sufficient to let your Admissions counselors go out and begin recruiting for you without having adequate training on key, all-important soft skills. Join us for a trio of online training programs that will help get your new and entry-level Admissions counselors up to speed. These three 45-minute webcast sessions are focused on strengthening universal core competencies that all Admissions counselors must possess in order to be successful in their roles: How to discuss and think about value in higher education Effective counseling skills with prospective students and families Strategies for building connections and relationships with other key external stakeholders
With the growth of online education, institutions face the challenge of effectively measuring the quality of online teaching and the teaching competencies of their online faculty. Rather than using new practices tailored to a specific online learning environment, many institutions use basic evaluation methods that are not responsive to individual course considerations. Applying new practices specifically designed for your online environment will allow you to increase course quality, student success, and faculty engagement. Join us for an online course that will help you develop an innovative faculty evaluation plan that is built for online programs. Over the course of 4 modules, our expert instructors will: Guide you through an audit of current online faculty evaluation to identify strengths and opportunities Share a variety of evaluation models and tools to help you integrate best practices into the evaluation of your online faculty
Knowing and communicating the financial health of your endowed funds will show your donors that their gift remains in good hands, which increases the potential for further giving. Now is the perfect time to review your endowed funds to ensure they remain: Legal: In compliance with rules and regulations Possible: To be rewarded according to fund criteria Practical: Able to be administered within reasonable limits Join us for a three-hour virtual training to develop a plan of action for your next endowed funds audit. You will learn a step-by-step process to help you confirm whether your endowed funds are meeting both institutional compliance and donor intent. You will also identify potential risks and communication strategies for donors whose funds have been misspent, unspent, or are underwater. You’ll walk away with clearly defined next steps that will help you move your endowed fund audit forward.
“This was a great program to help me take my ideas to the next step and figure out how to begin to implement them. I felt like the instructors had a personal interest in my progress, and connecting with personnel at other institutions was extremely helpful.” -Adrienne Fraaza, Fall Welcome Coordinator, Western Michigan University Overview Join us for an online course in which you will build a project proposal to create or expand the sophomore year experience (SYE) programs at your institution. In your proposal, we’ll help you apply student development theory to foster second-year engagement, increase interactions with faculty and staff, and help develop a sense of purposefulness in students’ degree paths. You will receive feedback on your proposal from our expert instructors as well as your course colleagues, and you will leave with a finished proposal to use on campus. By the end of this course you will be able to: Set SYE goals that support your institutional mission Apply student development theory to sophomores Draw on current campus resources for SYE programming Develop curricular and co-curricular programming Propose an appropriate evaluation plan for measuring your SYE success Watch this pre-webcast recording that features the webcast’s […]
With nearly 25% of institutional costs coming from purchasing, institutions across the sector are looking for ways to push beyond transactional approaches to procurement. In response, strategic sourcing is emerging as a valuable method for lowering procurement costs by leveraging spending patterns and optimizing supplier relationships. Join us for these two online trainings that walk through necessary infrastructural elements to any strategic sourcing effort and identify key areas of focus for successful implementation on your campus. Our expert facilitator brings firsthand experience of this approach, and a keen understanding of how to achieve success with this model. This online training will have a particular focus on: Garnering stakeholder support for strategic sourcing shifts Addressing staffing and technology considerations for your model Conducting a comprehensive spend analysis Establishing a commodity strategy Discussing tactics for sound relationship management
Gain new ideas for creating engaging content on each social media platform. Overview Learn how to keep social content and ideas fresh and exciting across multiple platforms. Join Lynne Wester as she shares the latest and greatest ideas for incorporating social media as an important part of your donor and alumni communication strategy. You will examine: Examples of successful engagement opportunities through various social media channels Practical considerations for calendering, managing, and monitoring social media activity New ways to engage and thank donors, as well as integrating social media at events
