Learn how you can update your career services reporting strategy with existing resources. You will be provided ideas and resources to help ensure that you are collecting the right data to better analyze your office’s performance. Obtain tips for how to better identify, track, and analyze metrics in order to: Harness the power of analytics in the career center Increase student engagement Develop tailored programming Advocate for resources tied to outcomes Make data-informed decisions
Standardize your framework for naming spaces on campus. Agenda Implementing Naming Policies Calculating space values Determining the baseline and final values of physical space Determining the value of programs, endowed chairs and professorships, and centers Procuring board approval Marketing available opportunities Additional Naming Considerations Duration De-Naming Demolishment/Renovation Getting Started in Developing a Naming Policy Working with academic and advancement leadership Action steps for the next month
Learn how to better engage, track, and motivate your young alumni volunteers. Agenda Improving 4 Key Aspects of Volunteer Management TRACKING: Measuring progress and behaviors MOTIVATION: Using data and engagement opportunities ALIGNMENT: Providing growth and other outreach opportunities RECOGNITION: Using events, impact reports, and awards
Be more strategic with evaluating each of your 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 Collecting data before, during, and after the event Leveraging event evaluations to develop unique, meaningful events How to Evaluate and Eliminate a Failing Event Focusing on mission-centric events Engaging event volunteers in other opportunities
Learn how you can improve your advising model to include coaching conversations that go beyond basic course selection. Highlighting Florida Atlantic University, we will show how they created another “level” of advisors who serve as academic success coaches for their at-risk students. We will discuss how to identify and prioritize specific student populations for coaching and how to maximize campus partnerships to increase the odds of success for at-risk students. You will leave this training better equipped to update your advising model to include elements of academic success coaching.
Improve your professional development strategy to better retain gift officers. Agenda Understanding Your Team and Varying Needs Auditing Existing Professional Development Understanding current issues Resource audit In-House Professional Development Models Solutions to enhance retention Tried and true methods Best new practices in retention efforts Sample progression plans Various institutional models Establishing Effective Coaching and Mentoring Programs
Learn about a model in which you can merge master planning processes with comprehensive condition audits in order to reduce deferred maintenance backlogs. Tim Carey, Associate Vice President for Facilities at Ithaca College, will highlight: The power of linking deferred maintenance to campus planning processes The specific tactics Ithaca College used to reduce their backlog How you can begin to experience similar success no matter what your campus context Even if your institution is not getting ready for a planning process, you will leave with tips on how to reduce your deferred maintenance backlog more thoughtfully / systematically. A Short Broadcast This is a short broadcast designed to showcase thoughtful practices in higher education. You will hear a colleague’s success story, learn main successes and challenges of a model, and have the opportunity to ask questions and receive a few pieces of advice about how to proceed on your campus.
Learn how to more effectively move donors through your pipeline. Agenda Evaluating and Managing your Leadership Donor Portfolio Moving donors into, and upgrading within, your leadership giving levels Effectively assessing and managing your leadership donor portfolio Developing goals and strategies for leadership donors Continuous leadership giving Upgrading for higher level annual giving Upgrading from leadership annual gift to major gift Beyond qualification: Identifying who manages the relationship Managing Productive Donor Visits Determining visit expectations and goals Using probing questions to build to a successful solicitation Stewardship Techniques to Effectively Manage and Transition Leadership Donors Engaging donors in continuous conversation Developing a unique stewardship program for leadership donors Tools to gather vital information to strategically build your relationship
Learn how you can better align your student affairs department’s mission, vision, and priorities with your institution’s overall strategic plan. This webcast will show you how to update the way your department works to advance the goals of your institution as a whole. We will focus on analyzing your: Current operations Positions Organizational structure Budget Workflow and tools
Develop tailored student conduct sanctions on a case by case basis. Agenda What is Advocacy Sanctioning Utilization of faculty/staff for advocacy and advisory programs Methods to apply advocacy sanctioning Formalized tools Rubrics Low-cost alternatives to traditional sanctioning
