Course Category: Webcast Recording

Launching an Academic Success Coaching Model in Advising

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.

Enhance Professional Development Offerings to Improve Gift Officer Retention

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

Deferred Maintenance: Reducing Your Backlog Webcast Recording

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.

FERPA Hot Topics: Big Challenges Solved Webcast Recording

Although the FERPA regulations have not changed significantly in the last several years, new violations and compliance challenges have arisen. In this webcast, you will hear how several institutions handled challenging FERPA cases and learn to successfully navigate FERPA challenges of your own. During this training, Dr. Helen Garrett, also known as the FERPA Princess, will walk through the facts of each case, what action was taken, and how you can avoid potential pitfalls of your own. After participating you will be better prepared to comply with FERPA cases, including nuanced and difficult scenarios.

Transitioning Leadership Annual Donors to Major Donors

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

Aligning Student Affairs Operations with Your Institutional Strategic Plan Webcast Recording

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

Advocacy Sanctioning: Developing Tailored Student Conduct Plans

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

Meeting Campus Growth Needs by Leasing Off-Campus Space from Private Partners

Learn key considerations for leasing space rather than building to increase the size of your campus. Agenda Throughout this training we will focus on answering questions, including: Why would an institution decide to lease space vs. build? What components do institutions need to have in place before they engage a design firm? What does the process look like if you are working with a design firm? How do you find viable properties to lease? Who are the appropriate internal and external stakeholders to have involved in this process? What is the timeline for a leasing project?

Branding Your Career Services Department (Webcast Recording)

Learn to use an intentional branding effort to effectively communicate the creative and effective work of your career services office. During this training you will hear how the University of Miami’s Toppel Career Center successfully branded themselves and will take away five strategies for developing and articulating your own brand. Through effective branding, you can increase your office’s visibility, relevance, and even resources.

Capitalizing on the Dream and Design Phases of Appreciative Advising Webcast Recording

While many advisors are working to implement the Appreciative Advising® model on campus, the Dream and Design phases often fall short. Though it may be difficult to easily measure outcomes within the Dream phase, it directly informs the Design phase of the model. Learn how to facilitate the Dream phase of Appreciative Advising to better solidify your students’ aspirations and use the Design phase to outline a plan that will help achieve them.

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