Tuition: Raise it, Lower it, or Stay the Course?

Make more informed tuition setting decisions to maximize your institution’s enrollment. Agenda Throughout the webcast, we will explore a variety of institutional examples that highlight different pricing choices and the decision-making that went into them. Factors to be discussed include: Internal data points: Enrollment, Admissions, and Financial Aid data External data points: Competitive landscape Risks and implications of various pricing models: examples Educating the Board Marketing strategies to communicate new pricing models

FERPA for Advancement: Train Your Whole Shop

Train your entire shop on important FERPA regulatory obligations to protect your institution from civil liability, negative publicity, and possible exclusion from federal aid programs. This program will cover: Which general shop information is covered under FERPA regulations How to determine if a particular piece of shop information is covered or exempt How the regulations have changed your shop’s obligations Case studies for particularly troubling, yet common, information How the FERPA requirements fit into your greater regulatory obligations Every staff member needs to be trained on FERPA. Add the recording to your training library to train new hires and give veteran fundraisers a refresher.

Selling Your Value to Adult Students

More than ever, you need to have a clear value proposition and clear messaging to differentiate yourself from your competitors who offer specific adult-focused undergraduate, graduate, and/or degree-completion programs. Join us to learn what aspects of your program you should be emphasizing to your prospective adult student markets. Throughout this training, you will see numerous institutional examples of successful communications for non-traditional students across multiple channels.

Proven Approaches to Building
Corporate Engagement

Gain tactics and review multiple models for better engaging corporate partners. You will learn new ideas for comprehensively approaching multi-dimensional corporate, foundation, and industry relationships. Our expert instructors will share best practices for: Identifying potential high-impact corporate, foundation, and industry partners Using relationship-building strategies and tactics that result in integrated relationships Developing metrics for measuring success in your corporate engagement efforts

Strategically Managing Alumni Chapters

Get a successful model for better managing your alumni chapters. Agenda University of South Florida: Before and After Previous model and context Moving to a new structure, “Project Group Evolution†Reallocating Resources Across Chapters: Using a Tiered Model Engaging and Mission-Based Programming Events Social, career-based, service Collaboration with other schools Collaboration with institution for faculty travel etc. Managing volunteers from afar Volunteer website and portal Best practices for managing your alumni leaders Moving Forward Program additions Evaluating success

Academic and Financial Partnerships: Creating a Comprehensive Engagement Plan for
Budget Implementation

Learn how to better focus your budgeting process to engage finance and academic leaders in the research, design, and implementation of a budget model. We will highlight phases of an academic leadership engagement plan for authentic collaboration. Following this webcast, you will be better prepared to: Structure your budget timeline to allow for collaboration Provide training and support for committee members and leadership Build guiding principles to ensure the budget meets your strategic priorities Use visual displays to build consensus and improve transparency Create a continuous improvement feedback cycle for ongoing monitoring This program is designed for financial and academic leaders who are considering a new or improved budget model within their department and/or institution.

Training Faculty: Essentials of Study Abroad Risk Management

Are your faculty prepared for all the potential risks in study abroad? Agenda Why training on risk mgmt for faculty leading study abroad trips is necessary Current landscape for risk Essentials of being a trainer of faculty Methodology and techniques for training faculty Hands-on examples Three focus areas Program development Health & safety On-site management

Active Shooter Training: Preparing Your Faculty and Staff

Equip yourself to regularly train your faculty and staff for active shooter incidents. Agenda Essential components to include in your training Best methods for training faculty & staff Proven protocols for active shooter scenarios How to overcome fear/resistance Q&A

Integrating Career Services Throughout the Student Lifecycle

Get three models for connecting students with career services throughout their college experience. Agenda In this webcast, you will hear of three models that help career services engage with students: Industry-specific networking events Early engagement opportunities Off-campus career treks With each model, you will learn: Important steps to take as you plan for this model. Why this model is an improvement over previous models. Three keys to making this type of program successful. You will then have the chance to reflect and discuss: Potential obstacles What you may need to stop doing to implement the model. Essential partnerships

Improving Social Media Content Curation with Student Ambassadors and Hashtag Campaigns

Harness social content created across campus by systematizing your discovery process. Agenda Student Social Media Ambassadors Program Recruiting students Setting expectations Ongoing management Students abroad Transitioning to alumni Creating and Managing Hashtag Campaigns Developing a list of campus-wide hashtags Process for creating new hashtags Promotions and hashtag campaigns Mitigating negative or sarcastic use Pulling It All Together: Pairing Social Media Ambassadors and Hashtag Campaigns Recent successes Getting started On the horizon