Faculty and development professionals must share a commitment to philanthropy in order for a grateful patient fundraising (GPFR) program to be successful. Building trust, respect, and rapport is best accomplished through a strategic process that involves educating and training medical faculty partners. When your medical faculty understands the “why,” the “how,” and the “what” of your GPFR program, it is often much easier to engage grateful patients and successfully close gifts. This training will discuss the essential elements of a training guide that development professionals should consider in their initial meetings with faculty as they begin a partnership in GPFR. Join us in this useful online training to deepen your capability as a gift officer in academic medicine and learn ways to successfully achieve buy-in from your medical faculty partners.
A portfolio is the engine that drives a gift officer’s work and sets them up for future success. However, for new or seasoned professionals alike, opportunities to look at your portfolio with a different viewpoint can be highly beneficial as you seek to understand your portfolio data and prioritize donor relationships. Additionally, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, institutions are facing a reset moment with their portfolios as they are able to travel again to meet donors in person. Join us for this webcast to learn how to identify key data points in your portfolio which you can then use to cultivate relationships with your donors and chart a path for success in your own portfolio management.
When your institution receives a major gift, whether in the form of one single gift or through a multi-year pledge, it is important to manage that gift accurately. This includes placing the gift in its appropriate account on campus, ensuring that pledge reminders are sent out and payment secured in a timely manner, and that the donation is used according to donor intent. However, when frontline fundraisers introduce new gifts, the institutional destination and purpose of the gift can get lost in translation as it makes its way to advancement services for processing. Therefore, it is vital to ensure that the processes between advancement services and frontline fundraising are sound and that communication is consistent to prevent circumstances that can lead to loss in revenue, missed pledges, or money spent incorrectly. Join us for this online training to learn how the University of Utah created a new position specific to addressing these common problems within advancement. This session will help your shop to identify and scale your current process by adopting some of Utah’s best practices to better streamline communication across these two areas.
Course Details Released 4/28/2020 1 h 23 mins of video instruction Downloadable Resources For full event information, view event page Instructors Paulyne Becerra Dr. Michael Bumbry
The Fundamentals of Leadership: A Bootcamp for New or Aspiring Leaders in Higher Ed June 21 – August 9, 2022 Individual Dates: June 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 2022 Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more. Welcome! Welcome to The Fundamentals of Leadership: A Bootcamp for New or Aspiring Leaders in Higher Ed. Our hope is that you walk away with the ability to apply the key tenets of successful and equitable leadership in your role. This course page is your “one-stop shop” for all course materials and instructions you will need to guide you through the bootcamp. A couple of important notes to get you started: All course materials can be found in the “Access Course Materials” tab to the left. Any course materials you will need to prepare for the live sessions, including copies of slides, assignments and assessments, will be made available at the beginning of the week. If you have any questions, please contact: Jess Landis, Learning & Development Manager, Academic Impressions Mark Your Calendars Session 1 | Program Kick-Off: Defining Your Leadership Strengths (Leading Self) Tuesday, June 21 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern Session 2 | Understanding Your Core […]
It is no surprise that in the United States, racial tensions—especially between Black and White Americans—are alive and well and continue to do harm. For example, those who are Black-presenting do not get to choose or operate from the historically privileged social identities such as class, age, or ableism that White-presenting people do. In this session, therefore, you will learn how race dynamics between these two groups play out in European countries versus the United States. You will also examine how you communicate subconsciously to avoid or shut down conversations, either as a defense mechanism or to prohibit critical dialogue about racial inequity. Finally, you will learn strategies that will help us, as a collective, to move forward while simultaneously embracing the new challenges that are sure to come our way.
A separate training in this educational series on racial inequity dialogue explored why conversations about racial inequity and bias can be so challenging, and now this session will help you to identify the root source of your discomfort and understand why a wide range of emotions in such moments is natural. In this workshop series, we will therefore examine historic and current roadblocks to true connection, barriers that can lead to distrust, and how we engage unconsciously with individuals based on their visible or assumed social identities. We will also explore how racial power dynamics influence everyday interactions and identify ways to challenge entrenched norms that influence how we choose to communicate and engage with each other.
For years, there has been an increasingly dominant narrative in our society about the importance of being kind or “politically correct.” While these are important principles, we must nevertheless unpack and examine how this narrative often gets in the way of difficult yet essential conversations about race and racial inequity. The truth is, if we are unwilling to engage with well-intentioned or well-meaning colleagues in critical conversations when bias appears, we are therefore consciously allowing for ignorance and harm to perpetuate. This means that conversations like these are not only critical, but also necessary for healing ourselves as individuals and as a collective. This first session will give you an opportunity to reflect on the messages you have learned over time about how to engage in conversations about race. We will explore how these messages have influenced your daily decisions to engage or disengage in difficult conversations over time. You will practice intentional engagement versus moving past uncomfortable scenarios and arrive at a place where you are more actively willing to take part in the conversation.
Faculty Affairs Roundtable for Unit-Level Leaders: A Cohort-Based Series May 26 – June 30, 2022 Individual Dates: May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2022 Engage with a cohort of unit-level faculty and academic affairs leaders to build your network, explore common issues, and share current practices. Login On Starting: May 26, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:
The past two years of annual giving have given rise to more short-term, cause-based campaigns, in which newly formulated 60- to 90-day campaigns have become more of the norm than the exception. With this change, advancement shops have been able to generate a more focused pipeline for different areas of their institutions, acquire new donors, and increase awareness of causes to existing donors. This pivotal focus to identify societal needs continues to evolve, but with limited campaign resources, it is inevitable that not every cause will be developed into a short-term campaign. Join us online to learn how to identify and develop a cause-based initiative that is specific to the institutional strengths and community needs for your next short-term campaign. During this training, you will learn how to: Identify guiding principles to help you define and choose which cause-based initiative to pursue. Decide which cause-based campaigns to begin, continue, or sunset. Know the roles and responsibilities of team members and campus partners.
5 Principles of Effective Leadership: A Bootcamp for Leaders at All Levels July 12 – August 9, 2022 Individual Dates: July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 2022 Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more. Welcome! Thank you so much for joining us on your leadership development learning journey! Over the course of these five weeks, you will learn from our expert instructor as well as from your peers and be given the valuable opportunity to apply what you are learning in real time. The bootcamp provides a rich variety of opportunities for you to connect with a small cohort of attendees as you work through the various exercises. Our hope is that you will walk away having thoroughly explored and developed your leadership skills through reflection, discussion, and application. Pre-event assignment For our first session, please be prepared to share your favorite leadership quote during introductions. If you have any questions, please contact: Katie Ribas, Executive Operations Coordinator at AI. Mark Your Calendars Module 1: July 12, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Principle 1: Modeling the Way Module 2: July 19, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Principle 2: Inspiring a Shared Vision, […]
Becoming a Writer: Strategies for Success in Scholarly Writing and Publication June 21 – August 2, 2022 Individual Dates: June 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 2022 Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more. Welcome! Welcome to Becoming a Writer: Strategies for Success in Scholarly Writing and Publication. We invite you to join our community of researchers seeking to learn concrete and enduring writing skills in order to advance their current or upcoming writing projects. In preparation, mark your calendars for the following dates and times: The bootcamp meets weekly on Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m. ET Session 1 – 6/21 Session 2 – 6/28 Session 3 – 7/12 Session 4 – 7/19 Session 5 – 7/26 Session 6 – 8/2 As we get closer to the start date, you can expect to receive emails from jenna@academicimpressions.com with additional details about how the program will be facilitated. Ensure Your Technology is Ready This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully: Audio & Visual Needs
Title of VT/WC Pullquote Login On: June 22, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:
To shift the mindset of a leadership annual donor into that of a major donor requires you to go beyond just knowing their capacity; you must also understand what the donor wants to see their gift accomplish, and how to align that specific desire with your institutional needs. This requires knowing how effective each component of your leadership giving program is and how to best manage and develop your leadership annual donors. Join us in this interactive virtual training to learn portfolio management and stewardship techniques to successfully transition leadership donors into major gift prospects. In this program, you will: Assess your leadership giving portfolio by evaluating the effectiveness of your donor strategies Identify high impact stewardship to build an authentic relationship with your leadership donors Practice productive donor conversations and key talking points, so you’re prepared for your next upgrade ask
Managing Difficult Faculty and Staff: A Bootcamp for Leaders October 4 – 25, 2022 Individual Sessions Dates: October 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2022 Welcome to the course page for your bootcamp! More information will be added as we get closer to your event, so please check back soon. Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more. Welcome! This bootcamp will teach you how to intervene and correct problematic performance and behavior within your team. Over the course of four weeks, our expert instructor will walk you through a four step, increasingly authoritative model that is intended to engage, set expectations, communicate consequences, and minimize the ill effect of bad behaviors on others. You will also be able to workshop strategies with your peers and discuss real challenges that you are facing. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Adams, Learning and Development Manager at Academic Impressions Mark your calendars: Session 1 | Engagement October 4, 2022 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET Session 2 | Management October 11, 2022 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET Session 3 | Enforcement October 18, 2022 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET Session 4 | Marginalization October 25, 2022 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET Ensure Your Technology is Ready This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum […]
Faculty and staff giving campaigns are an integral part of every annual giving strategy. However, the key to their success is the participation of dedicated volunteers. Without those volunteers, your faculty and staff giving campaign cannot reach its full potential. As a result, by changing how you approach potential volunteers among your faculty and staff, you will be better positioned to maintain a healthy philanthropic culture on campus while also generating an increase in donors and financial donations among your colleagues. Join us online to learn and discuss how your shop can improve your faculty and staff giving campaign by: Creating alumni affinity groups among faculty and staff Identifying and developing campaign ambassadors Securing leadership buy-in to gamify fundraising efforts on your Day of Giving
The pandemic has required all of us to pivot in new ways. We’ve often had to take on additional responsibilities that may not align with our strengths and interests, and have had to manage our relationships almost exclusively in a virtual space. Still, our success is often measured in immediate gains, and it’s unclear how to plan for the future. Amongst all of this, you may be feeling more disconnected and depleted than ever before, which is why there’s never been a better time to reconnect with the priorities that bring you joy and improve your well-being—those that fulfill your long-term goals and contribute to the legacy you want to create. Join us online for an interactive workshop that will help you refocus your time, energy, and future work in realizing your purpose and legacy. You’ll begin the workshop by assessing the current state of your well-being and reflecting on the factors that most contribute to it. You’ll then explore to what extent inherited norms shape your definition of success, so that you can create your own definition of success based on your values and the impact you want to have in the world. Finally, you’ll document a practical and […]
Actualize Your Purpose and Legacy: Workshop on Improving Your Well-Being Get clear on what success looks like for you and intentionally create the impact you want to leave in the world. Login On: September 9, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:
Actualize Your Purpose and Legacy: Workshop on Improving Your Well-Being Get clear on what success looks like for you and intentionally create the impact you want to leave in the world. Login On: June 17, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET JOIN ZOOM MEETING Full Event Information VIEW EVENT PAGE Including: Agenda Overview Speaker Bios Prepare for the Workshop This workshop is intentionally designed to allow for maximum learning, connections, and engagement. We advise the following in order to participate fully:
Course Details Released 4/14/2022 1 h 36 mins of video instruction Downloadable Resources For full event information, view event page Instructors Jennifer Askey We Want to Hear From You! Please take a few minutes to fill out a short survey letting us know about your experience with this course.