The mid-career years – often characterized by being at the associate professor level – can be both the most rewarding and the most challenging time in a faculty member’s career. Once you reach the mid-career phase, not only does institutional support and guidance around career advancement tend to decrease, but your pathway forward can seem unclear. For faculty of color and women faculty, the research also shows that higher expectations around service and mentoring during the mid-career years can slow career advancement. These factors make the mid-career an important crossroads where you could aim to become a full professor, aspire for a leadership role, or carve out a different path. Getting there requires intentional self-reflection and proactive steps. Otherwise, you may find yourself being pulled in too many directions or following someone else’s priorities for your career. Join this training to learn more about: The opportunities and challenges faced by mid-career faculty and why so many associate professors feel lost or languishing in their careers. The process of career crafting and the different types of crafting techniques (e.g., task crafting, relational crafting, cognitive crafting). Why design thinking is a useful framework for crafting your mid-career. How to make purposeful career […]
Building Skills to Successfully Mediate Title IX Sexual Harassment Cases November 9 – 10, 2021 Gain confidence in your ability to serve as a mediator in your Title IX informal resolution process. EVENT INFORMATION Check back soon for links! 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
Frontline Fundraising: Engaging and Inspiring Donors While Energizing Your Work January 12 – February 23, 2022 Individual Dates: January 12, 19, 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022 Important Links Welcome! Welcome to bootcamp—we are so glad you’re joining us, it will be an awesome 7-weeks with relationships lasting well-beyond. This course page connects you to all of the information and materials you need to be successful in the program. Please take a few minutes to review the Learning Schedule and see where the session presentations and resources will be housed under the “Course Materials” heading. If you have any questions about this event, please reach out to Britt Iwaszkiw (she/her/hers). 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
Develop a Proposal for a Transformational Gift November 18 – December 16, 2021 Individual Dates: November 18, December 2, 9, and 16, 2021 Welcome to the course page for your upcoming bootcamp. More information will be added to this page as we get closer to the event, so check back soon. Important Links Welcome! Hi everyone, welcome to Develop a Proposal for a Transformational Gift bootcamp! My name is Nick Pettet, I’m a Learning & Development Manager with Academic Impressions and I’ll be your guide on your journey to develop a proposal for a transformational gift. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at any time throughout the program. You can email me at nick@academicimpressions.com or call me directly at 720-988-1259. In the meantime, mark your calendars for November 18, December 2, 9, and 16, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM EST for each session. Thank you and see you soon! Nick 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
Provost Roundtable: A Cohort-Based Series for Academic Leader January 7 – May 20, 2022 Login On: January 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.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:
As competition in higher education intensifies, so do prospective students’ appetites for institutions that provide the best education and experience for their tuition dollars. Instilling a culture of service excellence at all levels of an institution can directly enhance enrollment and improve student retention by providing consistency across branding and the student experience. This video course will introduce you to the foundations of customer service in higher education. Our experts have taken best practices from service excellent experts and applied those strategies to the higher education environment. Part 1 of this course focuses on what customer service looks like in the higher education environment and how service excellence connects to student belonging and retention. Part 2 covers five steps of service that you can adopt into your operations and immediately implement at your institution.
Have you or another development officer had a donor who is interested in a gift, but you can’t seem to move it forward? Donor engagement and gift conversations can often get stuck and lose momentum without timing that encourages donors to give. But if we are prepared to listen closely and strategize, we can better understand donor intent and share university happenings that encourage gift closures. Join us online to learn how to engage in conversations that allow you to learn from donors, deepen relationships with them, and create urgency around closing gifts. In this session, Zack Smith will demonstrate practical tips for how to effectively strategize gift conversations in a way that includes a timeline for giving.
Effectively engaging your women volunteers can lead to greater giving and larger networks of women who want to share their time with your institution. However, without a formal engagement plan in place outlining how the interests and skill sets of your volunteers can be best aligned with your institution’s goals, the quality of their commitments can become a barrier to deeper and long-term relationships. Join us in this online training to learn an effective approach to creating a volunteer engagement plan that focuses on communal decisions and working together to achieve larger institutional goals. By building this approach into your volunteer management, you may be able to better respond to challenges you face when your women philanthropist volunteers bring ideas that your team doesn’t have the capacity to manage or when a volunteer becomes disengaged from their agreed-upon commitment.
Optimizing Partnerships Between Prospect Development and Frontline Fundraisers December 16 – 17, 2021 Start forming a more results-oriented partnership between prospect development and frontline fundraisers. EVENT INFORMATION Check back soon for links! 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
Manage, Optimize, and Grow Your Academic Program Portfolio: A Data-Informed Approach November 9 – 10, 2021 Take a deep dive into how to effectively use data to inform decision-making around your academic programs. EVENT INFORMATION 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
Diversity, equity, and inclusion work has never been more important in higher education. Sign up for our free five-day program to sample our suite of best-in-class diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training through two on-demand courses. New to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Start with our 101 program to lay the foundation for your learning. As faculty and staff, you have the power to help foster more inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff. Because of institutionalized oppression and individual discrimination, LGBTQ+ students (as well as faculty and staff) experience higher rates of violence and harassment, which may result in negative academic and mental health outcomes. Studies have identified factors that contribute to more intentionally inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ community members resulting in greater academic success and better physical and psychological health. To create such environments, you must have the awareness, knowledge, and skills to interact effectively with LGBTQ+ communities. This course will take a foundational approach to help you:
Women’s Leadership Success in Higher Education November 15 – 16, 2021 Become your most powerful self. Join women from across higher education to gain confidence as a leader, prioritize your goals, chart your career path, and expand your network! EVENT INFORMATION Check back soon for links! 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
In this workshop, you will learn strategies to help you manage and resolve various conflicts within your department and institution. You will be introduced to practical tools that address conflict in its earliest stages before it becomes a formal dispute. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to resolving conflicts. That’s why our expert instructor will present numerous scenarios and discuss the use of framing, facilitation, and other dispute-resolution tools to help you: Improve and sustain a healthy working environment Build rapport among colleagues Increase faculty and staff morale
The pandemic has required all of us to pivot in new ways. We’ve taken on additional responsibilities that may not align with our strengths and interests. We’ve managed our relationships almost exclusively through virtual means 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. Now is the time to reconnect with the priorities that bring you joy and improve your well-being—those that fulfill you long-term 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 ways that help you realize 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. You will also shift your focus to create and adopt 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 tangible plan that outlines the […]
Managing Difficult Faculty and Staff: A Bootcamp for Leaders November 17 – December 15, 2021 Individual Dates: November 17, December 1, 8, and 15 Grow your skillset in managing the difficult people who can make leadership so hard. EVENT INFORMATION 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
Jumpstart Your Research Career with NIH’s K Grants November 9 – December 14, 2021 Individual Dates: November 9, 16, 30, December 7, and 14 K grants jumpstart your research career and set you on a successful research trajectory – join this bootcamp to ensure you are a strong K grant applicant. EVENT INFORMATION 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
Customer Service Skills Training: Certification for Higher Education Professionals November 3 – 5, 2021 Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide high quality customer service in the higher education environment. EVENT INFORMATION 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
Leading and Influencing as a Department Chair Bootcamp January 26 – March 2, 2022 Individual Dates: Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, and March 2 Important Links Contact Moira Killoran to learn more Welcome! This is your “one-stop shop” for all course materials and instructions you will need to guide you through the bootcamp. A couple 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 before each live session. Additional materials generated during the live sessions will be added by the end of the week. Your Course Syllabus will be updated and posted weekly as you progress through the program. The Syllabus will contain specific instructions for what needs to be completed before and after each session. Please review the syllabus at the beginning and end of every week to ensure you are completing all required work at the right time. You can find your syllabus under “Access Course Materials.” If you need any further guidance to ensure your success in this program, please contact Lisa Lafflam. Ensure […]
