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Two Webcasts to Help Introduce or Improve Your Case Management Model

This unique two-part webcast focuses on how to create a position, or enhance the program you have in place, to provide better guidance and support for students on your campus who are have mental health concerns. Whether you are hiring a case manager, new to hiring one, or have found that your current strategy needs […]

New Federal Title IX Regulations: Changes to the Investigative Process

New Title IX regulations are being proposed by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Under these sweeping new regulations, students accused of sexual misconduct may obtain greater protections and colleges investigating such complaints may face reduced liability. Institutions conducting their own gender-based and/or sexual misconduct investigations may be required to implement several changes. Expected changes coming […]

Develop a Plan to Address Sexual Harassment from Alumni, Donors, and Prospects

Agenda After briefly defining sexual harassment and outlining common examples of harassment in fundraising, Audra Brickner will outline the key pieces your team needs to discuss around sexual harassment prevention and response, including: How managers can use a standard process for handling harassment after it occurs How teams can create a culture in which harassment […]

Strategies for Effective and Actionable Academic Program Reviews – University of Denver

With ever increasing pressure to stay relevant, institutions need to be more intentional in how they approach academic program review. It’s essential to integrate the right data for the right reasons in order to close the gap between process and actionable results. A lack of consistent data, metrics, and staff engagement can often cloud results […]

Attracting Mentors for Minority Students: Strategies and Best Practices

Agenda In this comprehensive webcast, our expert instructor, Paige Gardner from Loyola University Chicago will walk through the following themes: Defining a framework for pairing faculty / staff with students Designing meaningful interactions for mentees Peer mentors Faculty and staff mentor Foundational 101 course taught by faculty and staff Monthly educational workshops Strategies and challenges […]

Connecting Central Marketing and Advancement Teams: An Innovative Approach

Bridging the communications gap between advancement and central marketing teams is a familiar challenge to most institutions. Not having a dedicated communications channel in place often can result in disjointed and incoherent messaging in both the institutional and donor-facing marketing channels. A strong partnership between stakeholders and teams can lead to more streamlined, effective, and […]

Developing a Collaborative Metrics Structure for Stronger Corporate Engagement

Agenda Step 1: Your Guiding Strategy What are you trying to accomplish and what are some ways you can define your strategy to inform your success metrics? Step 2: Cultivating Ownership for Success Who is responsible for meeting the objectives of your strategic plan? How does accountability drive performance? How do you consistently monitor progress? […]

Key Metrics for Dollar-Focused Annual Giving

Agenda Learn how to: Understand the key performance indicators that will drive your dollar growth Apply these metrics to pipeline development, direct marketing, and personal solicitation strategy Effectively report your dollar results to leadership

Key Metrics for Donor-Focused Annual Giving

Agenda Learn how to: Understand the key performance indicators that will drive your donor numbers or alumni participation numbers forward. Apply these metrics to direct marketing and micro campaign strategy Effectively report your donor results to leadership

Identifying and Applying Metrics that Matter in Annual Giving

Overview The metrics you gather, track, and report to leadership can differ based on the focus of your annual giving program. We’ve created a two-part metrics series that will give your shop the tactics it needs, whether your focus us on increasing alumni participation/donors or dollars. We welcome you to tune in to both parts […]

Strategies for Effective and Actionable Academic Program Reviews – Hamline

Agenda Forming and Communicating Their Vision and Purpose In this section, we will discuss the impetus and timeline for how HU re-imagined the academic program review process and metrics. Establishing Key Metrics and Building Consensus Next, you will learn how they reached consensus to establish the eight key metrics to evaluate academic programs. This section […]

The 4 Stages of Change

As a leader it can be challenging to help your people manage change. This easily printable guide will help you identify what stage of the change curve your direct reports are in and steps you can take to better support them.

Leading with Social First: A Innovative Approach to Content Creation

Agenda The presentation will consist of three main sections: The Impact of WVU’s Social-First Approach to Content Planning and Creation Anatomy of a Social-First Approach: Three Essential Steps Taking stock of who and where your audiences are “Flipping the script†from repurposing for social, to repurposing from social Making social media a focal point for […]

Using Video Effectively in Recruitment Marketing

Agenda During this webcast, we will address how to best use both live and pre-produced video that is specifically positioned for prospective and admitted students. We will explore each of the following questions as they relate to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat: How much new content should I be creating? What kinds of videos are […]

Enhancing Admissions with High School Counselors: A 4-Phase Approach

In the highly competitive world of enrollment, it is more important than ever to increase your brand recognition and connect with students who would be an optimal fit for your institution. Research shows that high school counselors have major influence over their students’ college decisions. Consequently, they can be valuable allies in building brand awareness […]

A Comprehensive Approach to Faculty Orientation

An effective faculty orientation program is the first and most important step in laying the foundation for increased faculty satisfaction, success, and retention. A successful program can help your institution avoid the high cost of turnover by: Integrating faculty into the campus community — connecting them with other faculty, students, and staff Conveying clear and […]

Key Considerations for the Anticipated Changes Coming to Title IX

Agenda For each new anticipated proposal, you will have very clearly defined questions and key considerations that institutions must ask themselves and other campus leaders before determining whether or not significant changes to their current policies or processes may be necessary and to what extent in the following areas: Deliberate Indifference Sexual Harassment Policy Actual […]

An Innovative Approach to Strengthening Your International Programs and Partnerships

In recent years, Purdue University has seen incredible growth and development in their international programs — a direction that is bucking the national trend where many institutions are struggling to grow or even maintain their international programs. Join us for this webcast to discover the strategic matrix tool Purdue has developed to help: The evaluation […]

A Practical Approach to Growing Your Planned Giving Program

There is a huge opportunity to grow dollars raised by deferred gifts, but you may need help developing a scaffolded approach to get you there. This online training, facilitated by Theresa Curry from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will show you how to apply fundamental pillars to start or grow a planned giving program. Theresa has […]

Managing Difficult Faculty

Agenda Essential Elements of Success Step 1: Engage Step 2: Manage Step 3: Enforce Step 4: Marginalize