Preventing Leadership Derailment in Higher Education

Don’t let leadership derailment damage your organization. Agenda What is derailment? Tell-tale signs of derailment 6 things you can do today to prevent derailment 10 strategies to implement across your organization Included are two important resources that will be key to implementing the lessons in the webcast: A diagnostic tool to help leaders at risk […]

Cross-Training Admissions and Financial Aid Staff

Admissions and financial aid staff are often siloed at institutions, creating inefficiencies for both offices and those they serve. Cross-training both admissions and financial aid staff can help your institution maximize resources and improve the quality of the service you provide to prospective and admitted students and their families. Effective cross-training, however, involves a lot […]

Departmental Budget Training for Faculty Webcast Recording

Despite department chairs being responsible for many aspects of budgeting, faculty should play a role in the process. Unfortunately, most faculty are doing little or nothing in this regard. With a clear understanding of the budget, faculty can provide input about savings and other unexpected funds. This understanding can help your institution become more efficient […]

Avoiding the Seduction of the Leader Syndrome

Learn how you can get more direct and candid feedback from your direct reports. Honest concerns, suggestions, and ideas will all help you to affirm that you are on the right path, yet many leaders do not have access to this unfiltered information. Get an in-depth examination of why and how leaders are “seduced” into […]

Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Retention Programming

Make better programming decisions based on student outcomes data. Agenda Getting your data Partnering effectively to obtain the programmatic data you need How do I know what questions to ask to get the data I need? How do I know which type of analysis to ask for? Understanding your data Interpreting the results of your […]

Increasing Student Engagement in Financial Literacy Programming

Financial literacy programming is more crucial than ever as average student debt climbs to over $33,000 and as federal financial aid funding is increasingly tied to retention and graduation rates. Despite this fact, professionals charged with designing and facilitating their institution’s financial literacy programs struggle to engage students and encourage participation. As a result, many financial literacy […]

Gaining Faculty Buy-In for Student Success Initiatives and Programs

Learn practical strategies to help you successfully gain faculty buy-in for student success initiatives and programs. Collaborating across campus to achieve student success requires diligent work, planning, and intentional tactics on the part of student services staff. Not every outreach to faculty is successful, but this webcast will help you put your best foot forward. […]

Increasing Degree Pathways for Stop-Out Students

Many stop-out programs settle for offering a limited number of degrees and little flexibility concerning the timelines for degree completion. The leadership at the University of Memphis reached higher, building a comprehensive, decentralized program that offers returning students more degree options that can be attained more quickly. Join us in an online training to learn […]

Using Student Storytelling in Higher Ed Marketing

Who on campus can provide authentic and colorful insight into campus life better than your current students? Login Instructions Live Webcast: Look for the login link under Registrations in My Account. Login on September 29, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Agenda Planning and Recruiting Assessing internal capacity Technology considerations Outreach to students Application process and […]

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 […]

Developing Institutional Naming Plans and Policies

Standardize your framework for naming spaces on campus. Agenda Implementing Naming Policies Calculating space values Determining the baseline and final values of physical space Determining the value of programs, endowed chairs and professorships, and centers Procuring board approval Marketing available opportunities Additional Naming Considerations Duration De-Naming Demolishment/Renovation Getting Started in Developing a Naming Policy Working […]

Improving Career Services with Data Webcast Recording

Learn how you can update your career services reporting strategy with existing resources. You will be provided ideas and resources to help ensure that you are collecting the right data to better analyze your office’s performance. Obtain tips for how to better identify, track, and analyze metrics in order to: Harness the power of analytics […]

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 […]

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 […]

Managing Your Portfolio for Greater Fundraising Success

Are you effectively prioritizing the donors in your portfolio? Agenda Portfolio Maintenance Establishing your routine Adding assessments and metric strategies to your routine Prioritizing prospects and donors Moving a donor up Pushing a prospect back Knowing when to drop someone from your portfolio

Graduate Student Services: Better Coordinating Support Across Campus

Learn to coordinate existing student services to accommodate graduate students. Agenda Staffing and budgeting models to consider for coordinating services Onboarding grad students Managing expectations Creating impactful orientation experiences Supporting the social and emotional needs of grad students Isolation and mental health Understanding prior commitments Serving as champions and advocates for students Engaging graduate students

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 […]

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 […]

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

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, […]