Learn how to develop, measure, and improve your international alumni engagement efforts. Agenda Building on the Case for International Alumni Programming Developing Your Program International data management Cultural considerations: Social, professional, and philanthropic Volunteer management Involving alumni in international student recruitment Presidential and faculty visits/tours Collaboration to build your program Global events to build brand and impact Measuring the Success of Your Program Measurement tools Effective solicitations Timeline for ROI Improving Your Program: Looking to the Future
Learn how to take the most effective classroom teaching principles to the online environment. Overview & Agenda Effective online teaching is grounded in the same best practice principles as all other educational mediums. The challenge for faculty is operationalizing these principles for the online environment. Walk through ten key principles to quality online teaching. Our expert instructor will share multiple implementation strategies to actualize each of these in your online course. These strategies will help improve student engagement and course quality. Do you have multiple approaches to include each of these essential components in your online courses? Know your audience Get organized Get comfortable with the technology Communicate expectations Let your personality show Be engaged Build community Plan for the unexpected Provide meaningful and timely feedback Practice continuous quality improvement
Is working with commission-based international recruitment agents right for your institution? Agenda Introduction and Welcome Starting the Conversation Debunking agent myths Motivations behind using agents Reservations about using agents Policy on Ethics and Transparency What kinds of options are there for ensuring the agents you choose are ethical? What will you require of your agents in terms of transparency? How will you commit to transparency on your end? Assessing Fit and Capacity Types of recruitment agents Choices are determined by your own pre-existing international recruitment strategy Institutional/Logistical considerations Next Steps and Questions
International alumni are often overlooked in campaign efforts. However, a campaign is a great opportunity to engage your institution’s increasingly diverse constituents. While many institutions may be intimidated by the prospect of a global campaign, your shop can successfully accomplish a global campaign by: Identifying your international alumni base Gathering and reviewing important alumni data Planning international events and donor visits Join us online to assess your institution’s readiness for taking your campaign global and intentionally plan for international alumni involvement in every stage of your campaign.
Don’t hear it from a software company, hear it from someone like you! Agenda Selecting the Decision Team and Responsibilities Determining the Scope of the Project Developing Questions for the Vendors Evaluating the Different Systems Comparing Software Side-by-Side Funding Considerations and Ideas
While the advancement profession has grown increasingly diverse, senior management and chief advancement officer roles remain largely male and white. Women have made strides into senior management roles across the field in recent years, but many are not compensated at the same level as their male counterparts. As institutions attract increasingly diverse student populations, it is important that the diversity of the campus community is reflected across the administration as well. Now is the time to create your career plan and focus on moving into a senior management role. Join us online to gain the tools to guide your career path towards senior management while effectively negotiating compensation and overcoming perceived performance gaps. Our expert instructor will address the following key questions: How do you become an executive director, vice president, or associate vice president of advancement? How do you map your career path to get to the top position? How do you negotiate a competitive salary? How do you assess your professional environment for growth?
Learn from the University of North Carolina’s award-winning student philanthropy programming. Agenda UNC’s Institutional Context, Program Background and Heelraisers Council The Planning Process Other events and touches Calculating dates Marketing your programming Sample Events Stop Day / Tuition Freedom Day Give Thanks Day Tag Day Class Giving Program Execution Responsibilities and duties of student organizers and volunteers Partnering across campus Student stewardship Evaluation Social media engagement Tying back to goals Effect on class giving Lessons Learned Early mistakes Evolution between years
Are you packaging financial aid strategically so as to increase net tuition revenue? Agenda Principles of Institutional Aid Need-based aid Merit aid Athletic aid Aligning Financial and Admissions Goals Admissions perspective Financial aid perspective Shared perspective around net tuition revenue Financial Aid Strategizing: Cost Benefit Analysis and Predictive Modeling What pricing strategies balance institutional and financial goals? What might the impact of these strategies be on future applicant pools? Where does our data tell us we can build an applicant pool? At what cost to the institution? Examples of strategy development and predictive modeling Key Net Tuition Revenue Data Points and Steps for the Future
Most planned giving shops have a marketing plan, but how effective is it? Whether you’re collaborating with a communications team or on your own, an integrated marketing and communications plan allows you to work smarter, not harder. An effective marketing plan will uncover unknown gifts, identify new prospects, and engage current donors—allowing you to demonstrate a tangible return on investment. Join us online to learn how one institution has developed a strategic marketing program that both informs their donors and serves as an effective stewardship tool. Our expert instructor will share practical takeaways for implementing these tactics, regardless of shop size and resources.
Is your shop interested in developing your own crowdfunding initiative, but unsure how it will complement your current advancement strategy? Crowdfunding can increase alumni engagement and participation while serving as a cost-effective tool for: Acquiring new donors Updating alumni contact information Re-engaging lapsed donors and identifying their philanthropic interests Serving faculty and students in their most pressing needs Being able to integrate a crowdfunding initiative into your overall strategy is crucial to any successful effort. Join us online to learn how to bring crowdfunding from inception to launch, while ensuring that this latest fundraising innovation helps boost your overall program.
Financial, academic, and social challenges make student retention a complex issue on any campus. Amidst this complexity, many institutions continue to widely allocate limited financial aid funds without a clear understanding of which students are most incentivized by financial support. Those who are able to accurately target students most in need of financial incentives for degree completion, however, ensure the strongest investment for their students and their institution. Join us for an online training that will help your institution to develop strategic plans for retention-driven financial aid allocation. Primarily, we will address: Which students will be most impacted by financial aid incentives How to design a cost/benefit analysis for optimal financial aid allocation When to communicate and distribute financial aid awards to improve retention
How are you prioritizing investments in your annual giving operation? Agenda Evaluating your core annual giving operations Donor retention Donor reactivation New donor acquisition Donor upgrades Building the pipeline Assessing the effectiveness of your annual giving vehicles Direct mail Phonathon E-solicitations Crowdfunding/Day of giving Personal solicitations Making smart investments in your annual giving operations Determining the capacity of your team Scaling considerations Case Study: Using your audit to guide planning and goal setting
Learn the 4 tenets to building your institution’s corporate training program. Agenda Developing Program Model and Goals Common program structures Scaffolding development stages Setting measures for program success Establishing, Building, and Sustaining Relationships on Your Campus Connecting across departments Financial considerations and agreements Exploring Respective Community Markets and Their Common Challenges Needs analysis Establishing a price point Parameters for target audience Establishing, Building, and Sustaining Relationships in the Business Community Networking for success Selling the training Providing exceptional customer service Branding and image
The latest regulations are out! Are you prepared to update your Annual Security Report? Agenda What’s Changed? Impact of the VAWA and Campus SaVE Act Federal Register guidelines Steps for Clery Compliance Reviewing your stats: Auditing last year’s Annual Security Report Updating your report with current definitions and policies Recommendations for collaboration and continual education What Next? Ensuring your ASR is ready for October 2015 Enhancing your institution’s policies, procedures, and programs Final Q&A
Turnover is an inevitable part of contemporary admissions work, but not all of it is out of your hands. Proactive and ongoing training, management, and evaluation of your admissions staff can go a long way toward promoting employee retention, thereby cutting cost and increasing the overall productivity of your office. Join us for an online training program that will teach you how to proactively manage turnover within your admissions office. You will come away from the program with concrete strategies that you can use to increase job satisfaction and promote retention among your admissions employees, including: Designing a deliberate and ongoing training plan Connecting employee performance goals to metrics Facilitating opportunities for advancement
Student success initiatives are often widespread, and they impact multiple areas of a single institution. However, campus administrators often don’t have enough program information to strategically allocate resources to the initiatives that create the most impact. This can lead to wasted resources and misaligned attention on programs that do not contribute to student success. Join us for an online training session that will help you understand how your retention team is measuring the success of the retention programs you have in place. You will leave with a worksheet that organizes the institutional programs, goals, and students related to these initiatives.
Can you describe your institution as nimble? Do you offer programs that meet the needs of adult learners? Does your institution effectively use online education to reach non-traditional learners? Do you offer practitioner-oriented programs? Proprietary institutions have successes we can learn from. Use the insights from an instructor that has experienced both sides of the fence. Take lessons learned from the for-profit sector to enhance your program’s competitiveness, student success, and persistence. J. Joseph Hoey will share best practices and case studies to illustrate innovations often used by the proprietary marketplace that are directly applicable to traditional institutions. Join us to learn models that you can incorporate into the way education is delivered at your institution. We will examine: Building education around the student Learning outcomes that connect learners and the workplace Flexible course and program offerings Steps to support students towards matriculation The role of prior learning assessment
Students who are provisionally admitted to college or otherwise considered “at-risk” often face unique academic, social, or emotional challenges during their transition. Summer bridge programs aim to address these transitional issues through support and remediation. The challenge is knowing which elements to prioritize and what works at your institution. Are you doing enough to create a sense of student connection on your campus for success into their second year and beyond? Join us online to learn how your institution can take a strategic approach to summer bridge programs and at-risk student success. We focus on three key components of summer bridge programs and identify effective strategies for measuring student engagement and campus connection. Our expert faculty showcases the SOAR program at University of Central Florida, a summer bridge program that boasts student retention rates of 90%.
Academic coaching is a powerful retention tool for at-risk, probationary, international, and other critical student populations. Coaching allows students to have one-on-one conversations with professionals who help them set academic goals and fill any gaps that exist between academic advising, tutoring, career services, and counseling. An in-house academic coaching model is a cost-effective approach to serving high-risk student groups. Join us online to explore two success-driven approaches to academic coaching. Highlighting the coaching program at the Florida State University, our expert instructor will share the steps for building, evaluating, and improving an academic coaching model on your campus.
International students studying in North America are often criticized for excessive plagiarism, with faculty wringing their hands in frustration. There are a number of legitimate reasons why students may be unable to properly cite sources in their writing. Faculty need to understand international students’ confusion, and institutions must support faculty with effective training and policy to help students become better writers. Join us to learn important considerations for how international students attribute authorship differently as well as how to implement a proper training program at your institution. While the focus of this program is to support international students, the fundamentals of proper citation in writing can be applied to all student populations.
