Are you losing students because your value proposition to prospective students and parents simply communicates price? Agenda Introduction Value defined Key perceptions of value (considerations for prospective audience) Key components of value Data gathering Internal sources (surveys, post-graduation plans) External sources (organizations, 3rd party studies) Applying value and data to message 10 key strategic questions in value communication Venues for message delivery Stories that convey value Communication tactics from a variety of institutional contexts Final thoughts and keys moving forward
Many campuses only become aware of hazing issues after a crisis, prompting a reactive approach to fix the problem. Hazing prevention initiatives are not new, but often fall flat because they do not take into account the underlying cultural change that must occur to address this systemic challenge. Join us to learn how to implement a framework that encompasses a community-based, long-term, comprehensive approach to hazing prevention. Using a case study format, we will highlight an award-winning program that was able to address the roots of hazing activities to effect a campus-wide shift in culture.
It may seem difficult to both balance space management in your academic library and continue to cultivate a thriving general collection that meets the needs of 21st century faculty and students. However, strong weeding and storage policies offer an effective way to meet both aims. The key is to move beyond just reviewing circulation data and integrate user input to inform your general collection management. Join us for a webcast that explores how to seamlessly integrate data and user input into your library’s storage and weeding policies. You will leave with five key takeaways and a plan for establishing policies that ensure the viability of your general collection in a way that nurtures the relationship between your library and its most important stakeholders.
Learn how integrating information literacy into your first-year experience programs can improve student success. Agenda After providing a brief overview of the first-year experience movement, our expert instructor will share practical tips and advice on the following aspects of information literacy programs: Developing shared goals Information literacy outcomes Role of the entire campus Student development theory Integrating creative partnerships Institutional examples Involving parents and advisors Designing your curriculum Faculty-lead seminars Embedding librarians in first-year seminars
Learn how you can create social-media-based experiential learning activities that improve student engagement. Agenda Friday, October 25, 2013 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. EDT Integration of social media into curriculum and privacy concerns Creating experiential learning using different types of social media Best practices and effective uses of social media Live discussion Google+ for conducting office hours Google Hangouts for guest lecture/incorporating expert speakers Facebook Streaming media Spreaker for experiential exercises SoundCloud for weekly podcasts updates YouTube Content curation Pinterest/Scoop.it Storify Real Time Networking Twitter Facebook
Third party vendors can provide a wide array of expertise, specifically in increasing the enrollment and capacity of universities’ online offerings. However, extracting the most value from these partnerships requires developing an effective and lasting framework. Diligent preparation and a comprehensive approach allow your institution to take advantage of vendor partnerships while avoiding unnecessary costs. Join us for an online training to learn strategies that will help you develop a framework for successfully partnering your institution with third party vendors. We will discuss: Institutional readiness Negotiating the contract Partnership management
As institutions increasingly leverage mobile learning, certain critical questions are emerging as to how to best manage, distribute, and maintain these mobile devices. Join us online to examine different models and determine which ones may work for you. Using several institutional examples, we’ll answer these important questions: What are some institutional business models for procuring mobile devices? How do you ensure quality and set standards for these devices? How might management strategies differ depending on the mobile devices being used?
Don’t waste your institution’s time and resources. Lay the groundwork for a successful MOOC offering. Agenda Introduction of Experts and Institutional Objectives Vanderbilt University The University of Texas at Arlington – Undergraduate Nursing Program Developing a Plan Institutional goals and objectives Obtaining internal buy-in Identifying measures to success Selecting instructors, courses, and term structure Selecting a partner (or not) Financial cost and sustainability Preparing Your Institution Academic governance Administrative connections Accreditation Technology Course development and compensation Takeaways
Selecting a learning management system (LMS) is a complex endeavor that requires spending hundreds of hours vetting different options; balancing the competing needs of faculty, students, and administrators; and making a multi-year commitment. Join us online as our instructor walks you through the crucial steps for selecting an LMS on your campus. Having recently selected a new solution for his own campus, Tom Cavanagh will share a collaborative process for vetting, evaluating, and selecting the right LMS for your institution. You will leave this webcast with proven approaches and key considerations to effectively guide your selection. While this program will help you better understand the process for selecting an LMS, it is not intended to help you evaluate your current system or explore features within specific platforms.
Career services are one of the most requested resources from alumni. Capitalize on this interest by expanding your online offerings to include a live and recorded webinar series. Join us online to learn how you can develop a low-cost, online, career programming series that engages your alumni as both participants and presenters. Through a showcase of the program at Georgetown University, our expert instructor will share information and advice around the key components of an alumni career services webinar series, including: Choosing a platform to deliver your webinars Selecting the right topics to interest your alumni Recruiting and managing engaging presenters to deliver your content Marketing your programming appropriately Assessing your programming
The human and technological resources needed to ensure student success online are expensive to acquire and difficult to maintain. Consequently, institutions must make data-driven decisions about where to invest their resources. However, the data needed to inform such choices can be hard to isolate and are subject to misinterpretation given the complexities and constantly changing characteristics of online education. Examine how you can use metrics to better support retention efforts and improve the success rates of your online students. This webcast will address the use of data for modeling and prediction, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions, including: Data available to your institution Mechanisms for obtaining data Conclusions that can and cannot be drawn from data about your retention and success initiatives Identifying at-risk students through analysis of predictive behaviors Using interventions to help reduce the risks Monitoring the interventions for effectiveness
Once you have defined your institution’s strategic messages and found your leader’s voice, the next task for your speechwriting assignment is to get words on the page. But knowing how to keep your listeners’ attention can be especially challenging when you aren’t a full-time speechwriter. Join our expert instructor, Chuck Toney, online for easy-to-implement tips on how to effectively incorporate technical and rhetorical tactics into your next speechwriting assignment. You will learn how to prepare the physical text of the speech and how to add impact through devices such as repetition, alliteration, rhythm, and emphasis. You will also leave the session with three types of speeches every campus speechwriter should have ready for delivery.
Effectively balancing both the immediate and long-term institutional goals of space efficiency requires a sophisticated understanding of all campus space. Yet, many space administrators continue to work with rudimentary databases that reveal little beyond room type, location, and square footage. Administrators who are able to redefine and allocate space according to room condition, technology specifications, occupancy, and other telling characteristics possess the sophisticated data necessary to cut through challenging political barriers and become better advocates for the existing space on their campus. Join us for an online training that walks through the process of building and implementing a robust space database that provides the information to drive data-informed decisions on your campus. You will leave with key considerations and an overarching framework for transforming your space tracking techniques in developing a strategic space model for your institution.
Advancement shops are increasingly turning to predictive models to assess their donor pools and ensure that their most valuable donors are receiving the appropriate level of attention. Despite this trend, many front-line fundraisers are still unclear about what predictive modeling is, how it can be leveraged in their everyday work, and how to calculate a return on investment from the use of predictive models. Join us online to learn the fundamentals of predictive modeling and how your shop can use this model to guide your fundraising strategy. You will hear case studies from institutions across the country that have successfully integrated predictive modeling into their operations.Included in your registration fee is a comprehensive glossary of terms commonly used when discussing predictive analytics.
Does general education represent a canon of knowledge, a set of skills, readiness for a student’s major, or simply a certain number of credits? These questions, along with increasing employer demands and student expectations for developing necessary competencies make it imperative to carefully assess your institution’s general education program. However, general education is difficult to assess because students’ core competencies can be obtained through various pathways. Join your colleagues in this webcast to discuss various methods for assessing the goals and quality of general education. Our expert instructor will focus on using low cost, low effort, turn-key tools to assess general education. This assessment approach, if done effectively, leads to improved student learning and addresses the skills gap that employers demand.
Online instruction continues to thrive, but instructors and designers struggle to develop effective forms of online assessment. How can an instructor know if students are meeting course objectives or achieving area competencies if tests and quizzes are not primary assessments? How can you ensure academic integrity and curb online cheating? What other forms of assessment are particularly effective in an online environment? Join us online to learn how to design and develop assessment tools in online instructional environments. Our expert instructor will share examples of assessment questions and how to improve them.
Learn how students can serve as effective philanthropic ambassadors for your shop. Agenda How are you currently using students in your shop? Institutional context: K-State’s program creation Role of student foundation Primary functions Recruiting and retaining members Breaking down student roles and responsibilities Needs assessment Nominations and application process Interview and selection process Membership retention Professional development for students Creating and shaping your messaging for your program First five steps for starting your own student foundation
Creating a compelling capital campaign brand takes detailed planning and skilled timing. Agenda Branding 101: Understanding what a brand is Linking your institutional and campaign brand Which comes first? Do people give to an institution or to a campaign? How can a campaign brand resonate with and challenge the institutional brand? Examples of complementary institutional and campaign brands 9 creative principles of campaign communications, including: Keep it simple Tell stories Get a personality Getting started: Planning and deploying a brand for your campaign Resourcing a campaign brand Answering three fundamental questions
Empowering students to mentor and advise peers can reduce staff workload and free up resources to be leveraged elsewhere on campus. However, detailed planning is required to ensure that your peer mentor programs seamlessly integrate with your first-year student programs. Before launching a program of your own, you must learn how to effectively: Identify where peer mentors can influence first-year persistence Recruit and train peer mentors Assess your program’s effectiveness Join us to learn how to build a peer mentor component into your first-year student programming. Centered on Longwood University’s model, this webcast will prepare you to design a program that utilizes a team of peer mentors to engage first-year students and positively affect student persistence.
Mid-career faculty members (tenured-system faculty members) form a large and important component of the academic workforce who experience unique challenges. Academic life has a short career ladder, and many tenured faculty members reach a plateau where opportunities for advancement decline. Further, there has been relatively little research on tenured faculty and on best practices to support tenured faculty members through this extended career stage. Join our expert instructors online to identify the needs, interests, and challenges of tenured faculty members as well as productive practices and recommendations to address them. Featuring the award-winning work done at Michigan State University, this webcast can serve as a starting point for an important conversation within your faculty leadership team.
