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Maximize the Success of Your Next Campaign: A Conference for Campaign Leaders

As the campaign leader, you must be thoughtful and organized in your approach to campaign planning to pull off this large-scale initiative for your campus community. This front-end planning phase requires you to evaluate the feasibility of your campaign, create the infrastructure of support, ensure buy-in and commitment from critical stakeholders, prepare your staff, and garner volunteer leaders, to name a few. Historically, you may have felt pressure to skip some of these steps since this work takes a lot of time and effort. However, in today’s competitive fundraising landscape, that is no longer an option.  In this conference, we’ve designed an experience where you, as a campaign leader, get to take a deep dive into preparing the front-end planning of your next campaign. You will learn all the critical components of this analysis, including:  This comprehensive two-day conference will not only give you the opportunity to zoom out and see the big picture of what a front-end campaign analysis entails, you will also walk away with practical tools, strategies, and resources that you can use right away in your planning efforts.  Our content has been carefully curated by our expert panel, who all offer extensive years of overseeing campaigns […]

Maximize the Success of Your Next Campaign: A Workshop for Campaign Leaders

As a campaign leader, you may have felt pressure to skip some of the front-end planning necessary to evaluate the feasibility of your campaign, create the infrastructure of support, ensure buy-in and commitment from critical stakeholders, prepare your staff, and garner volunteer leaders.  However, in today’s competitive fundraising landscape, that is no longer an option.  In this comprehensive two-day workshop, our expert panel, whose members all offer extensive years of overseeing campaigns large and small at campuses of varying sizes, will take you on a deep dive into preparing the front-end planning of your next campaign. You will zoom out to see the full scope of what a front-end campaign analysis entails and gain practical tools and resources on the following topics.  

A Community of Practice: Discussion Circle for Title IX Coordinators 

With the release of the new regulations on April 19, 2024, you, as the Title IX Coordinator, are likely in the thick of drafting your policies and procedures to comply with Title IX’s new legal mandates.  Therefore, you will inevitably have questions and encounter challenges while implementing the new requirements. Having a community of peers who are likely thinking through similar questions and challenges couldn’t come at a more opportune time as you prepare to introduce the new requirements to your campus community.  Join us for a Title IX Coordinator community of practice discussion series to network with peers from across the country, contribute to thoughtful dialogue, gain valuable feedback, and learn strategies to navigate the changes in the law.  This discussion series will occur on the following four dates:    Cara Hardin, a seasoned educator and Title IX practitioner in higher education, will help to facilitate the four weekly discussion circles and share practical recommendations with our participants. Please note that the information provided by our facilitator or others who contribute to the dialogue does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice. Instead, all information available during this series is for training and general informational purposes only.  As […]

Flexing Your Approach with Different Direct Reports 

If you support more than one person, you’ve likely already learned that what might work with one person, might not work for another.  In this discussion, we’ll explore what “flexing your approach” looks like with different direct reports.  For example, some might respond better to direct communication, others might need time to process a new idea, or some might benefit from more brainstorming space, etc. We’ll give you the space to think through your own unique context.   

Making it Work When You Don’t Get Along with a Direct Report

It’s ok to accept the fact that you might not become lifelong friends with a direct report, but what do you do when you really struggle to get along with them?  Personality and work styles aside, you’ll still need to continue to supervise that person in a fair and supportive way.  In this discussion, we’ll explore ideas for how to keep things professional and supportive despite differences. 

Managing Up, Down, and Across

No one supervises in a vacuum.  Supervision involves people, so it’s inherently messy and relational at its core.  We all report to people above us, work alongside peers at our level, and support people below us.  In some ways, our direction and success are dependent on how well we navigate information flow, strategy, and implementation among these levels.  In this discussion, we’ll unpack what it looks like to manage up, down, and across.

Making 1:1 Check-ins More Effective

How do you spend the time in your 1:1 check-ins?  What makes them hard or what could make them more productive?  In this discussion, we’ll gather ideas and strategies from the group on how we’ll unpack one of the most basic, important, and sometimes challenging tools we have – the check-in.    

The Mindset Shift in Becoming a Supervisor

Becoming a supervisor requires shifting your mindset from an individual contributor to someone who must also create an environment that will enable other’s success.  This requires a mindset shift.  You don’t want to lose sight of your own preferences and unique skillsets but now, your work must also be driven by what is best for your team, unit, or institution.  You might also be supervising former peers or have to enforce policies that you don’t agree with.  In this discussion we’ll unpack some of the key mindset shifts supervisors face and create the space for you to reflect on how they’ve shown up for you.   

How You Want to Show Up as a Supervisor

Some people may have intentionally sought out supervision. Others may have fallen into that path.  Regardless, how many people ask themselves what kind of a supervisor they want to be? In this discussion, we’ll create the space for you to think about what kind of supervisor you want to be.  We’ll explore questions like:   

Intentional and Strategic Management of Alumni Volunteers

Alumni volunteers are valuable to institutions in both their service and their giving power, as they tend to give 10 times more than non-volunteers over their lifetimes. Yet, however crucial their efforts are in advancement shops, managing volunteers also poses unique challenges—like dealing with volunteer motivations and aligning volunteer efforts with your mission.  Our three-day workshop is specifically designed for volunteer managers in higher education who want practical takeaways to help them to intentionally and strategically manage volunteers throughout the six phases of the volunteer engagement cycle, covering:   This hands-on workshop will prepare you to return to your campus with a comprehensive toolkit, strategy, and a new level of intention when working with your volunteers. 

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