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The exercise of facilitating philanthropic conversations around values with the families you engage with is essential for the long-term philanthropic viability of your institution. However, gift officers are often not trained for this unique approach to fundraising that focuses on the family. Instead, they may often feel a natural hesitation to insert themselves into these […]
Institutions currently face a changing student demographic, increased student disengagement, and the Great Resignation, and their old methods of operating may no longer allow them to be successful in a changing higher education landscape. As institutions look to boost or maintain student enrollment and retention, as well as to retain their faculty and staff, breaking […]
Campaigns are long-term, effort-intensive fundraising cycles that require hard work and commitment from Advancement staff, university and volunteer leaders, and donors. When a campaign comes to a close, the institution must balance the celebration of its accomplishments and gratitude for donors with the ongoing need for philanthropic support, all in the setting of inevitable potential […]
Pause. Reflect. Look Ahead. Use this time to set more meaningful goals and prepare for the year ahead. As the year ends, we’ve observed that many of you are working so hard and moving so quickly that the time and energy to pause and reflect has been limited. The habit of reflection can build self-awareness […]
What do you want to accomplish in 2022? Submit your answer to be entered into a drawing for a free book of your choice. All of us at Academic Impressions are interested in hearing from you! We want to better understand what you are looking to accomplish in 2022. We’d love to incorporate your answers […]
Leadership volunteers can help to advance your institutional goals not only through their major gifts, but through their ambassadorship as advocates of the mission you convey, and by opening access to opportunities as well as leveraging expertise and input that only they can provide. However, if you don’t have a defined objective on what these […]
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Do the work to be part of the solution. ON-DEMAND TRAINING Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable: Engaging in Dialogue About Race and Bias Join us for this training to gain confidence in entering conversations about race and inequity. See for yourself why 9 out of 10 customers recommend our online learning. […]
Alumni participation has steadily declined across institutions of higher education in the United States for several decades. And increasingly, donors are taking their philanthropic inclinations to organizations where they can give to specific purposes with targeted outcomes. The most successful deans and academic leaders are attuned to this reality and work in concert with their […]
Enrollment Management & Marketing Upcoming Events On-Demand Trainings The enrollment picture has become much more complicated in recent years given the compounding factors of heightened competition, public skepticism about the value of higher education, economic uncertainty, and declining high school graduation rates in certain parts of the country. These changing market conditions require Enrollment Management […]
Training, resources, and experts you can count on right now. Annual Giving Alumni Relations Major & Planned Giving Other Advancement Areas Membership with Academic Impressions provides all of these resources and more. Each year we create dozens of new development opportunities to address the most pressing issues facing advancement shops and enable you to connect […]
