Building the Capacity of Your Advancement Team

Course Length

50m

Building the Capacity of Your Advancement Team


Overview

Retention and career mapping are critically important within Advancement. These topics have been long-standing conversations within our field, and the pandemic and new ways of working have continued to keep them top-of-mind. Turnover within advancement teams is high, and those who remain have to juggle supervision and fundraising responsibilities; therefore, it is essential we train our teams and building their capacity as leaders. This will allow them to better empower their team and show the impact of their work.

Join us online for a discussion related to investing in and retaining advancement professionals at your institution. We will explore this conversation by talking through questions of:

  • What are the core skills and elements of leadership you’ve seen that have made advancement professionals successful in their work?
  • How can you be intentional about building the leadership of your advancement team?
  • What strategies would you suggest for building the capacity of your advancement leaders and helping them to grow within your organization?

Who should attend?

This discussion-based event is designed for major gift officers, planned giving officers, and other advancement staff who lead teams. Join us online and come prepared to share your lessons learned, ideas, and perspectives.