Aligning Your Work with Your Goals as Career Faculty

Strategically choose career opportunities that match your goals as non-tenure-track faculty. Overview Faculty not on the tenure track are seeking career development and leadership opportunities relevant to their unique career paths. While they share similar responsibilities as tenure-track faculty, they also face being overburdened with undervalued academic work, such as administrative and service work, that […]

Developing and Supporting Identity-Based Alumni Affinity Groups

Foster community and empower diverse alumni through more intentional engagement Overview As student demographics in higher education continue to shift, and as institutions continue to develop new initiatives focused on equity, inclusion, and belonging, it is more important than ever to build a pathway for diverse students to become engaged alumni. Identity-based alumni affinity groups […]

Maximize Your Public Speaking by Overcoming Your Discomfort

Build your public speaking confidence by understanding the nature of your discomfort. Overview Communication is a critical skill for leaders. And as challenges facing higher education today grow more complex and communication methods more diverse, the need to feel confident in your ability to speak publicly is more essential than ever. Join us for a […]

Celebrating Success as First-Generation Faculty: A Time for Discussion

Celebrate your achievements and share your experiences as a first-generation faculty member. Overview Navigating faculty life and culture can be challenging for anyone, regardless of their background. To be successful, faculty need to understand the subculture of higher education, know how to network and navigate politics on campus and in their discipline, and be able […]

Building Agency in Your Mid-Career as Faculty

Pullquote Overview Institutions offer myriad giving opportunities that donors might choose to support. From the unrestricted gift to the gift supporting a scholarship or program, many institutions offer dozens or even hundreds of ways donors can allocate their gifts. Unfortunately, with decentralized institutions, a multitude of giving options can lead to inconsistencies in the ways […]

Securing the Gift: Making the Ask with Confidence

Compel your donor to support your institution by learning how to strategically approach the ask. Overview Gift officers can sometimes feel uncomfortable making the ask for a variety of reasons, and the anxiety they can produce may be felt and mirrored by donors, leading to a “no.” However, not making the ask can lead to […]

Improving Your Donor Pipeline Through Academic Leader and Advancement Collaboration

Identify shared opportunities to strengthen constituent engagement and academic fundraising efforts. Overview Enhancing collaboration among alumni engagement, annual giving, and academic leaders is a strategic priority for many institutions. By engaging deans and academic leaders intentionally and early in the fundraising cycle, advancement professionals can help their academic colleagues see themselves within philanthropic work. Perhaps […]

Keys to a Successful Relationship Between Deans and Development Officers

Refine your approach as an academic fundraising partnership to achieve your philanthropic goals. Overview Philanthropy is critical to helping institutions meet their academic missions, and at its core, it is all about building and maintaining relationships. Although fundraising is just one of the myriad responsibilities overseen by an academic dean, the development officer is a […]

Leveraging Your Alumni Data for Deeper Engagement

Increase your donor base by using engagement data to identify new volunteers. Overview It wasn’t long ago that gathering alumni engagement data used to be a challenge at many institutions. This is no longer the case today, as alumni engagement data is routinely collected across the industry. However, many advancement shops may not have a […]

Faculty Mentorship: Incorporating Inclusive Practices to Foster Faculty Success

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