Mentor Central
CASE Mentor Central is the place where advancement professionals connect and establish mentor/mentee relationships to foster professional and personal growth and development.

Face-to-Face Bests Social Networking
Advancement Weekly Article A communication expert says that leaders who focus solely on e-networking can hurt their chances to advance their careers and impair their social skills.

Learn to Network Beyond Conferences
Advancement Weekly Article Networking doesn’t have to be a trying experience, and there’s no reason why it should be confined to professional conferences, writes a management blogger.

What to Consider before Becoming a Mentor
Advancement Weekly Article It can be rewarding to be a mentor. Still, managers can’t take every young upstart under their wings. They must be discerning for the relationship to prove successful.

Moving Students into the Advancement Pipeline
Product This webinar offers a blueprint for grooming students for success in the advancement profession and provides a map for mentoring programs in order to grow an advancement pipeline. Participants receive materials that will help them create their own student advancement internship programs. This multimedia file is a recording of an Online Speaker Series webinar originally presented June 6, 2012. The webinar is part 3 of a three-part Advancement Staffing Webinars series.

How to Network Smarter
Advancement Weekly Article Two management researchers say the old adage “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” is true. Still, they note that the quality of the individuals in a manager’s professional network trumps the quantity of them.

Don't be a Conference Wallflower
Advancement Weekly Article Fall conference season is just around the corner. This is no time to be shy, writes one management expert.

Part III: Moving Students into the Advancement Pipeline
Online Seminar Find out how your institution can groom students for success and provide a map for mentoring programs in order to grow their advancement pipeline.

Office Space: Mentoring Matters
CURRENTS Article In this article, Raina Lenney discusses the role a mentor can play in your career, what a person should consider when looking for a mentor, how to go about looking for a mentor, and how having mentors has been a benefit to her personally and professionally.

Office Space: Everyone On Board
CURRENTS Article Creating a process for new employees to feel connected to the school can be integral to their success.

Talent Sprouts
CURRENTS Article Development offices across the world are in need of more suitable candidates. Students are a convenient resource just waiting to be tapped.

Career Path: Admiring the 'View
CURRENTS Article Interviewing for a job is an inevitable part of the professional world. However, what happens when the interview doesn't land a job? You may be surprised to find that it can still lead to positive results.

Advance Work: The Networkers' Network
CURRENTS Article Development professionals spend their workdays networking and making connections with people for the advancement of their organizations. In New York City they can do the same activities after work--but for the advancement of their careers. The Young Development Professionals of New York City has more than 75 members from some 20 institutions in the metropolitan area and beyond.

Career Path: One for All and All for One
CURRENTS Article Ask professionals in almost any industry, and many will say they couldn’t have gotten where they are without the steadying hand and experienced wisdom of a mentor. This column explores the power of the mentor-protégé relationship and how mentoring changes us--both personally and professionally.

AdvanceWork: New Recruits
CURRENTS Article Students can’t pursue a degree in advancement, so how can campuses recruit them to the profession? Practitioners suggest institutions develop formal advancement internship programs or hire student workers. A third option is CASE’s Association of Student Advancement Programs, which provides networking and leadership development opportunities to promote student involvement in education advancement.

Manager's Portfolio: My Own Worst Nightmare
CURRENTS Article A college foundation executive concludes that mentoring is a boss's most important responsibility after reflecting on her early work experiences and realizing she resembles a former supervisor who didn't give credence to staff members' ideas or value their enthusiasm.

In Advance: Is Your Job on the Line?
CURRENTS Article Seven signs for CDOs that it's time for a change