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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Small Shop & Big Potential: Maximizing Your Small Teams For Success
Today’s ever-changing landscape in Advancement can affect team success—especially when your teams are small. Balancing increased expectations and limited resources requires skillful juggling to keep programs on an upward trajectory. Join Lipscomb University’s Stephanie Carroll, assistant vice president for annual giving, alumni and parent engagement, and Rhonda Minton, director of strategic communications for advancement, to learn how they have revamped their work and maximized productivity to better position their teams for success. Flying solo or have fewer than five staff members? Join us for a discussion and leave with some ideas to help your small shop reach big potential.
Speakers: Rhonda Minton, Director of Strategic Communications for Advancement, Lipscomb University, Stephanie Carroll, Assistant Vice President of Annual Giving, Alumni/Parent Engagement, Lipscomb University
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Focusing your Fundraising through Governance and Operational Efficiency
Focusing your fundraising has never been more important, or more challenging, The number and channels of distraction are growing. The attention spans of our constituents are actually shrinking (just a little!). Our ability to assess and take action is at risk. Leading your team to success means knowing what to ignore and what to tackle. Focused direction--actively choosing where you place your attention, rather than letting distractions choose for you--is critical to addressing the important no matter the urgent. Leaders in this session will learn a framework to gain mastery over the 4 M's--media, messages, meetings, and management.
Speakers: Dwight Dozier, Chief Information Officer, Georgia Tech Foundation, Chris Cannon, President, Management Consulting, Zuri Group
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Culture Creation: How to Attract & Retain Phenomenal Fundraisers
Culture can be an afterthought in advancement. We hire mission-driven, self-motivated fundraisers for autonomous, competitive jobs and expect them to buy into our existing culture. Yet, in a post-pandemic workforce, culture matters more than ever. To attract, grow and retain top performers, we must build and rebuild a powerful, sticky culture. In this session, you'll learn how and why to foster trust, belonging and celebration to create a magnetic culture where top performers want to stay.
Speakers: Karley Eldridge, Assistant Director, Advancement Careers, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jenna Goodman, Founding Partner, Generous Change
Competencies: Integrity and ProfessionalismRelationship BuildingEmotional IntelligenceIndustry or Sector ExpertiseStrategic ThinkingLeadership
Topics: Diversity & Inclusion
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM ET
Presidents Panel Keynote Session
District III is excited to bring together an esteemed panel of top presidents in higher education to discuss and answer questions as to how institutional leadership can inspire and be partners to advancement professionals. Topics will encompass all areas of advancement from communicating institutional visions to engaging and securing transformational gifts.
Speakers: Joshua R. Newton, Senior Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement, Emory University, Helene Gayle, President, Spelman College, Jere Morehead, President, University of Georgia, Kirk Nooks, President, Gordon State College
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
Building a Culture of Giving: The Foundation of a Successful Capital Campaign
In the same way that a strong foundation is critical to the integrity of a building, a successful capital campaign depends on a solid culture of giving. In this session, learn how FIU’s CasaCuba is laying the philanthropic groundwork to build a dynamic 57,000 sqft cultural center dedicated to the study of Cuba and the preservation and celebration of the Cuban heritage.
Speakers: Lydia Space, Interim Executive Director, CasaCuba, Florida International University, Maite Morales, Program Director, CasaCuba, Florida International University, George Corton, Managing Principal, Westside Capital Group
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
Successful Brand Campaign Strategies for Increasing Awareness and Diversity
This session will focus on Berry College, a liberal arts college of 2,000 undergraduate students. Overall, college enrollment dropped 1% at four-year nonprofit colleges over the last two years. Berry College increased enrollment during this time by 12% after implementation of a brand campaign. Formative work on the campaign began in 2017, with campaign roll-out beginning in 2019 using the four value pillars of campus life, mentorship, student work, and preparing students for life after college. Objectives of the campaign aimed to increase prospective parent and student awareness of the college, and to increase the number and diversity of students.
Speakers: Nancy Rewis, Vice President, Office of Marketing and Communications, Berry College, Andrew Bressette, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Berry College, Basil Englis, Richard Edgerton Professor of Marketing, Berry College, Samantha Nazione, Associate Professor, Berry College
Competencies: Strategic Thinking
Topics: Branding
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
The Fundraising Throwdown!
In this interactive event, two teams of experienced fundraisers will tackle a surprise fundraising challenge, live, in a cooking-show inspired competition! They'll accept your feedback as they "cook," and you'll determine their fate over three rounds of surprises. See it unfold live as the teams respond and share their perspectives on today's biggest advancement challenges. You’ll decide what happens each round and who will be crowned the Throwdown! champions. Be ready to offer your take on key topics, including organizing campaigns, balancing revenue and participation, and engaging an inclusive donor base. It's a CASE session like nothing you've seen before!
Speakers: Heather Kopec, Assistant Vice President, Philanthropic Giving + Digital Engagement, University of Miami, Brian Gawor, Vice President, Research, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, Meg Ackerson, Associate Vice President for Strategic Engagement, Oklahoma State University Foundation, Erick Weber, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Annual Giving, University of Tennessee
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
Transforming Culture to Drive Results (It's not always about the metrics!)
Driving cultural transformation is not for the faint of heart. Developing a workforce that is committed to a set of core values who embrace vulnerability, open feedback, and accountability takes perseverance and passion to achieve your long-term goals. Join this lively conversation to learn how you too can create a paradigm shift in your organization to get back to the basics of a supportive and empowered team who achieve remarkable results
Speakers: Amanda Trabue, Vice President Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement, Western Kentucky University, Ron Wilson, Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Western Kentucky University
Topics: Diversity & Inclusion
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
Regional Engagement: Best Practices for Building a Strong Alumni Network
Are you looking for innovative ways to engage alumni across the country? Do you want to instill a culture of philanthropy amongst regional alumni volunteers? Join us for an interactive workshop to gain insights from your peers and develop your own practical plan based on guidance from the University of Miami’s best practices and learnings.
The University of Miami will share practical ways to strengthen your regional alumni club structure, offer supportive tools and resources to your regional volunteers, and build a thriving alumni network. Learn from our findings with the rollout of our regional ’Canes Community model and how the University of Miami helped their regional communities adjust their focus, align with national volunteers and institutional priorities, and promote a culture of philanthropy for the university.
Speakers: Erica Arroyo, Associate Vice President, Engagement, University of Miami, Desiree Rodriguez
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET
Data Governance: I know it's important - but...
Data Governance - Why is it so difficult? Learn about the processes, teams, and structures you can leverage to build a culture and organization that enhances and protects the currency of advancement operations - data. If you're trying to: build data literacy, enhance data management, or learn how others have addressed these challenges - this session is for you!
Speakers: Mark Walcott, Assistant Vice President Technology and Business Intelligence, Emory University