A data-centered culture is foundational to effective advancement work. Data integrity underpins system reliability, reporting, compliance, decision-making, and trust across the organization, yet it cannot be sustained by any single team or function.
This session will explore what it truly means to build and maintain a data-centered culture and why the work is both urgent and collective. Participants will examine key concepts related to data integrity, compliance, data retention, and stewardship, along with practical approaches for embedding these practices into daily operations. The session will emphasize shared accountability and provide strategies for engaging colleagues across roles to ensure data is treated as a critical institutional asset.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how to foster organizational commitment to data quality and how to support consistent, sustainable data practices across their institutions.