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Mensaje a la Comunidad de CASE 

From Sue Cunningham, President and CEO of CASE
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By Sue Cunningham
June 16, 2020

Estos últimos meses han sido todo un desafío para todas las instituciones. Hemos escuchado de muchos de ustedes sobre las dificultades por las que están pasando y la incertidumbre que existe sobre el regreso de los estudiantes y el proceso de admisión de nuevos alumnos.

Durante este tiempo, CASE ha trabajado incansablemente para poder servirles y apoyarlos con los recursos que puedan ser de mayor beneficio para ustedes en este momento.  Hemos presentado nuevos productos en línea, incluyendo casi 60 conversaciones virtuales (CASEtoGather), que son foros de discusión sobre diferentes temas de interés, permitiendo la conexión y el intercambio entre los miembros, llegando así a más de 3,500 personas. También hemos convertido eventos presenciales a once conferencias en línea, con una participación de 2,390 personas. Continuamos aferrándonos a nuestro ethos impulsado por nuestros voluntarios, mientras cambiamos la forma en que brindamos nuestros servicios básicos a nuestros miembros, durante este contexto en el que no es posible reunirse en persona.

Nuestra biblioteca ha recibido y respondido un gran número de solicitudes de información; hemos preparado nuevas guías por temas, así como nuevos ejemplos de buenas prácticas; obtuvimos del gobierno estadounidense el apoyo otorgado al tercer sector y de educación; publicamos nuestra revista Currents en línea, nuestros e-newsletters y blogs; y además otras vías de acceso directo hacia nuestros miembros. Así mismo, continuamos trabajando en las iniciativas de relevancia: La revisión del Reporte de CASE sobre la Estandarización y Guía para la Administración; así como las versiones para México, Reino Unido y Singapore; el trabajo de investigación AMAtlas tanto en los aspectos centrales como de grupos. Se publicó el reporte CASE-Ross Survey en Procuarción de Fondos en el Reino Unido e Irlanda, entregando reportes GPS a los miembros que participaron en la Encuesta sobre Voluntarios en apoyo a la Educación y próximamente se publicará el reporte “CASE-Council for Canadian Advancement of Education” en procuración de fondos.

Hemos enfrentado esta crisis con tres objetivos claros: proporcionar apoyo relevante, personal e institucional a ustedes nuestros miembros, cuidar el bienestar del personal de CASE y asegurar un modelo financiero sostenible. Durante este tiempo, hemos tomado decisiones de una manera cautelosa para alinear nuestros ingresos con nuestros gastos, contando con la asesoría reflexiva de nuestro Trustee Pandemic Task Force, el Consejo de CASE y de muchos valiosos voluntarios y miembros.

Toda nuestra organización ha realizado ajustes significativos para poder llegar a este punto y por ello estoy profundamente agradecida. Actualmente estamos anticipando que nuestros ingresos serán 29% abajo de lo que originalmente habíamos planeado en el presupuesto del año financiero 2021, aprobado en el mes de marzo pasado. Hemos estado explorando la reestructuración tanto de la oferta de CASE, como del personal para apoyar esta nueva realidad.

Sabiendo que el escenario de nuestros ingresos es muy distinto a lo que hubieran sido sin COVID-19, nuestras decisiones más recientes incluyen solicitar a todos los empleados de CASE tomar dos días al mes sin pago, del 1 de julio al 31 de diciembre de 2020. Estaremos cerrando nuestras oficinas en todo el mundo el primer y tercer viernes de cada mes hasta diciembre de 2020. El personal de CASE no laborará en esos días y por lo tanto no llevará a cabo ningún trabajo de CASE, con contadas excepciones. Se eligió esta opción porque consideré que era mucho mejor que otras, que hubiera podido tomar, dada la situación actual.

Quiero resaltar que mantenemos nuestro compromiso con todos ustedes, para así poder apoyar a la educación para transformar vidas y a la sociedad. Desde marzo hemos podido llegar a más miembros a través de nuestra oferta virtual, de lo que jamás hubiésemos imaginado; nuestros esfuerzos por servirles se han fortalecido y todos continuaremos ofreciendo nuestro mejor esfuerzo.

Muchas gracias por su comprensión y con gusto recibiré cualquier comentario o idea de cómo CASE puede mejorar sus servicios. Estoy a su disposición para cualquier pregunta que pudiera tener sobre nuestros planes y acciones.  Quedo a sus órdenes en mi correo [email protected]

Deseo se encuentren bien.

Sue

*Actualizaremos esta información con opciones de atención al cliente, antes del primer día que se cierran nuestras oficinas, el 3 de julio de 2020.

About the author(s)

Sue Cunningham

Sue Cunningham is President and CEO of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), which supports over 3,000 schools, colleges and universities worldwide in developing their integrated advancement work (alumni relations, communications, fundraising and marketing operations). As CASE President and CEO, Ms. Cunningham provides strategic and operational leadership for one of the largest associations of education-related institutions in the world with members in over 80 countries. She started her leadership role at CASE in March 2015.

While at CASE, Ms. Cunningham has engaged CASE in two strategic planning processes. The first, which engaged thousands of CASE volunteers, resulted in Reimagining CASE: 2017-2021, and created an ambitious framework for serving CASE’s members and championing education worldwide, which included a comprehensive restructure of CASE’s volunteer leadership and governance structure. Building on the strengths of this plan, she led a recalibration exercise that resulted in Championing Advancement: CASE 2022-2027. This Plan articulates a clear strategic intent: that CASE will define the competencies and standards for the profession of advancement, and lead and champion their dissemination and application across the world’s educational institutions. 

Among the key initiatives that have developed under her leadership include the redesign and delivery of a new global governance structure. In addition, CASE acquired the Voluntary Support of Education survey and created CASE’s Insights, CASE’s global research and data efforts. CASE published the first global and digital edition of CASE’s Global Reporting Standards and Guidelines, which operate as the industry-leading Standards for the profession, and launched the first global Alumni Engagement survey in addition to annual fundraising surveys. CASE created an ambitious competencies model across all advancement disciplines and a related career journey framework; opened the CASE Opportunities and Inclusion Center which focuses on equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging; and has reinvigorated a global advocacy agenda to communicate the value of education.  Ms. Cunningham serves as a Trustee and Secretary for the University of San Diego, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board.  She is a member of the Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia) Board of Directors, Chairs their Governance Committee, and sits on the Executive Committee. She is a member of the Washington Higher Education Secretariat steering committee, the International Association of University Presidents Executive Committee, and the International Women’s Forum. She has recently been named to the new, US-based Council of Higher Education as a Strategic Asset. She is the author of  ‘Global Exchange: Dialogues to Advance Education’.

Prior to her appointment to CASE, Ms. Cunningham served as Vice-Principal for Advancement at the University of Melbourne where she led the Believe campaign resulting in surpassing its original $500 million goal; and the Director of Development for the University of Oxford where she led the development team through the  first phase of the largest fundraising campaign outside of the United States (at the time):  Oxford Thinking, with a goal of £1.25 billion. She served as Director of Development at Christ Church, Oxford and as Director of External Relations at St. Andrews University. 

Before working in education, Ms. Cunningham enjoyed a career in theatre, the arts and the cultural sector. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2012, Ms. Cunningham received the CASE Europe Distinguished Service Award, and has received the coveted CASE Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ms. Cunningham was awarded a master’s degree from the University of Oxford, a bachelor’s degree in performing arts from Middlesex University, and is a graduate of the Columbia University Senior Executive Program.

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