Summer School Week 4: Creating Decision Pathways
Discover the importance of strategic alignment in program evaluation. Understand how to categorize initiatives into Scale, Sustain, Redesign, or Sunset for optimal impact.
Summer School Week 3 of 6: The Operational Lenses
Summer School Week 2 of 6: Establishing a Core Evaluation Set
Summer School Week 1 of 6: Moving from Activities to Assets
Elevate your alumni engagement strategy this summer. Our weekly lessons will guide you in evaluating programs and maximizing your organizational resources.
Multiple Executives, Zero Alignment, One Hire: How Alumni Engagement Leaders Are Set Up to Fail
Uncover the pitfalls new alumni engagement leaders face when expectations clash. Gain insights on navigating these challenges for a successful first year.
Why Your Best Attendees Aren't Your Best Donors—And What to Do About It
Uncover the crucial difference between event participation and institutional funding. Foster a culture of philanthropy by guiding constituents on how to make a real impact.
Your Commencement Speaker Decision Is Damaging Your Alumni Strategy
Commencement season highlights the disconnect between graduates and their speakers. Learn how poor choices can affect alumni relationships and institutional trust.
The Higher Education Trust Crisis Is an Alumni Engagement Crisis
Discover how alumni relations can redefine trust-building efforts beyond messaging. Let's focus on purpose and collaboration to enhance engagement and integrity.
Building the Alumni Bridge
Uncover the five stages of The Alumni Bridge framework to enhance young alumni engagement. Learn why a systematic approach is vital for long-term success.
What to Expect from a Senior Alumni Engagement Leader in the First 90 Days
This guide is the diagnostic to be developed in the first 90 days of a senior alumni engagement role.
The Organizational Intelligence Gap
The Distance Between Direction and Delivery There’s a gap that has shown up in nearly every organization I’ve worked in, regardless of sector. Let’s call it an operational delta. On one side are leaders who scan the horizon and set priorities. On the other side are the
Rethinking Event Models in Resource-Constrained Environments
Events are tactical instruments we too often mistake for strategy. In many advancement shops, they function like an assembly line, with the parts coming together until the product is complete, then repeat. Events are often valued as an activity signal, for visibility instead of substantive progress toward institutional goals. This