Be Bold A Campaign for Our Future
We provide 世界杯官方app’s advancement professionals and academic leaders with a variety of custom trainings, professional development workshops, and collaborative experiences.
We will empower you to better understand the world of fundraising in higher education, offering expertise from 世界杯官方app Advancement and Alumni Engagement and other entities.
We can strengthen our culture of philanthropy across the 世界杯官方app community and further drive our university toward a bold future together.
Advancing Together
The 世界杯官方app Advancement Institute offers education and training geared toward enhancing your skills as an Advancement and Alumni Engagement professional involved in all aspects of philanthropy and engagement.
Academic leaders and university partners will be invited to participate in select professional development events throughout the year.
Signature Trainings
Advancement Services Open House
Weekly open house hosted by members of Advancement Services. This session serves as an opportunity for AAE members to ask specific questions about NXT, portfolios, gift recording, and more. Specialized trainings will be offered periodically; topics will be shared in advance.
Thursdays on Microsoft Teams.
Development Roundtable Topic Series
Join sessions covering a variety of topics such as managing donor portfolios, partnering with faculty members, discussing gift agreements with donors, and incorporating digital donor engagement.
Coffee & Courageous Conversations
Participate in engaging discussions that help build a sense of belonging for all employees while enhancing engagement, satisfaction and productivity.
Details on our next event are coming soon.
Join us for our upcoming
Signature Trainings
Faculty Resources
Upcoming Webinars
Strengthening Partnerships with Academic Deans – Hosted by EAB
In today’s era of continuous “perma-campaigns,” partnering with academic deans to engage donors effectively is more crucial than ever. Rising donor expectations and limited dean time have created new pressures that advancement must overcome to meet campaign goals. Advancement leaders will leave this session understanding best practices and tools for strengthening partnerships with deans to effectively meet shared fundraising goals.
Modality: Virtual
Monday, December 2, 2024
9:30 to 10:30 am
Philanthropy 2030: Emerging Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges for Advancement Programs – Hosted by CASE
Colleges and Universities are putting increasing pressure on philanthropy because, unlike other revenue sources, it has no intrinsic limitation on growth. With higher education facing ever-growing financial pressure, philanthropy is one of the only go-to answers. This webinar will provide insights and practical measures that you can learn today and begin implementing with your teams tomorrow.
Modality: Virtual
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Is Donor AI Worth It in Driving Your Healthcare Philanthropy Team’s Success?
This webinar will help you understand how you can easily use AI to drive sustained year-over-year growth in the number of donors, the size of the average gift, and the total dollars raised.
Modality: Virtual
Thursday, December 5, 2024
1:00 to 2:00 pm
Creating Engaging, Value-Added and Effective Board Meetings – Hosted by CASE
Creating board meetings that are engaging and value-added creates more passion and connection with your board members. We know that it’s important to connect them to your key goals, allow opportunities to provide insight, and to see what is happening on your campus. Gather together to talk about ways to make your board meetings more engaging and value-added, creating outcomes that are mutually beneficial for board members and your institution.
Modality: Virtual
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
What the Election Results Mean for the State of Giving in 2025 – Hosted by FreeWill
Join Patrick Schmitt, co-CEO of FreeWill, for an upcoming webinar on how nonprofits can anticipate and adapt to post-election changes, and explore the potential economic impacts on charitable giving to position your team for success in the year ahead.
Modality: Virtual
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Motivate Community Foundation Donors – Hosted by Crescendo Interactive
You need to create an emotional connection with your donors. Using effective donor motivations in your messaging will greatly increase your donor response rate. In this presentation, we will cover some of the basics of branding for Community Foundations. We will offer specific examples of foundations that use messaging concepts effectively in their website, newsletter, eblast, social media, video, and print branding.
Modality: Virtual
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
11:30 am
Monthly Membership Webinar – Hosted by CASE
Join us for an engaging webinar designed to showcase the many benefits and resources available to CASE members.
Modality: Virtual
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
On Demand Trainings
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Resources
Access on-demand webinars, subject guides, samples, articles, and more.
Evertrue: 10 Ways AI will change Advancement
Learn about the impact that AI will have on your work in advancement.
Advancement Resources
Explore webinars, blogs, samples, and so much more to help enhance your work in advancement.
CliftonStrengths
Learn about your strengths as well as the strengths of your colleagues to help enhance communication, engagement, and overall job satisfaction.
Other Resources
UT System Advancement Academy
Participate in professional development programs offered to all advancement professionals, from entry-level newcomers to senior executives.
世界杯官方app People Excellence Professional Development
Explore a variety of training on topics such as leadership, personal and professional development, computer skills, administrative skills, safety, and more. Sessions are offered in-person, virtually, and on-demand.
LinkedIn Learning
Access a variety of courses, explore best practices, and gain new knowledge.
Do you have suggestions for additional training topics?
Email our Senior Director of Advancement Talent Management, Genevieve Tobias, for more information.
