An opportunity to onboard five new employees at the same time led to the development of a comprehensive training program providing sessions on advancement, frontline fundraiser work, introductions to key campus partners and much more. This cohort made up of development officers and a research analyst not only learned a great deal to be successful in their roles and hit the ground running but developed strong relationships through this shared experience. One cohort member commented that it immediately created a unified sense of community. Involving our campus leaders provided important information to the cohort as well as highlighted the importance and professionalism within the advancement professions while strengthening our culture of philanthropy. All advancement team members were invited to attend the sessions they were interested in learning more about to support their own professional development. We hope to refine this model and use it as we continue to build our team. In this session we’ll review our collaborative planning process, variety of methods used and successful outcomes. We are not the first to provide comprehensive onboarding to advancement, but this new approach had a tremendous impact on our entire division team that can be modified for schools of any size.