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Conference for Community College Advancement 2023
Conference for Community College Advancement
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3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PST
Inaugural Gala Success! How we Overcame the Odds and Raised $800k.
Thanks to the alignment of solid planning, a dedicated team, and inspired fundraising, the Alamo Colleges Foundation executed a successful gala called MOSAICO to support AlamoPROMISE students. Founded over 75 years ago, The Alamo Colleges had never before hosted a major fundraising gala. In Fall 2020, our Chancellor tasked our Foundation team to execute an event that would proudly showcase our ability to achieve our mission and shelve any stigma against community colleges by "showing our partners and donors that we have arrived." Join this session to find out how our Development Team overcame pandemic delays, leadership changes, organizational challenges and other concerns to create an inaugural event that raised $820,000 for student scholarships and support.
Speakers: Richard Farias, Director of Annual Giving, Alamo Colleges District, Cindy Sullivan, Senior Development Officer, Alamo Colleges District, Janelle Mundine, Donor Engagement and Stewardship Manager, Alamo Colleges District, Barton Simpson, Executive Director, Alamo Colleges District
Competencies: Industry or Sector Expertise
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Creating a "Stay" Culture in Your Advancement Shop
Nearly 4 out of 10 workers in the U.S. plan to leave their job in 2023. In the advancement world, nonprofits are desperately seeking fundraisers, with situations becoming dire in some companies. Within this new and challenging environment of recruiting new talent and seeking to retain existing talent, the question remains: How do leaders build cultures where employees want to come work for you and want to stay?
Attendees will leave the session with:
* Three tips for attracting and retaining employees.
* The top four questions to regularly ask direct reports and team members.
* Ideas to create their own plan to engage their team and build a positive (and high-performing) culture.
Speakers: Lana Fontenot, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement; Executive Director of SLCC Foundation, South Louisiana Community College
Competencies: Leadership
Topics: Talent Management
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Creating a Strategic Plan to Unlock Synergy and Build a Front Porch for Partners
Get ready to transform your institution by using organizational integration to create a welcoming "front porch" to college partners, alumni, and the community. Discover the advantages of strategically aligning the advancement, communications and marketing, and workforce and economic development departments. Unlock synergies, streamline processes, and maximize outcomes through alignment of goals, processes and systems. Explore implementation strategies, benefits, and the transformative power of this strategic approach. Join us as we open the doors to reveal a new level of partnership and excellence.
Speakers: Tisha Poteat, Chief Advancement Officer and Executive Director for YTC Foundation, York Technical College, William Cook, Interim Vice President of Communications and External Relations, York Technical College, John Cioni, Advancement Services and Operations Manager, York Technical College
Competencies: Relationship Building
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
A Homegrown Capital Campaign at Mid-State Technical College
Learn how Mid-State Technical College, a small institution in central Wisconsin, completed a multi-year capital campaign, raising $13 million for construction costs and $10 million for furniture, fixtures, equipment, and technology. The college's cross-functional campaign team leveraged local, state, and federal partnerships to build and equip an Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering Technology, and Apprenticeship (AMETA) Center that will be ready to usher in industry 4.0 technology and student and incumbent-worker skilling opportunities. This campaign was in response to a workforce problem affecting the rural communities the college serves. It affects the district employers' current and long-term stability and growth and was assessed and validated by stakeholder data. The college and its partners developed a collaborative solution to develop a grassroots capital campaign without the use of consultants or fully dedicated campaign staff. The college secured funds from over 125 local, state, and national partners amidst the pandemic’s political and economic uncertainty.
Speakers: Micki Dirks-Luebbe, Development Director, Mid-State Technical College, Bobbi Damrow, Vice President of Workforce Development and Community Relations, Mid-State Technical College, Ryan Kawski, Dean, School of Applied Technology, Mid-State Technical College
Competencies: Relationship Building
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Going Lean and Evergreen with Digital Marketing
Learn how content marketing and storytelling is one of the most effective ways to jumpstart your digital marketing, especially with a small team. This session will outline how stories and evergreen content provide the most engagement in organic marketing and best bang for your buck in paid digital, while letting you use content again and again. We’ll provide some tips and tricks for finding stories and interviewing, along with what content sharing methods work best for a small team and budget, both paid and unpaid.
Speakers: Kate Wallace, Director of Marketing & Communications, St. Cloud Techinical & Community College
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM PST
Closing Event: Shark Tank Challenge
CASE “Shark Tank Challenge”
Attendees of the 2023 conference can volunteer to compete in the “Shark Tank Challenge” – and a chance to win a $100 gift card!
Up to eight five-member teams will be given a challenge to solve during the course of the conference. They’ll apply things learned during the conference, and collaborate throughout the event to come up with five key solutions to the challenge.
There will be challenges for fundraising, alumni engagement, and marketing/communications. CASE will randomly assign teams based on participants’ preferences.
Teams and challenges will be announced at the opening plenary, and each team will have five minutes during this closing event to present its best work to our “Sharks” – members of the conference planning team.
They’ll be looking for creativity, good use of resources, and ideas that anyone can implement. Ultimately, the audience will select the Shark Tank Challenge winner, so this is a closing session you will not want to miss.
For questions or to volunteer to be on a team, contact Paul Heaton ([email protected]).