In an era where the digital realm continues to evolve, staying connected with alumni requires more than just traditional approaches. Dive into this dynamic session to uncover the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the latest technology innovations in deepening and enriching alumni relations.

Join members of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Major Gifts Team (with a little help from Bono and U2) for an interactive conversation about elevating your fundraising game through individualized and creative goals. Members of the team will discuss how the introduction of qualitative goals built by each gift officer led to aspirational thinking beyond fundraising. We’ll lead you through a similar exercise – it’s not as easy as you think but lots of fun – and create space for discussion about why this was important for our team, how empowerment led to better fundraising, and how it can impact anyone no matter the career level. We’ll share any materials we used and detail some of our activities that supported this theme. We invite your best thinking and discussion as you prepare for an interactive conversation.

Whether you report to a Director, a Vice President, or the President / Head of an institution, it is important to understand personality types and leadership styles and how to work with and accommodate each style. How do you adapt from an outgoing president or vice president who used a collaborative management style to an incoming president who is an autocrat with a Type A personality? This session will explore five leadership styles, three common management styles, and four key personality types with a panel that has 90 years of experience in Advancement at the college and private school level, including 50 years as vice presidents or CAOs and 10 years as the president at two different private schools. It will be facilitated by a Greater Boston business leader who has a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University.