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District VI Annual Conference 2025
District VI Annual Conference 2025
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
"Find Your Energy" - Lessons from Colorado State University
In Fall 2023, Colorado State University unveiled a dynamic brand platform, launching across campus and in a multilingual recruitment campaign inviting audiences to “Find Your Energy” at CSU. This multi-year, award-winning initiative utilized an omni-channel approach for launch and expansion. MarComm collected broad feedback from stakeholder groups in the CSU community to foster adoption before launching this initiative, which captures a sense of awe and inspiration, telling stories about what makes CSU special. Learn how CSU, determined to propel its position as a leading higher ed competitor in Colorado, engineered alignment to capitalize on brand development and yield impressive results.
Speakers: Nancy Deller, Associate Vice President for Marketing and Brand Management, Colorado State University, Bess Denney, VP, Director of Client Services, 160over90
Competencies: Strategic ThinkingIndustry or Sector Expertise
Topics: BrandingCampaign Strategies
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
To Affinity and Beyond: Using Custom Alumni Engagement Scores to Reach New Heights
Buena Vista University has built and implemented a custom Alumni Engagement model based on CASE best practices and aligns with the CASE Alumni Engagement Survey and Metrics. Overtime this led to the development of a custom Affinity scoring model that combines not only engagement data but also giving as well as other prospect ratings into one quick and easy to interpret score. The two models help to build stronger donor pipelines by identifying prospects who are ready for the next step in the donor journey as well as potential alumni leaders. Come and hear how you can implement this easy system to boost your alumni engagement and fundraising results.
Speakers: Matthew Astleford, Senior Managing Director of Development – School of Medicine, UMKC Foundation, Kris Pearson, Director of Advancement Operations, Buena Vista University
Competencies: Industry or Sector ExpertiseStrategic Thinking
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Getting All Up In Your Space - Telling Your Story With Environmental Branding
Your campus buildings can be transformed into effective marketing assets through highly creative environmental branding. Learn how these often overlooked spaces can be utilized to their full marketing potential to greatly elevate the overall perception of your brand, enhance the student experience, and boost donor dollars. In this session, you will learn effective strategies and results supported by case studies that will elevate your understanding of the powerful influence environmental branding can have on your institution.
Speakers: Carole Custer, Director, Office of University Marketing, Iowa State University, Scott Helms, Principal, Chief Branding Officer, Flying Hippo
Competencies: LeadershipStrategic Thinking
Topics: Alumni EngagementBranding