How often have your staff come to you to tell you about an inappropriate comment, touching, or other more egregious behavior from a donor, board member or volunteer? Or do you simply hear about it second hand because reporting it means losing a prospect or being told that it's "just part of the job"? Staff who work in the field have put up with harassment in many forms for many years, but with recent cultural shifts and efforts like CASE"s Zero Tolerance Policy, advancement shops are taking action. Please join the presenters to learn about how some shops are taking concrete actions and practices to prevent harassment and discrimination in advancement, fundraising, and related functions and how you can take these approaches back to your own team, including training to empower and protect staff members, as well as transparent reporting and remediation processes. Through gathering research, developing guidelines, and creating concrete actions and practices to address the problem, and sharing our own journeys, we can all help change the industry to create a safe and respectful workplace culture.

Join us for an informative session on "Equitable & Inclusive Alumni Engagement through Alumni Chapters"! Discover strategies for fostering inclusive alumni chapters that represent the diverse areas of your college community. Learn how to create and sustain affinity chapters that advocate for various interests and backgrounds, ensuring every voice is heard. Acquire practical tips for maintaining inclusivity and enhancing engagement across all alumni groups. This session will equip you with the tools to build an equitable and inclusive alumni network.

There's nothing like that inaugural Giving Day. The energy and excitement from campus partners and senior leadership is palpable. But as the event enters year six, seven, eight and beyond, how do you maintain that spark? How do you keep away or recover from plateauing results? This session will cover how UC Irvine shook up their approach to reengage internal stakeholders and reassess the look and feel of the event, resulting in back-to-back record breaking Giving Days. We will share what has worked for us: processes, programs, collaborations, and more.

This session reflects on the 5-year evolution of a graduation celebration, intended for all student, but particularly those students and their support system who may not be able to participate in the traditional 2-hour ceremonies due to family, physical accommodations, work, or travel. This session will help you understand how to design a custom celebration that can be adapted for various budgets, audience sizes, and in-person or virtual formats.