Two free promotional sessions are offered to provide a sneak peek of the types of sessions that will be offered at the conference!

Registration required for each event in order to receive access to the livestream broadcast and recordings.

REGISTER FOR THE JANUARY PROMO SESSION

JANUARY PROMOTIONAL SESSION

Thursday, January 14

3:00 - 3:45 PM ET

Redefining Success: A New Take on Your Annual Goals and Key Performance Indicators 
With many development programs and teams still facing degrees of uncertainty today, ongoing candid discussions about the impact on goal-setting and metrics must be had. The current climate presents an opportunity to revisit goal-setting discussions with staff and leadership and reimagine key performance indicators to explore how you and your organization define and measure success. In this session, Graham-Pelton Senior Vice President Stuart Sullivan and Senior Consultant Meg Bailey will cover goal-setting best practices, how existing goals may be impacted by today’s events and current landscape, and actionable methods for measuring your performance and success moving forward.

Megan Ratchford Bailey, Senior Consultant, and Stuart Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Graham-Pelton Consulting

DECEMBER PROMOTIONAL SESSION

Wednesday, December 16

3:00 - 4:15 PM ET

Why Donors Give to Independent Schools -- and What to Do About It
Using an innovative methodology called Jobs To Be Done, NAIS has identified the key reasons donors give to independent schools and why they choose to donate to specific campaigns. In this session, you will explore the context, motivations, and outcomes behind donations -- and hear about some practical applications of the research since it was released in 2020. This information can be brought back to your school to improve the solicitation, cultivation, and stewardship processes to help you communicate more effectively with donor prospects.

Learning Objectives:

• Know and understand the NAIS Jobs To Be Done Research
• Apply its outcomes to their advancement office work.
• Create institution-specific communication to better engage donors in different "jobs"

Joe Corbett, Research Analyst, and Davis Taske, Research Associate, NAIS; and Vince Watchorn, Partner, Haakmat Consulting and Principal, Watchorn Education