Leading advancement teams today, amid change and hefty expectations, is like “constantly being in quicksand,” says Jhumar Johnson. That’s why cultivating resilience is crucial. Here, Johnson— who’s spent her career in development, including 11 years at the U.K.’s Open University—shares how resilience is built on consistency and trust, but also failure and joy.

“There are so many juicy and amazing things we can tease out of data,” says analytics enthusiast and CASE volunteer Amanda Jarmon. She is an advocate for people with neurodivergence, calling her own experience with it her “superpower’ that enhances her ability to deeply analyze data for her clients. 

In its fall 2023 annual fund campaign, Reed College’s team showed donors how recurring giving is a convenient, powerful way to make a difference. The Portland, Oregon, U.S., college won a Circle of Excellence Award in fundraising for its revitalized campaign, which focused on consistency and impact. Here’s why it worked.

Listing of advancement companies, consultants, and software.

CASE@Campus, a cost-effective learning opportunity for CASE members, relaunched in June 2024 with a new cohort of CASE Fellows.

Listing of advancement companies, consultants, and software.

Emanuel Diaz Miranda, Head of Content Marketing at IE University in Madrid, Spain, shares his career journey to advancement, the work he's doing to inspire people to think differently, and the behind-the-scenes of his Barbie-themed presentation at the CASE Europe Annual Conference.

Listing of advancement companies, consultants, and software.

Listing of advancement companies, consultants, and software.

Teams of ten or fewer made a difference with selfies, a homemade crepe station, Journey Boxes, a new web landing page, and more. Here’s what COE judges had to say about small shops winners with big impact.