The CASE Library has compiled this sample collection to assist development professionals who are encouraging faculty and staff to become donors.

Across Circle of Excellence Awards categories, women-focused themes emerged. Here are five winning entries that highlight, uplift, and celebrate women through compelling storytelling.

Following the pandemic, in-person events returned to campuses in 2022 with renewed spirit, innovation, bold plans, and a greater emphasis on return on investment.

Annual giving days are a top tool for independent schools seeking to hit fundraising goals. But for many schools, planning and executing successful giving days is no easy feat.
 

Food and beverage often take center stage at events that bring education communities together. Advancement professionals are creatively planning wine tastings, ice cream socials, tailgate parties, cooking classes, and food security volunteer opportunities that whet the appetites of the constituents they serve.

Advancement teams can find themselves overwhelmed by stress and information overload. Finding focus is an essential step to deal with the distress that chaotic environments can create. Recognizing the drivers for overload and dealing with them mindfully and structurally will give advancement professionals the tools to find focus. Examine the central culprits of chaos—meetings, media, management, and messages—and how to use mindfulness to address each.

The CASE Library maintains this sample collection for institutions that are interested in training faculty and staff to assist with fundraising.

Faculty members have dedicated a lifetime to their disciplines—they are passionate about their work, their institutions, and students. Who could be better to connect with and share stories of impact with donors? But many can be intimidated by fundraising. Here’s how development officers are strategically partnering with academics by getting to know them, defining expectations, and providing them the assistance they need to be confident philanthropy advocates.

A community college development director shares her thoughts and tips on fostering a culture of faculty involvement in fundraising.

Advancement professionals need to be curious, spend time deepening our understanding of our institutions’ teaching and research, and get to know our colleagues leading this work. We would not exist without our academic colleagues, and without our teams, they would not benefit from the extra investment, connections, resources, and publicity. We are in this together.