Preconference Workshop: HBCUs – View Program

Preconference Workshop: Newcomers in Advancement - View Program

Location: Centennial III-IV

Opening Keynote:
Stop Asking, “How Can I Help?”: Connecting Meaning and Purpose to Solving Big Problems

“How Can I Help?” is a well-intended question that typically creates actions resulting in martyrdom, burnout, and malaise that prevents real innovative thinking and creative solutions. As stewards of your institutions, advancement staff need to find the meaning and purpose behind their work. In this talk, Laura Gassner Otting reignites your enthusiasm and innovation, teaching you how to connect with what brought you to this work in the first place, and creating contagious confidence around communicating that message to colleagues and prospects alike.