Advancement Live

Day of Giving efforts are evolving and can have an impact on your Advancement operation beyond just one day of the year. In this episode, you’ll hear how Gonzaga and Saint Joseph’s University brought new energy into their Day of Giving with tools from iModules, and how these tools will impact their year-round giving strategies. […]

Advancement Live is back with another new topic in our new format. Join Higher Ed Live hosts Andrew Gossen and Kim Infanti for a look at what is trending in university advancement shops. This week: a recap of key insights from the Artificial Intelligence in Advancement Summit held at Cornell earlier this month. Plus, some […]

Advancement Live is back this month with new topics and a new format. Join Higher Ed Live hosts Andrew Gossen and Kim Infanti for a look at what is trending in university advancement shops. This week: Artificial Intelligence and the upcoming summit for alumni relations, fundraising, and communications pros at Cornell University.

Children and grandchildren of our alumni can become our biggest fans—and our future students. In this episode of Advancement Live, Kim Infanti speaks with two universities about their legacy programs—including one that was recently resurrected after being on hiatus for several years. Learn about how to design engaging programs that will educate legacies about your university […]

This fall, we’re going to be thinking about the future on Advancement Live. For a strategic planning process to work, you need to focus on three things: how your audience is changing, how the world is changing, and how to best position yourself to deliver results. In this first episode in our 2027 series, we’re […]

Alumni groups (clubs, chapters, networks, etc.) represent your alumni association’s brand “in the field.” They’re recruiting students. They’re hosting events all over the world. Perhaps they’re even raising money. What makes clubs successful? What are their biggest challenges, and how can staff members best assist these passionate volunteers? In this episode of Advancement Live, Kim Brown […]

What’s new when it comes to using LinkedIn for alumni and student-alumni engagement? In this episode of Advancement Live, Kim Brown chats with three LinkedIn power users about the strategies they find are most effective on the world’s largest professional network. Join us for a conversation on Sponsored InMail, University Pages, LinkedIn Influencers, gleaning alumni […]

You know that you’re producing compelling content; now how do you make sure that content is reaching the maximum number of eyes? Or if there’s a message you’d like to get out, do you have a reliable team at the ready to help you do just that? That’s where alumni social media ambassadors come in. […]

Do you wonder how your email messages are performing? Are your communications hitting their mark? Or, are you turning people off to receiving emails from your institution? In this episode of Advancement Live, we’ll speak with the email lead at Cornell University and a strategist at iModules Software. They’ll discuss best practices for reviewing your […]

The initial episode of this series focused on quantitative and qualitative research tools. We discussed how to reveal actionable insights into the behavior of alumni audiences. In this episode, we’ll take a deep dive into a case study from the Annual Fund files. Learn from the annual fund at University of Chicago Booth School of […]