The full recording of Joel's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! LiveAlumni Talks: Joel Clasemann Topic: Advancement Institution: The College of Saint Scholastica Title: Director of Advancement Services Donor / Alumni Database: Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT Occurred Wednesday April 7th, 12pm Central / 10am Pacific Want to watch more LiveAlumni Talks? Joel is just one of many inspiring members of the LiveAlumni community who have been sharing their strateg

The full recording of Lisa's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! LiveAlumni Talks: Lisa Little Topic: Prospect Research Institution: Central Queensland University Title: Advancement Research Officer Donor / Alumni Database: Sugar CRM Occurred Thurs, April 1st, 9am Brisbane Time, Wed, March 31st, 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Summary In this LiveAlumni Talk, Lisa Little from Central Queensland University talks with others from schools in Australia and New Ze

The full recording of Kimberly's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! Featuring: Kimberly Elahab Institution: Colorado College Topic: Pipeline, Portfolio, & Prospect Management / Stewardship & Planned Giving Title: Director of Prospect Management Occurred Wednesday, March 31st, 10am Pacific Time / 11am Mountain Time If you're interested in learning more about running an efficient but successful Prospect Management shop, especially after the Covid-19 forc

This talk features Gena Glover, Associate Director of Community Engagement from Heartland Community College. Gena came to the world of Higher Education after having worked for many years in fundraising and grant writing for the non-profit sector. She's been able to transfer a lot of that experience to her current role at The Heartland Community College Foundation as well as to her work connecting the college to the community and the community to the college. During this Talk

Robyn Doughty, Director of Data Quality and Management from UC Berkeley leads this Talk. She discusses how UC Berkeley uses alumni data such as updated employment records and alumni interest and group affiliations. Robyn has been in higher education for over 20 years, mostly in advancement operations and advancement services and has been involved in everything “data” from reporting and analytics, to gift processing and CRM conversions. For this reason, she operates under the

The full recording of Armik & Rachel's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! LiveAlumni Talk featuring Armik Allen & Rachel Lindgreen. Institution: California Lutheran University. Title: Executive Director, Advancement Services & Senior Director, Alumni Relations. Occurred Thursday, Oct 29th, 10 am Pacific Time. Want to watch more LiveAlumni Talks? Armik & Rachel are just two of many inspiring members of the LiveAlumni community who have been sharing th

The full recording o f Tammy & Angela's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! Featuring: Tammy Knudtson & Angela Erickson. Institution: Gustavus Adolphus College. Title: Director of Prospect Research & Director of Alumni Parent Engagement. Occurred Wednesday, Nov 4th, 11am Pacific Time. Want to watch more LiveAlumni Talks? Tammy & Angela are just two of many inspiring members of the LiveAlumni community who have been sharing their strategies. If you’d lik

The full recording of Michael's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! In this Talk, Michael Iris, Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations & Career Services at Berkeley College, offers useful advice on why has made it his mission to build trust between the Career Services and Alumni Engagement departments. He starts off by talking about the dynamics between career development, career services, and alumni relations. They can either work like a “perfect

The full recording of Valencia's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! LiveAlumni Talks: Valencia Mdiya Institution: University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) Title: Alumni IT Systems and CRM Officer Donor / Alumni Database: Raiser's Edge NXT Occurred Wednesday, March 3rd, 5pm Johannesburg Time / 7am US Pacific Time Want to watch more LiveAlumni Talks? Valencia is just one of many inspiring members of the LiveAlumni community who have been sharing their

The full recording of Jody's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! Jody Kitts, Director of Advancement and Alumni Engagement at Camosun College hosts this informative LiveAlumni Talk where she describes her journey from paper to digital record-keeping and shares exceptional advice on team leadership and planning digital events. Other participants also enthusiastically share their own advice on getting the most out of LiveAlumni and present the creative id

The full recording of Nancy's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! Nancy Blattel is the Data Management lead at the University of California Berkeley. She spearheads the importing process of LiveAlumni data into their Ellucian Advance Database. Nancy executed this project so meticulously that she received recognition from the school’s Vice Chancellors for her team’s accomplishment. In this Talk, Nancy shares this procedure along with helpful tips and a

This Talk is led by Dwayne Neely, Director of Alumni and Church Relations of Greenville University. During the session, Dwayne and the attendees answer each other's questions about the challenges that COVID 19 has presented and how they have handled these challenges from an Alumni Relations and Prospecting point of view. As an alumnus of Greenville University, Dwayne has a unique advantage when relating to alumni and potential donors. COVID hit just weeks after he joined t

The full recording of Daniel's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! This Talk features Daniel Wood, Director of IT, Division of Advancement, at the University of Alabama. Daniel uses the Blackbaud CRM and has successfully loaded LiveAlumni data and employment changes for the last 3 years. Today he shares relevant importing and data-structuring tips with the LiveALumni community. Important Highlights: Pandemic: Laying the foundation beforehand was Daniel'

The full recording of Flore's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! This Talk features Flore Dorcely-Mohr, Senior Director of Career Services at Berkeley College. It is a conversation primarily focused on Career Services and Flore shares the strategies that she and her team have been using to better handle the pandemic. Highlights: Managing and scaling Increased COVID workflow Creative ways to manage your pool of data Tracking metrics for better long term

The full recording of Sean's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! In today’s roundtable discussion, Sean Meehan, Associate Vice President for Development at the University of Hartford, took questions from the other attendees and amazed us all with his insightful and helpful solutions. The knowledge that he shares in this Talk is inspiring and informative. At the beginning of the Talk, Sean describes how he feels that Higher Ed is more effective at fundra

This LiveAlumni Talk features Robert Boley, Associate Director, Advancement Research & Prospect Management of Wright State University. Rob has been using LiveAlumni data since 2015, so he's grown along with us, often offering valuable insight and perspective on our new features. In this talk, he shares his approach to prospecting donors and answers questions submitted by some of the attendants. The full recording of Rob's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpd

This Talk is featuring Shoky Monafred from Golden Gate University, an experienced database manager and senior development professional.

The full recording of Ben's Talk is available to LiveAlumni users inside the Helpdesk! In this Talk, Ben Butcher of Boise State...

During the last week of April, LiveAlumni sat down with a panel of four industry experts to discuss Supporting Alumni Remotely.

Earlier this month, powerhouse team Brittany Yantos, Director of Annual Giving and Nisha Chauhan-McGrath, Associate Director of Early &...