Colleges Advancement Summit

Colleges Advancement Summit

Colleges, Institutes, Cegeps and Polytechniques provide thousands of cutting-edge education and training programs to students all over the Country & advancement shops in this space are doing top-notch work. CCAE is excited to bring together its professionals in this space for the first ever Colleges Advancement Summit.

Topics range across disciplines and feature ample time for discussion and collaboration.

Presenting Partner:

The Role of the CFO and Other Leaders in Advancement

In this session, the University of Toronto’s Vice-President of Advancement, David Palmer and Chief Financial Officer, Trevor Rogers, discuss the genesis of the AIM model and the important role that senior leaders play in supporting a positive, productive, and growth-oriented culture of advancement that enables the pursuit of transformation growth in fundraising and engagement.

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Key Competencies for Responsible GenAI Use

This session discusses a competency framework developed at Kwantlen Polytechnic University for generative artificial intelligence use – not by computer scientists but, rather, by the rest of us. AVP, Academic, David Burns discusses some of the early challenges he saw in his corner of the institution and some of the ways in which the team he works with faced them.

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McGill Women Take the Lead: Inspiring Women’s Philanthropy in Annual Giving

This vital conversation focuses on inspired leadership from women philanthropists in an Annual Giving context. This session provides a case study on a volunteer-led fundraising initiative that raised $130,000 in 12 months from McGill alumnae, highlighting the roles of the Annual Giving, Alumni Relations and Communications teams in supporting the volunteers. This session also explores how such initiatives could be successful in other underrepresented donor constituencies.

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