September 2024 CCAE 2024 Fall Education Kick-off Session
Featuring: David Burns, AVP, Academic, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU)
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.
Key Takeaways:
The industry and government advisors KPU contacted while developing its approach suggest several key competencies for responsible GenAI use.
These will, and are, changing over time.
Institutions are best advised to take an approach of cautious optimism.
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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Like any new tech currently reaching the apogee of the Gartner Hype Cycle, AI in all its permutations is inescapable. But what is it, really, and how does it affect nonprofits? This session will provide a gentle, plain-language introduction to AI, dispel some myths, and provide a grounded approach to how nonprofits can use this tech to advance their missions while feeling confident in navigating this ever-changing space.
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With a goal to achieve transformational growth in fundraising results through its Defy Gravity campaign, the University of Toronto recently reinstated the use of fees on expendable gifts and endowment distributions as a supplemental funding source for advancement. After examining best practices in common use among higher education institutions in Canada and the U.S., and looking at related fee structures in the healthcare and cultural sectors, the University of Toronto designed and implemented an approach to gift fees termed the U of T Advancement Investment Model (AIM).
In the course of developing this model, conversations with other Canadian university advancement leaders crystallized a common desire for a national best practice statement, articulating guiding principles and recommended parameters for the development and implementation of gift fee models in higher education.
Join David Palmer, Vice-President, Advancement, at the University of Toronto, who will explore learnings from the U of T Advancement Investment Model, and how those learnings informed the creation of a proposed set of Guiding Principles for Supplemental Funding Sources for Advancement as a draft national best practice statement—prepared specifically for discussion at the CCAE Senior Leaders meeting. The presentation will be followed by an open discussion among senior leaders on funding advancement operations in a challenging economic climate.
Learning Objectives
Explore best practices and guiding principles for the use of gift fees and endowment assessments, and how those practices may support transformational growth in fundraising programs
Discuss the unique challenges posed by the current economic climate with advancement leaders from across the country
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Featuring Ruth Dunley, Associate Director, Editorial Strategy, Queen’s University
In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports, Queen’s alumni called on us to help them chart a path toward Reconciliation. But how? How could we organize something with impact, and that would spur alumni to action? We learned that in order to get action, you have to create action – through experiential opportunities, collaboration, and storytelling. Working together, the Office of Advancement and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives collaborated with Ry Moran of the University of Victoria to create a one-of-a-kind experiential five-month journey for our alumni. Filled with emotion and empathy, it was a learning journey like nothing we’d ever done before, but that we know we’ll do again.
Note due to technical difficulties the first 8 min of the session is missing. However, the main content is very valuable.