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Close the Diversity Gap in Higher Ed Advancement By Recruiting Transferable-Skills Candidates

Current efforts aren’t enough to significantly increase diversity of job candidates and new hires because there is a lack of diversity within the advancement industry. Transferable-skills candidates bring skills and competencies from related fields and provide an opportunity to increase advancement team diversity.

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Unlock Growth Through EAB’s Advancement Investment and Performance Initiative (AIPI)

January 10, 2024

Roundtable

Staff Retention in a Highly Competitive Talent Market

January 25, 2024 - April 25, 2024

Roundtable

2024 Advancement Roundtable

July 16, 2024 - October 17, 2024

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Advancement Professional Development Series: On-Demand Materials

Access materials from our Advancement Professional Development Series, a three-part series that educates leaders and their staff about best practices and innovative solutions to their top challenges.

The three constraints on fundraising growth—and how advancement leaders can overcome them

Learn how advancement leaders can confront three major constraints on fundraising performance—what their prospect bases can sustain, what their teams can achieve given staffing and budget levels, and what their visions for philanthropy’s impact on campus can inspire.

6 strategies that address perennial major gift challenges in higher ed advancement

There are three historic challenges advancement must overcome to win new major gift prospects – and thanks to pandemic-era innovations, we now have the ability to tackle these perennial challenges.

7 strategies to embrace DEIJ for higher ed advancement teams

Discover how higher ed advancement can leverage its strengths to make significant progress on DEIJ initiatives with donors, alumni, and staff.

Strategic Opportunities and Threats Presented by the American Rescue Plan

Learn about the American Rescue Plan’s impact on higher education and strategic guidance to institutions as they navigate the additional funds and stipulations.

How advancement can adapt in the COVID-19 era

With the advent of the COVID-19 era, much of advancement leaders’ attention has shifted to the pipeline. Read the takeaways from our 2020 roundtable meeting series, where we shared how advancement’s response to the coronavirus crisis could change the face of the industry for years to come.

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Major and Principal Gifts
Alumni and Volunteer Engagement
Talent Management
Academic Partnerships
Diversity and Inclusion
Metrics and Data
Organizational Design
Digital Strategy
Campaigns

Navigating the Advancement Salary Landscape, Backed By EAB’s Data Analysis

EAB’s insights on the advancement salary landscape will help you attract and retain talent, promote equity, and advance your institution’s mission.

Higher Ed’s Talent Imperative

This brief identifies multiple dimensions of talent strategy that higher ed leaders must invest in to become employers of choice.

Recruitment Strategies to Win Over Top External Talent

This white paper outlines the urgency drivers for why higher ed must modernize its recruiting and onboarding strategies to attract talent. Then, it provides campus leaders with 10 foundational solutions to common challenges across the major phases of the talent acquisition process that out-of-sector competitors have already implemented.

Fostering the Next Generation of IT Talent

This report outlines seven tactics for IT departments to develop the most effective student employment programs as possible.

Campaign Concierge: Strengthen and Improve Your Higher Ed Fundraising Campaigns

EAB’s Campaign Concierge is a service that addresses pressing challenges and top priorities to improve higher ed fundraising campaigns.

Advancement Organizational Design Review

EAB will review your advancement shop’s organizational design structure against best practices and provide recommendations for improvement.

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