How EAB Supports Stakeholder Education on Advancement Topics

Explore sample Partner Intensive topics focused on higher ed advancement

EAB experts offer presentations and facilitated workshops, both virtually and in-person, that are designed to help our partners advance toward their goals. Grounded in data and best-practice research, EAB Partner Intensives are most often leveraged by our partners to help validate a need for campus change, generate buy-in and consensus from critical stakeholder groups, and even facilitate difficult but much-needed discussions among leadership teams and committees.

Sessions are typically one to two hours in length and are tailored to meet the needs of your campus. Audiences may include CAOs, deans, academic leadership, foundation boards, alumni association boards, or senior leadership teams, depending on the topic and your specific objectives.

View sample presentation and workshop topics within our advancement research terrain below. Contact [email protected] or your Strategic Leader to learn more.

Explore the topics we support

Browse the topic list and sample objectives to see the types of goals EAB can support through a virtual or in-person Partner Intensive.

Academic Partnerships

Create a culture of development in the academy
Improve fundraising skills of academic partners like deans
Build scalable structures with internal stakeholders to meet donor investor expectations
Ensure alignment between “big idea” fundraising opportunities and university priorities, considering ways for differentiation
Create opportunities to connect academic and university partners directly with donors and prospects

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Advancement Operations and Organizational Design

Discuss fundraising and engagement strategies and how to design operations to achieve those strategies
Review current org chart and job descriptions
Support strategy through structural change
Determine staffing models that are best fit for the advancement division

Advancement Strategic Planning

Learn about the current state of the advancement industry
Allocate resources to focus on the highest ROI areas
Advocate for increased investment in the advancement division

Alumni Engagement

Learn about current trends in alumni engagement
Surface warm leads for mid-level and major gift potential
Discuss opportunities for alumni engagement and major gift fundraising

Campaign Strategy

Address top challenges and priorities to strengthen and improve fundraising campaigns across the campaign life cycle
Consider options for fundraising structures that are best fit for the institution
Educate boards on their role in a campaign
Ensure alignment between fundraising and engagement strategies with institutional priorities

DEIJ in Advancement

Create a diverse, inclusive, and equitable advancement team
Marshal resources to fundraise for DEIJ initiatives

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Fundraiser Productivity

Determine appropriate fundraiser metrics and divisional goals
Ensure strategies allow major gift officers to focus on the donor pipeline and speed up movement through their portfolios
Prepare managers to diagnose performance issues and set goals
Consider opportunities to share donor cultivation and stewardship best practices across the division

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Mid-Level Fundraising and Pipeline Development

Elevate the mid-level donor experience to engage future major gift donors
Move donors through the pipeline more quickly and consistently

Talent and Career Development

Retain high-performing advancement staff to better meet fundraising and engagment goals
Improve recruiting and hiring practices
Learn about competency-based hiring to surface out-of-industry gift officer candidates

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Ready to request a Partner Intensive?

To request a virtual or in-person presentation for your campus, reach out to your Strategic Leader or [email protected]. You can also log in and fill out the form below, and we’ll follow up.