Hello, everyone. I'm resizing this window so I can see you all now. All right, so I now have 12.05 Central Time. So I am Leah Campman, and I am excited to welcome everyone to our Great Lakes and Mid-America District 5 and 6 annual pre-conference. We are really excited as a whole case group to be with everyone in Chicago on April 14th and 16th. We are the New to the Profession Workshop. Again, pre-conference. Today's April 9th, and we wanted to have some time to bring us all together virtually to get some of our introductions and questions out of the way before Sunday so that we can best use our time together Sunday. So a couple of things here today. This is relatively casual. Feel free to unmute yourself and ask questions or use the chat function or send Eleanor, myself, or Muriel a private chat. We want people to ask questions and engage with us, so feel free to unmute or chat. We're going to go through this agenda today. We're going to introduce you to our conference chairs, and then we're going to do some introductions so that you can start building your own case community. We are going to go over a brief overview of CASE itself and some acronyms. Again, as we all know, CASE means that there are multiple disciplines working together to advance the mission of the institution. So whether you're in Alumni Relations, Events, Stewardship, Information Services, or Direct Fundraising, all of our roles have an important part in making advancement a whole. We're going to talk about your CliftonStrengths assessment, and then just some housekeeping things that we have after. I said that already. So our district conference chairs are Lindsey Valdy and Jody Donaldson. Can we do a little raised hands? Who's already met these folks? Yes. Other folks? Eleanor's met them. Lindsey Valdy has met herself. Who else has met some of these people? Well, we are really excited Lindsey's been able to join us today. We are super excited for all the work and grateful for all the work that these two have put into this annual conference. So we're wonderfully excited to share the profession with you all. So you'll see a lot of these two starting on Sunday. Then the three of us who are supervising this New to the Profession workshop. So some of you already heard from Eleanor. And then we also have Muriel and myself. So welcome, welcome, welcome. We are thrilled that your institution or you also signed up for this New to the Profession pre-conference. We, again, really love sharing our industry with other folks. So we are going to do some introductions for everyone. So if we and I hope this link is clickable. If not, I'm going to put this link in the chat and stop sharing my screen so that we can introduce ourselves, our name, title, institution, time in the role, and your favorite book. So let me, again, chat this to you all if that link does not work for you or Zoom. How do I chat this to you all? Or can I send this to someone? Here we go. Chat. So if you can click on this Jamboard. And again, we are a Google campus here at St. Norbert College. So I hope that everyone else, their Microsoft campuses don't deny their access to this. So your name starts with an A. Your last name starts with an A through an L. On that first page, you can click this sticky note and add your sticky note for your name, title, and there you go. Excellent. But if your last name starts with M through Z, feel free to scroll to that second page to add your sticky note. Here we go. This sticky note add, that one, two, three, fourth button down. If you could add your name to the whole spiel, that would be excellent. And your institution, your title, the time and the profession, and your favorite book. So once we start going. Okay. Hold on. I've lost all of Zoom. All right, so we have, we could start then with our first three here on our left side. So Muriel, would you want to introduce yourself as another leader of our new to the profession? Sure. Hi, everyone. I'm Muriel Hughes. I am the Associate Vice Chancellor for Development at the University of Denver. I've been here in the role for almost three years, and I've been in the profession for about 20 years, long time. So it's really nice to meet all of you and welcome to new to the profession. Eleanor? Yeah. Hi, everybody. It's great to see you all and be on Zoom. We can't wait to finally meet everybody this weekend in Chicago. So my name is Eleanor Fortescue. I am the Director of Annual Giving Programs at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. I have been in my role for almost two years and in my profession for five years. So I was actually in your shoes last year as a part of the new to the profession workshops. I'm really excited to be back on this side of it and help you all through your first, either first, maybe second case conference and in your role. So thanks, Leah. Again, I'm Leah Campman. I'm currently the Interim Vice President for College Advancement here at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin. I've been in this role for about three and a half years and in the industry for 15. And one of my favorite books is The First 90 Days. So we're going to go through some of these. So if you feel comfortable, I'll take, add your video. If Rachel could introduce herself. Hi, I'm Rachel Kinkley. I work as an annual gift officer in DC and Boston for Washington University in St. Louis. I just hit my one year mark with this role, but I've been in the industry doing a very similar leadership giving role at another institution before this for another year. So that's two years. And my favorite book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. And there's another Leah. There is. So I'm Leah Copas. I'm the Events and Marketing Coordinator over at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. I've been in this role for a little over two years and have been working in the profession for around three-ish years. My favorite book is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros. It's actually a series. It's amazing. It's fiction. Yeah, it's great. And then it's that A-Ping Chen. Hi, my name is A-Ping. I work in the University of Minnesota College of Design. So it's my, I just finished my six-month evaluation. So I'm pretty new to this field. And my, I'm happy to join this community. And my favorite book is Crying at Tomorrow by Michelle Donner. This is very touching book and yeah, it's about like a relationship with mother and daughter. Yeah, it's pretty good. Thank you. Brandon. Hi, everybody. My name is Brandon Davenport. I'm a Development Officer with the Chatham State Foundation at Chatham State College. I've been in the position for two years. My favorite book is a Star Wars book, because when I was about eight years old, it was the first book I ever read, first novel, and it started a lifelong passion for me. I've never seen any of them. Eleanor, can you monitor the chat too? Yep, I'm on it. Excellent. And then Jeff Lamberti. Hi, I'm Jeff Lamberti. I'm the Alumni Relations Officer at the University of Minnesota, Morris. And I've been here all of, almost approaching three months. But I did previously, up until 2022, working on the development side of things. And my favorite books are anything by Elmore Leonard. Did I miss Tina Whelan? I'm sorry. Tina. Oh, sorry. I had to get off the mute there. Yes, Tina Whelan, and I am the Senior Program Manager in Advancement Leadership Initiatives and Events at University of Colorado Boulder, and been doing this position for about five months. Previously came from aerospace, so it's a little different, I can say. And before that, I was in the K-12 system, supporting the superintendent for the district. So favorite book right now, it always tends to be whatever book I'm reading currently. So this one is called Curie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. And it's, I'm a big tennis player, so it's about a tennis star and her relationship with her father. It's really good. Christy. Hello, I'm Christy Iacobo, Alumni Relations Program Manager at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. I've been in this position coming up on six months, so still very new. And my favorite book is The Nightingale by Kristen Hanna. And another one of hers that I love is The Great Alone. They're both just really good stories. They are. Stacy Kaufman. Hi, everyone. My name is Stacy Kaufman. I'm a service desk specialist here at the University of Illinois Alumni Association. I've been in my role for about a year and a half. And I'm just new to this, this role. I'm looking forward to meeting everybody. And I'm sorry to disappoint. I don't have a favorite book. Grace Anderson. Grace Anderson, I am the Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Engagement at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I've been in my role for just over six months now. And my favorite book is also The Great Alone by Kristen Hanna. Making connections already. Samara Frank. Hi, everybody. Thumbs up, you can hear me. So I'm Samara, Advancement Manager at the UW-Madison Division of the Arts. About five months in. So pretty new. Really looking forward to meeting all of you. I just finished reading out loud Where the Red Fern Grows with my 10-year-old daughter. And in case any of, I mean, tearjerker, just kills me every time. So highly recommend. Nice to meet all of you. And my dear friend and colleague, Billy Falk. Thank you, Leah. Billy Falk, Director of Alumni Business and Community Engagement at St. Norbert College. 15 and 15 are my answers for how many years I've been in the profession and how many years I've been in the college here. Been here a long time. Love this place. My favorite book right now, I read fairly often, but I watch movies more. So I would have preferred a question about my favorite movie, but I can go with book. But I'm right now loving Atlas by Brene Brown. So if you have not picked that up, there's great little tidbits in there to get us through some of our higher ed clips and let us hold on. So thanks for having me. Thanks, Leah. So and then after you, Courtney, so can you also talk about your yearlong cohort? We're going to get to that here in a second. Do you want me to talk about it or Billy? Excuse me, everybody. I'm just getting over a week long head cold here. Okay. My name is Courtney Barrett. She, her, hers pronouns. I am currently the director of engagement and external relations for the College of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Minnesota. I'm on the Twin Cities campus. Hi, Jeff. Welcome to the U. One of my system campus partners that I don't think we've gotten a chance to connect yet. And I ping as well. We haven't gotten a chance to meet. And I think there's at least one other U of M person that's joining the cohort here this year. I have been with the University of Minnesota for almost 12 years. And I've been in this role for about six and a half. I came from the nonprofit special events world for about six, seven years before I came to higher ed. So that puts me at the age of 40. In case anybody's wondering if you want to map that out. So what Leah was alluding to and what Eleanor had briefly mentioned as part of last year's well, not last year. So the last time we held the case five conference specifically was in December of 2023. And then with the combination of five and six this year, we will be eventually moving to April every year for case five. And I believe case six was already in that kind of realm of dates. But we launched a new to the profession cohort after our December 2023 free conference session that folks attended. And we invited those folks to be a part of and we just wrapped that up. And we're really excited to announce that we are going to do a 2.0. We call it NTP new to the profession cohort that will be offered virtually for the next year following the conference that is for case five. I do believe case six will be doing something similar as well. Not sure if one of our colleagues is on to talk about that, but that'll be something that you'll all be invited to participate in. And hopefully we'll have more information for you here via email before you get to the conference. But yeah. Thanks, Lindsay. Tyler is on. So Tyler can maybe speak to district six's plans as well. But happy to answer more questions. Billy has been my colleague in cahoots helping to coordinate that. He does have a role on the case five cabinet and has been the liaison between that and the new to the profession cohort. So looking forward to continuing what we're calling the 2.0 cohort coming up for the next year. So look forward to seeing everybody on Sunday. I also love that you met some of your U of M colleagues just now. That is we're going to go through some of those two large public universities. You might not know everyone. Small private liberal arts colleges. Billy is three doors down from me right now. So if we wanted to jump on the same Zoom, we could. Heather Hall is next. Hi, my name is Heather Hall. Oh, can you hear me? Okay. I'm Heather Hall. I'm at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. I'm the arts development coordinator. I've been here 11 weeks. And I don't know, it's hard to pick favorite books, but I think I used to teach eighth grade history. So guns, germs, and steel has always been really a go to. Clark. I'm at Albion College. I'm the director of philanthropy, which is a major gifts position. I've worked in student affairs or higher ed for about 26 years with a brief detour into like a healthcare fundraising job a few years back. I'll be in my third year and made the shift a week ago. So that's awesome. Drew. Hi, I'm Drew. I'm with Ohio State in the constituent experiences sort of mass engagement strategy department. I've been in the job a little less than six months and also in the profession for that amount of time as well. I come from the world of law previously. And my favorite book is Olive Carriage by Elizabeth Strout. I love the characters and the structure and the sort of the world that exists and good writing. Excellent. So we'll move on to our last names that start with M through Z. So we have Anna. Hi, I'm Anna Ryan. I'm the donor relations coordinator at Emporia State University. I've been in this position for two years. And my favorite book or books is any book I got to read with my kids. That's nice. Sarah. We still have everyone. Can you hear me? Great. I'm Sarah Schaefer. I am an engagement and donor strategist, which is basically development officer position at Central Michigan University. I come from a nonprofit background and I've been in this role for about five months now. And my favorite books are the Harry Potter series. So. I've also never seen any of those. Melissa Thomas. Hi, I'm Melissa Thomas. I am at Miami University. I'm the associate director of development for the Farmer School of Business here. I've been in this role for about eight months and my favorite book. I'm going to say Pride and Prejudice, but Harry Potter is also up there. Sheila. Hello, I work at Andrews University and I'm a major gift officer in the Office of Development. And I've been here now going on 13 months. My favorite book is The Thief by Megan Wallen Turner. Emma McAvoy. Hello, my name is Emma McAvoy. I am a program director for alumni engagement at the University of Cincinnati. I technically am brand new to this role, but I have been with the University of Cincinnati for the past year through the foundation and development work. So I've just kind of switched to a newer role. So I'm brand brand new. I have to say I'm a big reader, so I couldn't just pick one. But my top two favorite books are Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafran and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Ethan. Hi everybody, I'm Ethan Roberts. I'm at Capital University in Columbus, work very closely with Ellen Moore. I'm the assistant director of alumni engagement and annual giving. I've been in this role for just over six months, but I'm a CAP alum from a few years ago, so very much feels like home being here. Such a great question. And once again, so many good books to choose. I chose a book that really impacted my life called Love Wins by Rob Bell. And Tyler joined us. Good afternoon or good morning, everyone. Tyler Spear, University of Wyoming Foundation. I blew into work this morning with these wonderful wind gusts that we have out here. And yes, we still get our mail by horseback. Just kidding. I've been at the University of Wyoming and in development for 11 years in this senior director of development role for just that a year now. And favorite book is tough. I'll take condolences on the front end. I'm currently reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. That's not an easy read. But in terms of favorite books, as I look at my bookshelf, I've got to go with God Rest In My Gleech's book, Swing Your Sword. Thanks for having me. Again, Tyler's part of that yearlong D6 cohort that we'll learn more about as we continue through this new to the profession group together. Melissa. Hi, everybody. I'm Melissa Nye-Prenzlin. I work. I'm the assistant director for advancement services at Heidelberg University. I've been in the role of assistant director for a little less than a year, but I've been in advancement services for going on seven years. And I've been at Heidelberg University total for 16 years. It was pretty much my first full time role outside of graduating and working smaller jobs at the age of 24. So I've been here for a little bit. And favorite book. I have a lot of books I like to read. I have a small collection at home, but I think one of my favorites was Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts. But, yeah. Thank you for being here. Natasha. Hi, sorry, my camera isn't working, but my name is Natasha. I am with Loyola University Chicago. I'm assistant director of alumni relations in the advancement division. I've been in this role for two weeks. I came from not-for-profit with my high school students from 9th through 12th grade. I don't really have any favorite books. Usually it's the one I'm reading, which I'm currently liking. Well, I'm loving it. Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown. Oh, I love this. I think you might win our award for newest new person. In a very short time. Did we miss anyone who hasn't had a chance to put a post-it? I was going to say, I think we did miss a couple. If you want to just come off of mute, you totally can. I'll drop the Jamboard link in the chat again. If you want to add your post-it note before or after you give your introduction. But I think we did miss a few. So feel free to come off mute or we can get you on the Jamboard. Or if they're having issues with audio or links in general, they can always put it in the chat too. And if you're joining us via mobile and don't have access to do either. And you're on the road. We look forward to meeting you at the conference recon session on Sunday too so I know there are a few who who have joined via mobile and again like we said this is not a formal meeting we're pretty casual here and we're not able to at this moment. Low stress low stress. And didn't think about that the mobile of this would not be ideal. I think a jam board would be very overwhelming on mobile, the call yeah if it's if you're calling in it's really not no chat function so. Well, we appreciate everyone participating and sharing a little bit more about themselves. What I so appreciate about case is how we can connect with one another, whether you're a big big 10 university who's meeting some of your colleagues for the first time, or you both love the same book. How can we find ways to connect with one another through this new to the profession cohort and beyond. As you look at some of these zoom photos and read some of the stickies, some of some of these folks might be your colleagues for life. You might work with them someday or you might recommend them for a job or vice versa so how can we create those sort of meaningful connections and if it's through what your favorite book or top five. My husband's the worst at this he can't pick a favorite everything is his favorite so if you ask him today. This is his favorite and if you ask him tomorrow, that's his favorite. That's a wonderful way to connect we'll leave this jam board up to and we'll be. We had one comment so Queen I just saw yours on the front page, did you want to go ahead and come off mute and introduce yourself. I'm Jonathan Turbulon working for Oregon State University Foundation. Thank you. Anyone else Eleanor. I think that was all I saw on the jam board again if you want to come off me totally can and so that we can meet you and hear your favorite book. If not, we can. Yeah, keep that jam board up and keep going. Hi Marissa. It's good to meet you. I'm Marissa out of Minneapolis at St. Mary's at Minnesota leadership giving officer started in mid January. Yeah, we all struggle picking favorites and I don't think I said mine but right now it's the honest Enneagram I love the Enneagram if any of you love personality. I know we're going to talk about CliftonStrengths in a little bit so one of the things that I love and can talk your ear off longer than an hour and a half meeting so. We're good if yeah if anyone else wants to put it in the chat. Feel free to do so but we can keep it moving. I would love to talk to you more about Enneagram too. Alright so a quick timeline. Today is April 9, it is hard to believe that because here in northern Wisconsin we got an April snow, so it does not feel like April it was it was an intense snow if anyone would like to talk about it let's get some cocktails in case and talk about how I had over a foot of snow on my car on I think it was April 2. Then, on April 14 this Sunday, we will be in person, so we are really excited to meet you all. It's helpful to get some of the introductions out of the way now, but I can't wait to see each of you in person and and get to know you a little bit more. Again, this is the pre conference on April 14, because April 14 the rest of April 14 and through the 16th is our joint case five and six conference. So those couple of days are going to be jam packed with sessions and meeting folks and then on April 16. You're going to leave with this incredible post conference high. And I often tell my teammates when they attend a professional development opportunity, you are going to meet your people, and you are going to hear some incredible ideas and you're going to feel so energized about the future of higher education and advancement, you want to implement everything. So how do you take what you have in that 14th through 16th, and you bring that to your role and to your institution for the longevity, so so capitalize on all of those great ideas, write them down, share them with your teammates and then move through that year long cohort that both district five and six are creating, it might look a little different but I don't know Billy and Courtney and Tyler, would you want to talk a little bit more about the cohort at any point. Three of you. I'm happy to share more but I think I talked a little for D five and maybe Tyler wants to share what they've been doing in D six. Thank you and thanks for the tea up in D six. This is our 2.0 as well when it comes to the new to the profession cohort. And so what we are looking to do is you'll get to meet and greet a bunch of us D six folks at the conference. And then after the conference is over and we're on that high, our goal is for it to not to become a valley just like with our friends in D five, that's the goal. And so we will, depending on numbers, either assign you with a one to one mentor, or we'll do small group mentorship depending on again numbers and availability but we want to be with you throughout this year, and our mentorship model takes the form of advice on particular situations you might be dealing with or professional advice. All this to say what we're hopeful for is that you will have longevity in this profession, the biggest thing on mentorship for us is that it will be in your content area so marketers get marketing friends development people I'm sorry you're stuck with me, and apologies in advance for that. In addition, we'd invite you to come to our mini conferences and other events that we're doing as a district so that's it in a nutshell is we want you to build community, not just at the conference but throughout the year, and also have those much needed lifelines that we need in this great profession so how's that for waxing poetic. Excellent. We hope you take that year long cohort and and make your friends and then you all make plans to be at our conference in 2025. So, we will be separate at that point so D five and D six will have their individual conferences in 2025 but we hope that you make plans just like Eleanor get involved with case and and find ways to make contributions to the profession. That's, again, speaking for all of us here that's given so much to us. Next, who has heard of a live on someone who's only been here, two weeks I'm not sure if we have. But what, what does that mean, I think, high school. Yes, we've all heard of these. I think we as a profession we use a lot of acronyms because it's helpful. We all know what we're talking about. But when you don't come from higher education or you don't come from advancement. Some of these terms just seem fully out of left field. So we're going to take some time to go over some of these terms. Again, we might be able to share this PowerPoint, and there's a there's a link to some basic terminology list, but for now that link on the page three of our jam board. I'm going to share some of the acronyms that you hear a lot. And what do they mean, or what do you think they mean. So again, if we can share that third page here, we're going to get to that. And again, if the link isn't working, you can also drop some of your favorite acronyms in the chat if you also have that capability. I started off with our BRE, that's a business reply envelope. So use our stickies and start sticking some other acronyms that you've heard and you know what they mean, or you would like to know more about what they mean. And also CASE is an acronym for the Council for Advancement and Supportive Education, which luckily they do have it on their website pretty big and bold, but we are just a family of acronyms, and it's kind of how we live our lives now. Two people with live buds. Wow, these are really good ones. Are some of our folks who have been in the profession for years. What were some that you thought that you knew when you started or are very confused about when you started. Oh my gosh, this one is excellent the banner screen acronyms. Do other people use banner. I think also it defaults to put the stickies on top of each other so if you need to move them around. There might be a pile on that that top screen there. Seeing a lot of unfortunately yes we use banner and and sad faces in the chat Leah so you're not alone. I, we don't anymore. That's reminds me of the black screen with a green blinky cursor. Let's see some of these then that I think that's a really good point that someone just put the University of Minnesota has many internal acronyms. And I think that's another great point, we might live on the side month that's pretty industry term but mo you too but there might be at one school that might be an mo you at another school that might be an MOA at another school, I thought I saw a GA for gift agreement. Yes. So, those all might mean similar things. But at your own university, you're going to have some acronyms that would be helpful to share with other new folks. I'm seeing a couple in here that don't have um kind of what they are if anyone wants to come off mute and uh maybe explain your acronym maybe it means something different like Leo's talking about at your institution versus others. Oh that okay they added so the certified fundraising executive I saw that one that didn't have one. How about an RLE and uh CGA? If that's someone that wants to share what that is. I didn't post it but I'm going to say CGA is a charitable gift annuity. Retained life estate. Oh I don't know that one. What does that mean? Retained life estates are fun. Those are a really fun gift concept. I've done three of them. I'm also seeing a cow for child of wealth is it's a an interesting acronym. It's good to know that that's what that is so that in conversation you're not just like well that cow over there. Yeah you might not want to use that one. Yeah I think maybe only internal that's probably. I just added another one because someone put on that right side DO for development officer and MGO for major gift officer. Here at St. Norbert College we call those philanthropic advisors so they're PAs not to be confused with physician assistants. But maybe you have a physician assistant who has now become a philanthropic advisor so luckily they don't need to change much with their with their title. Who um may I ask who the APS here is? Advanced partner scholarship is that yeah this um Sheila I'm a LPN um I came from hospice and whenever they kept saying APS I was like adult protective services why? So no advanced partner program scholarship. What's that mean? That's our internal scholarshiping that most of our students receive based on different criterias. And then whoever posted the banner or the many banner people can we describe what a couple of these are? I think that was Melissa. Yeah my computer wasn't unmuting yeah um a paid-in is like the biographical screen where you have like their name information birth date death dates um aga gift is where you enter a gift and then there's AGC gift to see gift history. APA cons is where you assign them their donor codes and um connect them with their mail address type um APA mail is where you um like their combined mailing address or single mail address and then there's I don't know that's not the name and APA mail is their salutations and a slew of a million other screens and everything and I have I worked in admissions for nine years before this so I have all of the banner screens and processes for admissions in my head as well as all of the advancement ones now and all the coding and the codes that go with all the fields for all of those screens as well. Thanks Melissa that was helpful I've never used banner on this end so it's complicated and I've cleaned up a lot of coding from when they we established banner 24 years ago when people didn't know you know certain things did certain things or how to use them and so I've done a lot of coding clean up to make it work better 24 years later. Awesome but all power to you for doing that that's great we need more people like you. Perfect. Any others that come to mind as you um again I think we could spend a little bit more time on again I think we could spend an hour and a half just doing this like who has the most ridiculous acronyms like banner seems to be going multiple digits there. And again we will keep this jam board up so we can continue to add I think sometimes as you're new to the profession you might not know it's a great time to ask what does that mean because everyone else seems to remember what this means but if you don't know it's it's not wrong to ask what is a pm and I've had that sometimes and I've not had that sometimes or what is a again we didn't even know Courtney asked an RLE this is it's something to learn all the time and they might be changing so feel free to ask and no question is is useless if we are if we are all learning together. Is Billy Falk moving all of these? Billy really loves when jam boards are exactly aligned. Oh that's also a good one fair market value is also a good one. Billy are you moving our stickies to be perfectly in rows? That is not me someone else is doing that for me I just got off the phone actually so but yes I do appreciate that very very much whoever's doing it keep going. And organized by type Billy likes them to be organized by type so if they're all acronyms for the like that type of job that you have he wants those all to be together and he would like colors he just he likes them to all be aligned. I think those were all of them that have come up recently. There's also hold on one of these was a basic terminology list we'll we'll share this with folks somehow too this was from a couple of years ago and this was from the University of Illinois it is a listing and specific to Illinois about some of these so what is an acknowledgement or what is an alumnus or alumna so there there there are all of these and some of them we did hit so we we hit a business reply envelope I believe charitable gift annuity is in here so as Courtney I believe wrote the University of Minnesota has tons and they keep coming every day so there's always something to learn but this would get you a great start to at least a glossary of terms. Excellent slide show. So next you should have received a CliftonStrengths assessment and I will have Muriel talk more about the opportunity for you all to be part of our CliftonStrengths assessment. Great hi everyone so hopefully you've received the link and I know some of you have already completed it if you have not yet done so I strongly encourage completion of it before Sunday because Sunday in person we'll have a chance to dive deeper but in the meantime I wanted to just kind of share my own personal insight as to why the CliftonStrengths assessment is a valuable tool for those of us in the advancement profession. This is this is a way to get to know how you do work and and learn more about yourself personally. I think for me knowing my strengths and my weaknesses as outlined by the CliftonStrengths Gallup testing tool it's really helped me double down on what I do well and and be aware of the areas where I have weakness so I can at least acknowledge like this is my reaction but I might not be correct on this so I think it's a really valuable tool and I think it's something that can carry you through not just this single position that you're in but you know through a lifetime of of through a lifetime or a career in advancement. And so what I'd like to do now is turn it over to my colleague Christy Cates who's going to be leading the facilitation of the session on Sunday. I invited her here to do a little preview and talk through some of some of the components. Christy is a certified CliftonStrengths trainer and so she has brought that skill set to the University of Denver. We've done it for our entire staff but she's also facilitated a lot of these sessions at case conferences. She's chaired several case conferences so really I think we'll all gain a lot by hearing what she's got to say. So Leah if you don't mind I know this would you mind not sharing your screen and I'll share my screen if that's okay. Super. Also Andrew could we check the waiting room just to make sure. Oh she's next to me. Here she is. I'll just flip my computer over. So let me let me let me share this. Let me start the slideshow. Great. Okay. Hi everybody. I am Christy Cates. I'm the Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement Operations here at DU. I've been here about a week shy of Muriel's tenure. We started a week or two with after each other. I started about a week or two after she did but I've been working with strengths and since about 2015 I went through the certification sessions in 2016 but I've been working with personality assessments gosh since probably 2005. I'm certified in what's called the activity vector analysis and I'm also certified in Myers-Briggs and I have worked with with DISC but I find the strengths instrument very unique. I think all of these have great reasons why you might use them but for me CliftonStrengths really lets you go deep on you and there's a lot that you can say about yourself and learn about yourself in a much more granular way rather than just saying hey there's 16 sets of preferences or there's 16 personality types that have different levels of intensity which is why I've spent so much time with the strengths and why we're using it here at DU. It allows you to really say to identify who you are and to start making plans and developing developing your next steps with your career as well as in your personal life. So today I'm going to spend 15 or 20 or probably maybe 30 minutes kind of giving you an understanding of what strengths is and what the talents are and then when we meet on Sunday we're going to do some fun interactive activities and really work together at the tables to get to know each other better. So Gallup says it's important to understand what what lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters. It's really what is inside of us that we need to spend the time getting to know and understand. Understanding and putting a finger on what comes naturally to us and then how we use it in an intentional and smart manner is going to make the biggest difference in how we grow as individuals. So why is this important? The research that Gallup has done and let me just tell you they have done probably 35 years worth of research into Clifton's strengths to refine it but they've also done research of why it's important and what they find is that individuals that are able to tap into these talents and build them into strengths they are three times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life and they're six times as likely to say they're engaged in their jobs. Well why is this important? Well I think we all want to be happy right? We all want to use our lives in a manner that is going to be intentional, that's going to bring us pleasure and also help us grow as individuals. From a work perspective the engagement is really critical because individuals that are actively engaged at work they are the individuals that are making the difference. They're individuals that help the ROI grow. They're pushing the envelope on what's happening in their organization. We see a higher ROI I think I already said we see a much higher ROI if someone's engaged versus not engaged or actively disengaged. So you know from from an organizational standpoint here at DU we really want people to use strengths. We want them to be actively engaged because for those of you that don't know in advancement organizations about 70 to 75 percent of our budget is people. You know we don't have huge investment in other things so if our people are working at the highest level possible that means we are engaging the most alumni and constituents. We are raising the most money possible and so that can become our competitive edge. So what do we know? Some of the things that are important to understand is individuals that work from a strength zone they look forward to going to work because they're able to do what they do best every day. They're not spending a lot of time trying to achieve outcomes in a way that doesn't come naturally to them. Individuals that work from the strength zone they have more positive than inner than negative interactions with co-workers. Isn't it nice if we can have positive interactions with those that we work with to have open honest communication and to be able to drive those outcomes in a way that is best for the organization and in a manner that is respectful. Again they treat customers I always try to say it's really constituents for our purposes better. You know we need to be able to interact in positive manner so that our constituents are engaging and giving their time and giving their money to us. They tell friends they work at a great organization. I mean how many of us have vacancies and if we are out there in our community and as you guys spend more time in advancement and with case you're going to realize this is a very small community of higher education advancement professionals. And if we are out there touting our institutions we are able to recruit the best and the brightest. They also achieve more on a daily basis so they're able to be productive and it's not just achieved but it's achieved at a higher level. And then think about the fact that if you can work out of a strength zone that you're going to have more positive creative and innovative moments. How great do you feel when you've done something amazing at work? And this is really the cross of strengths. It's saying I'm going to focus on what comes naturally to me and I'm going to build it to a level that's better and better and better. Okay so I'm going to do something fun here and I'm going to try to open it up so I can see your face. It's a little bit better. Ah darn it. Okay so I want you to raise your hand if you talk to people in elevators, airplanes, grocery stores, and everywhere you go. That's me. One of the things that you learn about strengths is you learn what comes naturally to you. And I used to do as and I still do sometimes but an activity that I call love crazy envy. And it's the strength that you love. It's one that might drive others crazy and then something that you might envy in someone else. Well this is the one that drives my son crazy. He's like mom why are you always talking to people? It's so embarrassing. But I love it. I love meeting people. I love smiling and saying hi and getting a little small talk going. Raise your hand if you always have a color-coded or otherwise organized closet. Okay I'm seeing some of those hands going up. Yeah and this is always this is one of the ones where yeah my closet's pretty organized but I'll organize it and then then it'll kind of go by the wayside. Raise your hand if you always write down a list of things to do and stick to it even on the weekends. Oh I love you achievers. You guys when you when you guys do this assessment and you're all going to see oh I have achiever in my top five. Raise your hand if you always need to pick someone to race while driving. So this one's gonna be this one's usually a less little less common but I see Tyler. I see uh Martina. Not sure who else on here but yeah that usually shows that you might have something called competition high. Raise your hand if you always tend to ask too many questions. You've always got another question. You want to understand things. Oh I love that. I love the questioners because you're the ones that make sure that we didn't miss something important when we're building a plan. Raise your hand if you always push the elevator button to remind it that you're there. My activator cannot wait. So this is just a little fun game that gives us a chance to start talking about and seeing what are those naturally recurring patterns of thoughts behavior and that's that's when you're starting to see this is an example of talent. And talent is those will be those top five and there are 34 of them in that Gallup uses to develop their assessment. But one of the things they say is that talents are something that can be applied productively but you have to start using them intentionally and and you need to build them. So you've got this stuff that's just flowing out of you that comes so naturally and you don't even know it's happening and it's an opportunity to start saying oh this is me. This is how I can use it at work. This is how I'm currently using it and this is how I might use this particular talent to be successful in the job duties or the projects that I have and it allows you to to approach the work in a way that is uniquely you. So some examples of talent you know it might be effortly and instinctively starting conversations but when you start digging into this that might be somebody that has woo. And then thinking in an orderly and timely manner you know that's that might be somebody that's deliberative or somebody that has analytical high and easily and naturally influencing others. This could be somebody that has command or significance seeing patterns and data. This is likely somebody that has analytical very high and consistently having a positive outlook. This is probably somebody that has positivity high or they might be able to apply belief or consistency to really see where that future is and where they're going. Okay so when we think about people who use their strengths every day they report being 7.8 times percent more productive than others and teams so you think about this as if I'm doing this for myself but what happens if I start bringing my team members in. Teams that use their strengths and have strengths feedback are seeing almost a nine percent greater profitability in their work. So I want to do we still have plenty of time right? Yeah I think we have about 10 to 15 ish minutes. Okay okay you guys I need everybody to come off camera because we're going to do something fun here. So I we're going to I'm going to time you and you see the the phrase that's on the screen right now. I use my strengths every day. Do you have a piece of paper and either a pen or a pencil near you? Okay so I want you to take that paper and draw a line down the center and on the right side of the paper we're going to write this sentence three times. Don't start yet because I'm going to time you. I use my strengths every day but before you get started I want you to use your non-dominant hand for this activity. Okay so we're gonna when I say on your marks get set go we're going to time ourselves to say how many times does it take us to write this the sentence I use my strengths every day and when you're done I need you to raise your hand and I'm going to monitor this until we see that everybody's finished and we'll tell you how long it takes. Are you ready on your marks get set go. Okay, we've got some people that are already done. You guys are good. Somebody broke their arm at some point, their dominant arm, I would guess. Okay, we've got another one done. Couple more, no pressure. What about if competition is really high and you want to beat everyone else? Yeah, let me just tell you, those that have competition high, they're going fast. Those that have deliberative or trying to make it really probably very legible. We're about halfway there. Still going. Don't forget to raise your hand. You can use the reaction. Also, I'm sorry, Kristi. I know some were driving, so if you were not able to do this, given the circumstances. If you're not able to do this, we'll just call it a day in a minute. Thanks, Kristi. Okay, thanks for that update. Okay, we're going to say stop. Okay, so the first time it took us, right now we're at 2 minutes, 13 seconds. So we're going to do the same thing again, only with our dominant hands. And we're going to see how long it's going to take. So go ahead and make sure you take down all your hands up because we're going to have to put them back up again. Okay, we're starting to see hands come up. They're coming fast and curious now. I think it looks like we've got everybody that's doing this. Stop. So the second time, first time, 2.13, second time, 46 seconds. So how did it feel when you all did, you can either drop it in the chat or come off mute. I like people off mute, chatting it up. My woo and my communication likes people talking. But how did it feel when you were doing it with your non-dominant hand? I have something in the chat here. Difficult, yeah. What else? Painfully slow. It was frustrating, I wanted to go faster. Not natural, a little uncomfortable. Yep, that's what Gallop is saying. When we spend time on things that don't come naturally to us, we can do it. You guys wrote the sentences, right? We finished the assignment. But the problem is, is that it was tough. We spent more time than we needed to. It wasn't as excellent as a product as we would want it to be. And so if we spend more time trying to fix what's right with us or get better at what's right with us, rather than spending so much time constantly trying to fix what's wrong with us, we're gonna see a higher quality of life. We're gonna see better performance in our work. We all have to get to a particular outcome and the outcomes, what our organizations get to dictate. How we get there and the ability to have the freedom to get to that end point is a way that we need to figure out how does it work best for what our talents are and what comes naturally to us? Which is such a switch in how we've all been taught. You know, when we got our report cards growing up, those A's, it was like, okay, great. You're fantastic at writing, Christy. Leave writing behind, but math is a little bit harder. So let's spend some time getting a math tutor. Well, it doesn't say that we can't attend to what maybe we're not great at, but if we spend that same amount of time or even more at what we are great at, we're gonna see exponential improvement. Okay, again, there's nothing wrong with being aware of our weaknesses and managing them, but if we spend much more time identifying and maximizing those talents and building them into strengths, we're gonna see, again, significant amount of improvement. Okay, I think this is my video. Oh, so the other thing we're gonna go into deeper when we meet on Sunday is that there, like I said, there are 34 talents and they are arranged in a construct that we call domains. And there are four domains. The executing domains, which are that domain where it's how people get things done. It's sort of the inertia around moving things, getting things completed. The influencing domains, that's how we bring people on board. And those are the talents that help us get excitement around projects and activities. The relationship building domain, this is how we build those relationships. It's kind of the ties that bind. And then the strategic thinking domains, this is how we build our plans and how we get from point A to point B. And we're gonna go deeper into these and understand the domains a little bit better when we meet on Sunday. Okay, I am going to... So again, CliftonStrengths is the code that cracks your awareness to your unique talents. And I'll be honest, if you've already gotten your report, you're probably reading that report and saying, oh yeah, I understand this. This is like me, I know this about me. And it probably brings you some joy because it's recognizing again, those things that are uniquely you and that you probably bring you some pride and joy. The difference is taking that, creating a name, creating common vernacular around it, and then also saying, how do I intentionally use this talent? I've got it. So I'm gonna ask you just to do a little bit of homework. And this homework is to start thinking about the strengths, reading your assessment and spending time highlighting those things that you say, yes, this is me. I see myself this all the time. Maybe putting stars next to those things that you're like, hmm, I see this as me, but I never really thought of it that way. So we can think about it and discuss it. And then ultimately, I'd like you to start thinking about how do you name these talents? Then how are you going to claim them? So how do you use them today? And how might you aim them in the future? Okay, you guys, I want to show you a video, but I have to make sure that the sound is shared. Okay, so let's see if this works. Can you hear this? Is zillion a real number? No, zillion's not a real number, but it is a word you might be tempted to use to describe all of the talents found in people. Creating a list of every talent is an impossible task, but if you step back, you'll see that talents have commonalities that allow us to group them into themes. Some talents, like a natural ability to share thoughts, create engaging stories, and find the perfect word, relate directly to communication. That's what they have in common, a shared theme based on communication. So to begin thinking and talking about them, we can call them communication talents. Your distinct CliftonStrengths 34 profile sets you apart from everyone else. Your CliftonStrengths 34 profile is your talent DNA in rank order based on your responses to the CliftonStrengths assessment. The CliftonStrengths at the top of your profile are the most powerful. Similar to your fingerprint, these themes represent how you are uniquely talented. There are nearly 34 million possible combinations of top five themes. You heard right, nearly 34 million. Start with your top five. Develop these CliftonStrengths to make the most of your profile and maximize your potential. Your greatest chance to succeed at work or anywhere else lies in strengthening what you naturally do best and doing more of it. Try this. First, name it. Carefully read the descriptions of each of your top five CliftonStrengths themes and identify parts of the theme descriptions that are undeniably you. Try to describe a recent situation when you used each theme. Next, claim it. Reflect on who you are. Think about your experiences, your motivations, how you see yourself. Then, consider how your strongest CliftonStrengths shape you, what you do, how you do it, and why. Share your report with people close to you. Ask for their reaction. Then, aim it. Post your top five themes from page 22 of your CliftonStrengths 34 report in a place where you'll see them every day. Start with the suggestions for action in the report. Then, try to find more ways to use your strongest CliftonStrengths in your daily activities. Your talents are an instinctive source of wisdom and power. And as you start to intentionally use your most dominant CliftonStrengths themes, you'll find ways to build on your greatest areas of potential. You have dynamic talents just waiting to be unlocked and developed. Use your report to name, claim, and aim your most dominant CliftonStrengths themes. All right. So I'm gonna stop share right now. And again, we're gonna come back to these talents and strengths. Please bring a copy of this with you on Sunday. And please make sure that you take the assessment ahead of time. If you've already taken the CliftonStrengths, I know that there were at least two of you that reached out. You don't have to take it again. You can access the report that you already have. This is a personality test and personalities are usually baked around 14 or 15 years old. So if you retake the assessment, you might see that the order of your top five change a little bit. Really your dominant strengths are your top 10, but CliftonStrengths talks about top five because as people, we can generally only remember five. And to be intentional, you have to be able to remember them. So you might see the order change, but we're sort of who we are. So you don't need to retake it unless you're just interested. Do we need the whole 25 page summary? Just bring the top, just bring your signature strengths report. It took my top since I took it when I started in my role, yeah, versus higher education. Again, they're gonna change in the order and your dominance will change in the order, but your dominant talents are usually gonna be your dominant talents. Actually, when I started here at DU, I retook it mostly because I couldn't remember what it was like to take the assessment and I wanted to make sure that I could explain it to people. And nine out of my top 10 were the same. And so it really is just who I am. Clark, did you have a question or is your hand is still up from before? Cool, thank you. Now I'm gonna put in another plug for the planning committee if you guys don't mind, that's outside of strengths and talents. As newcomers to the institution, CASE is a volunteer organization. So all of us on the planning committee are volunteers and to keep CASE strong, they really like to see people volunteering. I've been a volunteer with CASE since about 2002 and I will tell you I've met great friends and colleagues across the country, people that I'm friends with and have personal relationships with now. So I'm gonna be sending out an email asking people to volunteer for certain activities with the conference, things like wayfinding, help between sessions, helping attendees find their way around this hotel, maybe being a session host where you might introduce the presenters. And then we have some fun activities like morning walks and morning runs. So we really would like to encourage you to volunteer, spend an hour, hour and a half getting involved in this conference as the way to continue to build your relationships within CASE and to get comfortable as a newcomer to the profession. So you should see an email from me and my colleague, Mark Gaines in either later today or first thing tomorrow. And I look forward to seeing you all in person. I prefer the in-person conversation. So nice meeting you all. Great, thank you so much, Christy. That was a very helpful overview of CliftonStrengths. I'll turn it back over to Leah who might have a few extra slides before we wrap up. We do, we have a couple here. As I wrote, like our very own Eleanor who is serving on this new to the profession group. Eleanor was new to the profession last year and did the very cohort and free pre-conference that you all are doing. And now she is gonna talk to you about the mentor and mentee survey. Yes, thank you, Leah. Yes, I was in your shoes last year. So this is still new for me. I've only been in my role now two years. I know some of you maybe even been in your roles longer than I've been in mine, but I know that the cohort last year really helped me. Courtney and Billy and the year long, I think it was a great way to engage. And I'm really excited for all of you to be able to be a part of that. So I am gonna drop a link right now with a Google form that is the survey to fill out as a mentee. Part of the new to the profession workshop for the pre-conference on Sunday is being paired with a mentor from district five and district six. We are doing our best to pair based on district so that throughout the year, you are able to still connect with those individuals. And we are combined conference this year. That's why some of us are from district six and some of us are from district five, but also districts do some things differently throughout the year. And we wanna make sure that those stay relevant to you all. So I know a handful of you have already filled this out, but if you could fill this out before Thursday, which is in two days, the 11th, I wanna say that's that Thursday, that would be fabulous so that I can make sure to pair you with you in mind. I will be pairing everybody regardless, but I really wanna make sure that if you have any, there are some questions in there, what you do and where you are at your institution so that we make sure that we pair you with the best. So if you have any questions, I think I've emailed all of you, you can reach back out to me if anything sticks out and you would like further clarification but we really appreciate your participation. And then Kayla, yes. So district is gonna be based on your institution and the state that it is in. So Andrew just posted a link to find all of the districts based on which state, which institution you're in. And some of you may be joining us from outside of district five and six, do not fear, you will still be paired with a mentor. So I know there were a couple D3 or D8, so still fill out the survey and you'll be paired. All right. Thank you. Just some wrap up here. We have about seven minutes left. Please ask any questions. Do you have questions about packing? I know Myra just sent a note about business casual but be what's comfortable for you. So I talked to Billy Falk about this last year, what's comfortable me are still high heels. Like it wouldn't be comfortable for me to wear tennis shoes at a professional conference. So what is it that's going to be helpful for me when I'm packing? I'm gonna probably look a lot like this Sunday through Tuesday. Also LinkedIn, meet us on LinkedIn. I hope that you've started to do, started to find some connections here amongst your new to the profession cohort, whether it be that favorite book that you share or you're at similar sized institutions or you are both in alumni relations, start finding the ways that you can connect with others because that, as many people have talked about on this call, that makes a huge difference in the course of your career. So how can you find your people? Billy and I often talk about this, when I'm having a conversation with a donor or an event or something, something's happening here, COVID, I have five people that I could call and say, Courtney, what are you doing at the U of M? Because I'm doing this and am I right or am I totally off base here? And when you find those people, those are the lifelong colleagues and friends that will help you navigate all of the twists and turns of your career. So other questions that people have about anything in these last six minutes now? While you're thinking about questions, I know Courtney just dropped her LinkedIn. I linked all of ours, myself, Leah and Muriel's in that intro email. Billy, Sammy and Tyler, who are also on this call, who are year long cohort facilitators, if you all have your LinkedIn and wanna drop it, if you have time, you can. I can also send that out later. Connect with them, cause they will be a part of your whole next year and journey on that. While Leah, Muriel and I will see you Sunday, we will, you will not hear from us mostly, it'll be them. So feel free to take a moment and do that. Thanks, Billy. Morning workout groups. Yes, there was something about that. Who knows more about that? Who is doing morning workout groups? Someone. I think it's something that Christie and Mark. Go you. I think it's something that Christie and Mark were gonna lead as part of the volunteering opportunities. So there was just an email, Leah and Eleanor, that I think you were on. I think Christie said she would lead the runs on, I guess, Monday and Tuesday, if no one else volunteered. But I think always seeking volunteers to help with that too. Yes, Jeff. Chunk of us will be there from the conference planning committee and the cabinets will be there on Saturday. Are other new to the profession folks getting in Saturday? I would suggest most of the new to the profession folks should plan to get there Saturday night at the latest. Cause unless you're right in town, might be harder to get there on Sunday. Oh my gosh. Yeah. I'm sorry. I didn't even know I wasn't unmuted. That's my bad. I was accidentally personally messaging Sweet Clark all of my LinkedIn information. Sorry. There you go, Clark. You're good, Sammy. I was just gonna say, if anybody, I know something that the cohort from the first year, they did this after the fact is that they created like a WhatsApp group for their district so that they could stay in touch and exchange phone numbers. So if folks did get in town early and wanted to grab dinner with somebody on Saturday night, but also I know sometimes people love to just like chill, check in, do a little walk down Michigan Avenue. I haven't even looked at the weather. Hopefully it's lovely. I'm looking forward to it. I know Billy and I will be in on Saturday. We'll probably be downstairs in one of the lobby areas. We'll be doing some work, having a cocktail or two, but feel free to come up and introduce yourselves if you see us. And we will also be there Sunday morning to visit and chat with everybody. And for a handful of the folks that jumped on late, there will be more information coming up from Billy and I in regards to the district five new to the profession cohort. And I'm assuming Tyler will be reaching out to those of you in district six. For district five folks, we will have an application process. We're not just gonna automatically assume you want to participate in a year long cohort, but I would suggest that you strongly consider doing it and that it would be of your benefit to consider doing that. So we'll share more about that when we send an email out for those details. Also, for those of you that have been in the conference, this is overwhelming. It is, it's fine. Like we'll be there to answer questions. Find one of the loud people or the people, I mean, Tyler and I are the loud ones from D6. Most of the D6 people are pretty loud actually. If you're a professional people go to D5. But it's overwhelming, but it's gonna be a good time. We'll have a good time. You'll learn a lot. You'll meet a lot of new people and you'll get home and be like, I need three days of naps and that's all okay too. You got questions, reach out to these people. They answer half my questions faster than I can find my own answers. It'll be good stuff. I did the joint conference, New to the Profession. Guys, I mean, it was a while ago now. It was quite a bit ago, but I was talking to the joint cabinets a few months ago about how impactful this program was in particular. You know, I get to be a COO now and that's due in large part to the base that I got to build. Have fun. Don't take it too seriously. You're gonna have a good time. Also, Sammy is the other facilitator. I know we met Tyler earlier. Sammy, I know you jumped on a little bit later after your meeting, but thank you for just joining and sharing that. She will be the other District 6 facilitator. So you'll see and hear much more of her. I also forgot to mention, but just wanna put it on radar and I will send everyone follow up and I'll remind you. Sunday, Tuesday morning, we will be doing a joint conference around table breakfast for both D5 and D6, respectively, where Sammy and Tyler and then Courtney and Billy will be able to talk more about the year long and just have breakfast with you all and just chat more, connect more. Sunday will be more joint as we'll sit all together and really treat it as a one large group. But then Tuesday morning, you'll be able to break out and talk more with your D5 and D6 colleagues. So we'll be able to talk a little bit more with your colleagues. So save that Tuesday morning breakfast. I will get you the specific time. I'll send that to you and follow up communications. So again, a lot of information, like Sammy said, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. Myself, Leah Muriel, Sammy, Tyler, Courtney, Billy. I think we're, I mean, like we could be like two to one now. I think we're like, we're doing better than most universities as far as like our ratio. Like we're here to help you. So there are a number of people who have done this before. Don't be afraid to ask the questions, any questions. And as others have shared, just be excited. We are genuinely thrilled to meet you all. We, again, all of us love this profession. We hope you do too. And so we're excited. Enjoy this and it's gonna be fun. Again, Northern Wisconsin got snow, so let's hope it's nice out when we're down in Chicago. All right, it is, I have 131 central time. So feel free to jump off, but excited to see you on Sunday. If you need anything else before then, feel free to contact us. Have a good day, everyone. Thanks everyone. Bye-bye.

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