Monthly Membership Webinar (September 2026)-Recording

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Video Summary

The transcript is an orientation to CASE (the Council for Advancement and Support of Education), a global nonprofit serving more than 80,000 advancement professionals across 2,800 institutions in 82 countries. Presenters Walona Sloan and Edwina Wilde explained how members can get started using benefits right away, including finding their U.S./Canada district for local networking and events.<br /><br />They highlighted CASE’s main resources: the virtual CASE library with subject guides, sample collections, and the Advancement Resource Catalog; “Ask the Library” research help; Currents magazine; conferences with member discounts and scholarship opportunities; live, recorded, and on-demand webinars and courses; and foundational training on topics like fundraising, alumni relations, marketing, advancement operations, and Global Reporting Standards.<br /><br />The session also covered CASE Insights data and benchmarking reports, awards programs recognizing outstanding advancement work, online CASE communities for networking and resource sharing, advocacy tools such as the alumni for higher ed hub and federal policy tracker, and volunteer opportunities worldwide.<br /><br />Finally, they noted a new membership system requiring password resets and answered a question about portal “badges,” likely tied to event registrations.

Keywords

CASE

advancement professionals

member benefits

district networking

CASE Library

webinars and courses

benchmarking reports