Summer Institute for Advancement Services Pre-Institute Sessions-CASE Summer Institute VIP Campus Partnerships

CASE Summer Institute VIP Campus Partnerships - FINAL

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The document provides an overview of the CASE Summer Institute 2023. It emphasizes the importance of partnerships and specifically highlights the need to know campus VIPs. The document lists Erika Jordan from Boston University and Armin Afsahi from the University of Chicago as Vice Presidents of Alumni Engagement and Relations, respectively.<br /><br />The document further provides a list of potential campus partners, including academic leaders, student affairs, diversity and inclusion, career services, and more. It encourages attendees to identify natural partners for their role.<br /><br />The document outlines a game plan for building partnerships, which includes revealing motivations, managing expectations, aligning plans, and avoiding pitfalls. It also recommends an in-session exercise to shape a partnership strategy.<br /><br />Additionally, the document suggests investing time in understanding various dynamics, incentives, and rewards. It emphasizes the importance of mutual benefit, agency, hierarchy, timing, and resources in building successful partnerships.<br /><br />The document offers ideas for fostering alignment, such as tracking top faculty, engaging in academic activities, monitoring research productivity, and connecting prospects to the campus ecosystem.<br /><br />It suggests fitting into current campus activities, understanding the value for students and alumni, and becoming familiar with the campus high season to align with alumni engagement as a campus priority.<br /><br />To avoid pitfalls, the document advises being the first contact with advancement, seeking role clarity, identifying shared objectives, and maintaining consistency and follow-up.<br /><br />Finally, the document ends with a section on sharing plans and discussing action steps with a partner. It concludes with closing reflections on the CASE Summer Institute 2023.

Keywords

CASE Summer Institute 2023

partnerships

campus VIPs

Erika Jordan

Armin Afsahi

academic leaders

student affairs

diversity and inclusion

career services

motivations