Category: University Advancement
How Colleges and College Towns Are Teaming Up
When you think of the University of Notre Dame, surely one of the most well-known names in American higher education, how quickly can you name…
Engaging Current Students in Faith-Based Giving
September 12, 2019 | University Advancement
A recent essay about charitable faith-based giving got us thinking about unique opportunities to engage current students with the values of philanthropy. Student campaigns have…
3 Things You Should Know About Texting Alumni and Donors
September 10, 2019 | University Advancement
Texting has transformed the way colleges communicate with students, and the same medium can help your institution reach alumni and donors. But the rules are…
Two Minutes to Make Gift Officers More Successful
September 5, 2019 | University Advancement
We’ve all see them … schools gearing up for major campaigns saying, “Come join our team as we launch the campaign of the century!” Traditional…
Give Your Development Team the Tools to Succeed … and Stay
September 3, 2019 | University Advancement
In a recent blog for Bloomerang, Adam Clevenger, a senior associate at Loring Sternberg & Associates, discussed the high turnover rate of development directors and…
Celebrating the Gift Officer Who Turns Down a Gift
August 29, 2019 | University Advancement
Six, seven, eight figures — or more! These are the gifts that often take the spotlight. These are the gifts that have become a rite…
Community Colleges Post Major Gains in Major Gifts
August 27, 2019 | University Advancement
The past decade has been increasingly good to community colleges when it comes to receiving big gifts, according to a recent analysis by The Chronicle…
Conveying Impact: The Ice Bucket Challenge Five Years Later
August 22, 2019 | University Advancement
Remember when you couldn’t go on the Internet without seeing a friend or celebrity getting doused with a bucket of cold water? That was actually…
Should Liberal Arts Colleges Cut the Size of Their Boards?
Capture Higher Ed partner colleges and universities often defy common trends. An excellent, recent example can be seen at Lyon College, which was featured in…
How Do Machines Think? Learning About Machine Learning
From our next generation marketing automation that is streamlining university advancement to our other high tech tools for higher education, machine learning (or artificial intelligence) is woven…