Preconvention Workshop A -- New CEO Institute: Hit the Ground Leading
(sponsored by AACC Presidents Academy with scholarship support from Ellucian)
Date: Friday, April 19, 12:30 - 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 21, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $350
Designed specifically for first-time CEOs, this day-and-a-half workshop covers essential topics that challenge every new leader. Meet with your peers in a learning environment that is supportive and serious, open and honest, productive and informative. Seasoned faculty provide firsthand experiences and insights on topics including developing positive board relations, mastering advocacy, problem solving, fostering the college mission and understanding college finances. Get answers to your most pressing questions and network with both experienced and new leaders. The workshop includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and materials. This workshop is restricted to individuals who are new, first-time CEOs or to those who have been announced and will start their presidency later in 2012.
View workshop agenda [PDF].
Preconvention Workshop B -- The Road of Engagement Leads to New Sources of Private Support – The Role of Community College Alumni in Institutional Private Fundraising Efforts
Date: Friday, April 19, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Price: $240
Alumni represent the largest untapped pool of potential support for two-year colleges. As a new decade unfolds, this constituent group is now becoming a source of private philanthropy for institutions committed to investing resources to support such engagement.
Community college alumni engagement activities are growing and changing across the country in order to redefine alumni relationships with their alma mater for the purpose of building a pipeline of future support for the institution. At the same time, limited research and limited institutional resources can make initiating and building alumni programs a hit-and-miss proposition.
This session explores best practices in community college alumni programming from both the institutional and alumni perspectives. Although institutional alumni engagement efforts reside at various points on a continuum, commonalities exist which support profitable programs. Topics covered include the emerging role of president as fundraiser, how the changing financial environment and student experience is fueling the potential for future alumni philanthropy, identifying alumni most likely to give, and suggestions for how and where institutions should invest resources to engage current and future alumni.
Participants will leave with a greater understanding of the prevailing research on two-year college alumni, alumni engagement, and alumni giving and the important role campus leadership has in developing clear and realistic institutional expectations of – and for – alumni engagement initiatives.
Presenters:
Lisa Skari, Vice President, Institutional Advancement, Highline Community College, WA
Melissa Starace, Director of Alumni Affairs, Northampton Community College, PA
Preconvention Workshop C -- Ushering in a New Era of Fundraising
Date: Saturday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $350
Not only do community colleges, due to budget pressures, need to raise more dollars through private philanthropy to support operating budgets, but innovative institutions with compelling visions can – and should – be raising millions to transform programs and campuses. Does your institutional advancement office have the resources, relationships and strategies necessary to raise the funds you need? Learn the key components of successful fundraising operations, and your relationship to it, so you can help manage and motivate successful fundraising efforts. This pre-conference session will benefit new CEOs who need an introduction to fundraising, as well as experienced CEOs who want to move their fundraising to the next level. It will provide a wealth of benchmarking information so you can make data – informed decisions about how you want to increase private philanthropy to your institution. Specific topics to be covered through this day-long intensive will include:
- Donor cultivation and stewardship
- Planned giving
- Capital and comprehensive campaign planning
- Employee, student and alumni giving
- Public/private partnerships
This session is being coordinated by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and will feature presidents and fundraisers who have helped create and sustain successful fundraising programs.
Preconvention Workshop D -- Gateway to the Presidency: Interviewing and Working With the Board of Trustees (sponsored by the Association of Community College Trustees)
Date: Saturday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $350
This workshop provides a valuable simulation of the interview process and insights into how community college boards of trustees function.
Practice interviewing in a typical search committee or board interview session, learn how to present yourself in ways that are uniquely yours and capitalize on outstanding qualities that make you the candidate of choice, and critique your videotaped interview with experts.
You'll gain valuable information on governance and how to prepare to work for a board of trustees, as well as learn what trustees look for when interviewing candidates for college presidency. Nationally recognized presidents and chancellors and community college leaders will provide feedback and insights on being an effective candidate.
Presenters:
Narcisa A. Polonio, Ed.D., Vice President, Research, Education, and Board Services
Pamila Fisher, Ph. D, Chancellor Emeritus, Yosemite Community College District, CA and ACCT Search Consultant
Joe May, Ed. D, President, Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Pamela J. Transue, Ph. D., President, Tacoma Community College, WA
Michael McCall, Ed. D. , President, Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Helen Benjamin, Ph. D., Chancellor, Contra Costa Community College District, CA
Andrew Jones, Ed. D., Chancellor, Coast Community College District, CA
Preconvention Workshop E -- Are WE Ready to Serve? Innovations and Resources to Ensure Military Student Success
Date: Saturday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $350 (includes light breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks)
This session will share promising practices and provide resource information designed to help community colleges establish military friendly policies and advisory services on their campuses. Panelists and guest speakers will include representatives from community colleges, national non-profit organizations, businesses, and U.S. government agencies that work with returning veterans.
View workshop preliminary agenda [PDF].
Preconvention Workshop F -- Managing Crisis and Disaster Recovery
Date: Saturday, April 20, 8:30 am - Noon
Price: $240
Register for both workshops F & G and save! Rate before January 23: $200 each.
This 1/2-day seminar will explore issues confronted by institutions of higher education when recovering from a major disaster. Emphasis will be placed on: How to identify opportunities to strengthen and prepare your management systems in advance of a disaster; Navigating the FEMA Public Assistance Grant Program; and how to avoid some of the more common issues that can hinder your recovery, such as improper procurement of your contracts and inadequate documentation of staff time and expenses for purposes of reimbursement.
Presenter:
Bill Riley, Senior Program Manager, Witt|O'Brien's, DC
Preconvention Workshop G -- Effective Ways to Mitigate Risk on Your Campus
Date: Saturday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $240
Register for both workshops F & G and save! Rate before January 23: $200 each.
The unique environment and culture of community colleges requires a unique and vigorous approach to hazard and risk mitigation and planning. This 1/2 day seminar will cover risk mitigation and preparedness strategies to employ at a community college, keeping the specific needs of a higher education institution in mind. The session will cover hazard mitigation planning, including identifying risks, developing appropriate mitigation strategies and projects, and working with external partners to reduce risks for the campus community. The session will also cover essential preparedness activities and plans necessary to reduce and manage risk at a community college, including the emergency operations plan and continuity of operations plan and the connections and differences between these essential plans. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussion to describe best practices and experiences at their respective campuses, and presenters will share case studies of planning activities and emergency incidents at community colleges.
Presenters:
Suzanne Blake, Senior Emergency Management Consultant, Witt|O'Brien, DC
Frank Castro-Wehr, Senior Emergency Management Consultant, Witt|O'Brien's , DC
Preconvention Workshop H -- Diversity & Leadership in the 21st Century Community College (Formerly Breaking the Stained Glass Ceiling: Preparing Administrators From Diverse Groups for Leadership in Community and Technical Colleges)
Date: Saturday, April 20, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $350
What does it take to attain a vice presidency or presidency? Are you questioning your career pathway or professional goals? This highly interactive workshop is designed primarily for administrators from diverse groups who aspire to achieve and be successful in executive level positions or presidencies in community colleges. Prominent CEOS representing the three host Councils will facilitate a workshop that provides:
- A realistic and thought-provoking forum for discussing strategies in making career choices and preparations for next steps;
- Varied perspectives from presidents, vice-presidents, trustees and other community college leaders about careers and career preparation;
- How to navigate through the internal and external politics;
- An inside view of the recruitment process and ways to overcome barriers;
- Solutions that help to balance personal and professional commitments, values, and choices;
- National networking and mentoring opportunities
Session organized by the Asian/Pacific Islanders Council (Jianping Wang, Council Chair); National Community College Hispanic Council (Richard Duran, Council Chair); and National Council on Black American Affairs, William Crawford III, Council Chair).
Preconvention Workshop I -- What Social Media Engagement Means for Your College
Date: Saturday, April 20, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Price: $240
Social media channels like Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and You Tube are valuable channels for you to reach your audiences. There are so many of them popping up, it often seems like we are throwing spaghetti on the wall to see what sticks. However, using these channels strategically will save time and bring positive results. Hear from your colleagues about what is working on their campuses as they take advantage of these 24-hour networks.
Presenters:
David Reed, Learning Center Project Director, Skyline College, CA
Alexis Kerschner Tappan, Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Central New Mexico Community College