Chris Sanders, Principal Consultant, Blackbaud, Inc.
John Linton, Blackbaud, Inc.

It is more important than ever for small colleges to communicate across campus offices and maintain a high touch environment, beginning with the moment that inquiries arrive from potential students and continuing until those students become alumni. Learn why institutions that proactively build processes around their student information enable their staff to increase enrollment, retain current students, and cultivate relationships that will last into the future.

Kelley Jarrett, Blackbaud, Inc
Dominic Taverniti, Internet Solutions Manager, Blackbaud, Inc.

Are your alumni bored with you? All signs point to yes. Why? Because since 2005, alumni giving has dropped each year while overall giving to education institutions has increased. Is there anything you can do to re-engage these alumni? Of course there is: find your sweet spot. This presentation will reveal why it is not only important, but critical to focus on building affinity with your alumni, and will provide helpful tips that can help you get there.

Julia Wilson, Product Manager, School Solutions, Blackbaud, Inc.
Emilie Thomson, Senior Solutions Engineer, Blackbaud, Inc.

Join us to learn about the newest website solution available that has been designed specifically for independent schools. Come see it in action — everything from managing athletics to teacher pages. We worked directly with schools like yours to develop this complete website solution that enables you to engage your entire school community more effectively.

Rachel Welsh, Webmaster and Director of Data Operations, Shipley School
Stephen Clark, Sales Engineer, Blackbaud, Inc.

Join representatives from Blackbaud and The Shipley School to learn about the process the School went through to integrate its back office solutions with its online solutions. Tips and tricks on how to make this process smooth and successful will be shared.

George Durney, Vice President of Core Sales, Blackbaud, Inc.
Craig Bromer, Manager, Training and Dev-Sales, Blackbaud, Inc.

In this session, you learn how to run an annual health check on your higher education fundraising efforts.                    

Eugene Witt, Director of Information Technology Services, The American School in Japan
Stephen Clark, Sales Engineer, Blackbaud, Inc.

This session will be a case study demonstrating how American School in Japan is utilizing the online gradebook solution, Faculty Access for the Web, and the student and parent portal solution, NetClassroom, to share information and better connect families to the school. This will be an interactive session where you can share your expertise or experiences, ask questions, and learn from your peers.                                                                               

Melissa Alexander, Culver Academies
Arunaa Narotham-Rangraj, Blackbaud
Leah Rhyne, QA Analyst III, Blackbaud

Culver Academy will go over the entire student life cycle over the course of a typical year — specifically focusing on admissions, scheduling, and grading. Culver operates three very distinct schools and uses The Education Edge to manage their operations. You will gain tips and tricks on how to utilize The Education Edge to its fullest potential.

Dominic Taverniti, Internet Solutions Manager, Blackbaud, Inc.

Defining and executing a plan for your web presence isn’t as daunting as you think. We’ll walk through the process of identifying your audience, focusing content development efforts, measuring success, and counter-correcting for the future. Along the way, we’ll touch on search engine optimization, website traffic analysis, visitor engagement, conversions, and the many tools and tactics that put an effective and manageable web strategy right at your fingertips.

In this session, we will discuss reconciling Student Billing to the General Ledger. This will include considerations for advance deposits, applications, credit generation, and the other record types. We will also go over tips and tricks, which reports to use and how to run them, as well as using queries to help find discrepancies. We will also talk about business rules you can implement today that will help prevent future imbalance situations stemmed from common data entry practices.