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May 4, 2023 ♦ Creative ♦ Ashland
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
+Small Development Staff Workshop May 5

WHY ATTEND? 
Are you interested in enrollment trends?
Do you want to know more about communications, marketing, and development innovations?
Are you eager to connect with VAIS peers?
This is the program for you!   

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
  
Admissions, Communications, Marketing, Development, and Philanthropy Professionals

HOW WILL WE LEARN? 
 
During this in-person event, we will explore best practices and innovations for independent school advancement! This full-day event includes an engaging Keynote, concurrent workshop sessions, and plenty of time for collaboration with VAIS peers.  

WHERE/WHEN:
Creative                                                                    
11798 North Lakeridge Parkway  
AshlandVirginia 23005
804.329.0400
Thursday, May 4, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
KEYNOTE: Everything Starts with a Story
Dr. Carrie Grimes, Independent School Leadership, Vanderbilt University
, Explore the evidence of how storytelling lights up neural networks, shifts our core beliefs, and engages us in perspective-taking. Dr. Grimes will guide us to consider how storytelling can be leveraged in our advancement strategy in an evidence-based way, to motivate stakeholders toward loyalty behaviors that directly contribute to organizational sustainability through a scaffolded and strategic approach to storytelling.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
View all the sessions here.

SCHEDULE
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration & Coffee Hour  
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Welcome / STOKE / Keynote  
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break and Visit with Sponsors  
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Admissions Track Sessions Communications & Marketing Track Sessions Development/Philanthropy Track Sessions
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Break and Visit with Sponsors  
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Admissions Track Sessions Communications & Marketing Track Sessions Development/Philanthropy Track Sessions
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH 
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Round Table Topical Collaboration
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Admissions Track Sessions Communications & Marketing Track Sessions Development/Philanthropy Track Sessions  
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break and Visit with Sponsors   
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Admissions Track Sessions Communications & Marketing Track Sessions Development/Philanthropy Track Sessions
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Gratitude & Closing  

REGISTRATION:
Registration includes program, breaks, and lunch. The final registration deadline is Friday, April 21, 2023. No refunds will be issued after that date. (See Cancellation Policy)
WHO FEE
VAIS MEMBER     $275     
NON-MEMBER   $550

REGISTER for ADVANCEMENT INSTITUTE, May 4


SPONSORS:

VAIS appreciates the support of the following Sponsors for the Advancement Institute

Strategic Partner
OneDigital
Yay Lunch

Sponsor
CCS Fundraising

Event Exhibitor
Design TLC
DLR Group | Bowie Gridley
Elevate Marketing Strategies
Fisher & Phillips LLP
Generis
Saddle Rock Strategies
School Growth