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![]() May 4, 2023 ♦ Creative ♦ Ashland 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 Ashland, Virginia 23005 804.329.0400 Thursday, May 4, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Need an overnight? Check out hotels near Creative 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.
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)
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