It’s a perennial question for advancement teams: what are the latest activities (that actually work) to engage this generation of young alumni? In the CASE Communities online discussion boards, alumni relations professionals shared these ideas. 

For the University of New South Wales, the approach of its 75th anniversary in 2025 presented an opportunity to celebrate some of its pioneering alumnae and leaders. The Australian university launched an initiative to rename certain buildings and spaces and create a Celebrating UNSW Women Trail.

Armed with a photo booth, stickers, and more, the team at Taipei American School set out to revive annual giving in 2023. Fundraising at the pre-K–12 international school had been paused since the pandemic. Its 3 Weeks to 300 campaign aimed to raise 300 annual fund gifts, but ended up raising more than double that.

CASE Asia-Pacific Executive Director Nilanjana Pal has seen firsthand how education can lift entire communities. Here, she shares more about her commitment to supporting CASE members’ advancement missions to bring educational opportunities to students in Asia. 

By 2007, CASE membership had grown to include advancement professionals in 54 countries—and there was growing momentum to shape programming in Asia-Pacific and beyond. In this excerpt from CASE at 50: A Narrative History of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, explore the development of CASE’s work in Asia throughout the 2000s and 2010s.

Combining data and storytelling in meaningful ways can be a challenge in advancement. Let the following key concepts of data-driven storytelling be your guide—and see how other teams have applied them to reach their donors, alumni, and other key stakeholders.  

A towering tree at the entrance to the NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, has welcomed students to the school since it opened in 1992. When the school had to relocate the tree in 2022, it initiated a campaign built around sustainability and community.

Visionary. Steadfast. Curious. These are just some of the traits embodied by CASE's 2024 Global and Regional Individual Achievement Awards winners. See how they're shaping their institutions.

The CASE Graduate Trainee Program is designed to help early-career advancement professionals form relationships that build career foundations and unlock opportunities. Here, meet six individuals—both GTP participants and the advancement professionals who worked with them during the program—who experienced these relationships, which helped them thrive in their careers.

CASE’s 50th anniversary is also a time to look to the future. Five advancement leaders share thoughts on the challenges ahead, along with what makes them optimistic in this roundtable discussion.