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.  

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.

Whether it be a crisis on campus or a volatile world event, communication officers are under pressure to respond. The stakes of these statements have never been higher. Hear from seasoned education communicators on best practices and strategies, and the need to take a deep breath and fully assess the situation at hand.

The Bond University newsroom team developed a strategy to increase the breadth of researchers providing expert commentary in the media, while boosting the profiles of new and early-career academics, Ph.D. students, and experienced researchers.

Following the pandemic, in-person events returned to campuses in 2022 with renewed spirit, innovation, bold plans, and a greater emphasis on return on investment.

The most recent classes of graduates, shaped by pandemic interruptions to their campus experiences, present a unique set of challenges when it comes to reconnecting with their alma maters. Find out how alumni relations teams are rising to the challenge, with innovative programs and strategies for engaging their newest young alumni.

Discover the Next highlights the value of higher education in an effort to dispel negative public perceptions and misconceptions. Through DTN, colleges and universities come together to share impact stories of how higher education transforms individuals and society. This feature hones in on compelling stories from several DTN participating institutions around the themes of access and affordability.

The CASE Advancement Inclusion Index survey is a new tool to measure institutional DEIB efforts. Recently, the survey was piloted to the CASE 50, with 15 institutions participating. Read on to learn what leaders at four of these institutions had to say about their experiences, how they plan to share the results and implement them into their overall goals, and their hopes to see the survey become an industry standard.

The pandemic and the Great Resignation (on top of years of financial pressures and change) have created new levels of stress and mental health challenges for higher education staffs around the world. Here’s a snapshot of mental health in today’s advancement workplaces—including what institutions, leaders, and individuals can do to address burnout and support well-being.