Upcoming Events
WA Chapter Great Southern Advancement PD
Date: 12 October 2015
Time: 9.00am to 2.30pm
Location: Great Southern Grammar
Cost: Complimentary
Program: An integrated Approach to Development – a PD session that focuses on an Integrated Approach to Development, followed by a tour of the Great Southern Grammar campus, and finishing with special interest groups in each of the four pillars.
Alumni and Community Relations SIG
The WA Chapter warmly invites all members and guests with an interest in Alumni and Community Relations to attend a Special Interest Group meeting, convened by Erin Roche, Alumni Relations Officer at Murdoch University, and hosted by Scotch College. At this special Alumni SIG, Aaron McDonald from Pragma Legal will be presenting on: Getting Your Rules in-line – How the Associations Incorporation Bill will shake things up and how this affects Alumni Associations.
Please click on the link to access Aaron McDonald’s profile.
Date: Monday 19 October 2015
Time: 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: Scotch College
Dining Room Annex
76 Shenton Road, Swanbourne WA 6010
Enter via Stirling Road
Cost: Complimentary
Certified Advancement Practitioner Training
In September, two of our WA Chapter members attended the Certified Practitioner Training from Wesley College.
Here is what Kelli Henning, Enrolments Manager had to say:
“It was a relevant, very well-presented and constructed program – the course content and supporting documentation issued to participants provided a formal framework to enable a forensic, evidence-based approach to the whole enrolment process; whilst highlighting the immensely important human element. The anecdotal contributions and idea generation from other participants must also be highlighted as noteworthy and of added value”.
The 2016 courses are planned for May in Sydney. Further details will be available on the website soon.
Admissions SIG
13 people attended the Admissions SIG, hosted by Hale School, with guest speakers, David Timmins, Director of Finance and Governance, and Ms Jo Tucker, School Nurse, both of Hale School, on 11 August 2015.
David outlined Hale School’s 48 million dollar turnover and explained how enrolments is the lifeblood of the school.
David listed his top 10 important features of admissions:
- Legal
- Risk management
- Confidentiality
- Marketing
- Accuracy
- Record keeping
- Passion
- Reliability
- Sense of Humour
Jo spoke about immunisations and the schools discussed how this works at their institutions.
The schools also discussed their endowment fees, electronic record keeping, split families and the management of waitlists.
The next meeting will be hosted by Kelli Henning at Wesley College.
Fundraising SIG
Nine people attended the recent Fundraising SIG on 2 September, with speakers, John Forbes and Sharee Kinnaird (Tatu consulting).
At the Chapter conference, the need for a PD on Bequests was expressed and John and Sharee presented an in-depth workshop on running a Bequest program. A very detailed document was circulated and discussed which was followed by a Q and A style approach. Attendees were able to debate and engage with the experts and the content and learnings were excellent.
The group was very grateful to Tatu for travelling from Adelaide to present the workshop and to Perth College for hosting the SIG.
Marketing SIG
10 people attended the Marketing SIG, hosted by St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School on 17 September 2015.
The group discussed school fairs and anniversary events, signage for Field Days, staffing and internships and advertising for 2016.
Various social media platforms including Youtube, Vimeo, LinkedIn and Facebook also formed a large part of the morning, with the group sharing details of how they schedule, staff and upload their posts.
It was also wonderful to meet members from such a diverse group of institutions. The next Marketing SIG will be held at Perth College in late February/early March.