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7P's of New Academic Program Launches
7 P’s of Launching New Academic Programs

The stakes are high when higher education institutions launch new academic programs. According to Burning Glass, a market research firm, the estimated cost of sustaining a new program over a four-year period is around $2M and only a third of them succeed. When launching new programs, college leaders are looking for recipes to ensure success […]

Success Failure Rates for New Academic Programs
Success and Failure Rates of New Academic Programs

Our findings are pretty sobering. Read the six ways to improve your success ratio for launching your next new degree programs.

Process for Launching a New Academic Program
Launching A New Academic Program – A Case Study

We share a case study of a university launching a new academic program that almost didn’t make it. And how we turned it around and made it a runaway success.

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7 Habits of Highly Successful Marketers

As an agency that has served more than 250 corporate, higher education and non-profit brands, here is what we have concluded: successful brands invest in cultivating and nurturing these seven powerful habits with fierce intentionality: 1. Keyword Habit: The SEO Keyword Lexicon includes a variety of keywords that prospective buyers will use on Google to search […]

Three Rs of Prosperity
A New College President’s Guide to the 3R’s of Prosperity

Welcome to your new adventure. Get ready to pursue the 3 R’s of prosperity: Revenue, Reputation and Rankings. These three currents flow under the sixteen best practices for managing and running a successful college.

College and University Content Ecosystem
College and University Content Ecosystem

Great content is the lifeblood of successful college brands. Use the anatomy of a content ecosystem to create a memorable college or a university brand.

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Characteristics of Alumni, Major Donors, Corporations and Foundations Likely to Donate Funds to Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns

This post was informed by our agency experience with clients and partially inspired by my reading of Jim Langley of Langley Innovations’ books on fundraising. It’s naive to think that everyone associated with the college is a prospective donor. It’s equally naive to expect that alumni who show up at glitzy events or receive slick […]

Five Characteristics of Successful Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns
Five Characteristics of Successful Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns

This post was informed by our agency experience with clients and partially inspired by my reading of Jim Langley of Langley Innovations’ books on fundraising. There are hundreds of ways for capital campaigns to go wrong, but these five characteristics define all successful ones: Consequential: They set goals for lasting, measurable impact and for improvements […]

Five Roles Vice Presidents for Advancement Play in Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns
Five Roles Vice Presidents for Advancement Play in Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns

This post was informed by our agency experience with clients and partially inspired by my reading of Jim Langley of Langley Innovations’ books on fundraising. “If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.” – Abraham Lincoln. This sentiment specifically applies to vice […]

Ten Roles College Presidents Play in Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns
Ten Roles College Presidents Play in Capital and Comprehensive Campaigns

This post was informed by our agency experience with clients and partially inspired by my reading of Jim Langley of Langley Innovations’ books on fundraising. College presidents, vice presidents for advancement, and board members form the trifecta for envisioning, executing and consummating a successful capital or comprehensive campaign. College presidents play these 10 crucial roles: […]