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Mapping our technological needs
Karen Bertrand, Vice-Principal, Advancement - Oct 25, 2021
What are the technological capacities required to drive our mission forward? This is the question we sought to answer through the development of a technology roadmap.
That roadmap is still being finalized, but the preliminary conclusion is that a Customer Relation...
Congratulations on behalf of your Advancement Leadership Team
Michelle Fuko, Associate Vice-Principal (Development) - Oct 18, 2021
Given the events of this weekend, it seems fitting that this ALTogether Now newsletter is dedicated to saying congratulations and thank you to every one of you who participated, organized, and worked behind the scenes to pull off a very successful Homecoming.  ...
Growing together with DiSC
Deanna Bennett, Executive Director, Office of the Vice-Principal - Oct 12, 2021
Before October ends, you will receive an email with an opportunity to experience the newly released DiSC Catalyst platform. For those who may not be as familiar with DiSC, these profiles show respondents how they react to conflict, identifies motivators and triggers of...
Opportunities to grow professionally
Steve Hornsby, Executive Director, Advancement Services - Oct 04, 2021
I won’t take too much of your time up front as I know many of you are engaged in a busy fall cycle. In addition to the usual updates in this newsletter, colleagues and I are pleased to present a few opportunities for continued learning, engagement, and recognition. Thanks f...
Words matter
Scott Anderson, Executive Director, Marketing, Communications and Donor Relations - Sep 27, 2021
Hardly a week goes by when a colleague fails to remind me that “words matter.” As someone who has spent more than one career with just 26 tools in my tool chest, this used to bother me. Of course, words matter. Nowadays, however, I have started to look on this phrase as a n...
Fall reminders
Leigh Kalin Associate Vice-Principal (Alumni Relations & Annual Giving) - Sep 20, 2021
Fall reminders
I love working remotely and enjoy all the benefits of working from home. Last September everyone was remote and the return to fall term classes was online. The shift from summer to fall on cam...
Planning for progress
Karen Bertrand, Vice-Principal - Sep 13, 2021
Planning is more than a period or point of time in a year. Most definitions of planning clarify that planning is, in fact, a process. One part of that process should always be reviewing progress towards the stated goals of a plan, and assessing if the course of action selec...
A note about teams
Michelle Fuko, Associate Vice-Principal (Development) - Sep 07, 2021
As some of you are aware, I travelled to Kingston two weeks ago for the first time since I started. It was a fast trip -- only four working days -- which means that I did not get the chance to see many of you. But I was fortunate enough to be able to do a daylong session (s...
Remote work arrangements
Deanna Bennett, Executive Director, Office of the Vice-Principal - Aug 30, 2021
Remote-work arrangement requests for staff in the Office of Advancement and some faculties have been reviewed and approved.
For staff who worked in Summerhill and Old Meds, 60% have requested a hybrid work arrangement and 40% have requested to wo...
Dog Days of Summer Redux
Steve Hornsby, Executive Director, Advancement Services - Aug 23, 2021
Full disclosure – I am reviving the same idea for this newsletter that I wrote just about one year ago. The circumstances are similar. I am writing this two weeks in advance of the due date as I prepare for two weeks of vacation. With the high season for v...