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ICAA May 2024 Newsletter

Newsletter
May 2024


Last Call for Award Nominations

Nominations are due by June 7!

Calling All Stars of ICAA. Shine the Spotlight on Outstanding Achievers

Hey ICAA Community! It's that time of the year to celebrate the unsung heroes, the masterminds behind the success stories and the driving forces that make ICAA exceptional!

ICAA Awards - Where Excellence Meets Recognition

ICAA David T. Smittle Distinguished Service Award: Have someone in mind who's gone above and beyond for the advancement of ICAA? Nominate them for the prestigious Distinguished Service Award, recognizing outstanding volunteer service and leadership!

ICAA Ernest A. Sheetz Mentor Award: Know a mentor extraordinaire in the world of college advancement? Nominate them for the Mentor Award, acknowledging outstanding mentoring skills that light the way for others!

ICAA Newcomer Award: Spot a rising star among the newcomers who's making waves? Nominate them for the Newcomer Award, celebrating significant contributions within their functional area! 

Program of Excellence Award: Is there an innovative program, tool, or system at your school that deserves applause? Nominate it for the Program of Excellence Award and showcase the best practices in the field of advancement!

Let's celebrate the brilliance within our community! Login to myicaa.org and nominate someone today and let's make this year's awards the most memorable yet!

To nominate an awarding individual, be sure that you are logged into your ICAA account, go to the "awards" tab, select the award of your choice and complete the required fields.


ICAA Summer Conference Registration is Now Open!

We are excited to welcome Beth Kanter as our 2024 Keynote.

Beth Kanter is an internationally recognized thought leader  and trainer in digital transformation and well-being in the nonprofit workplace. She is the co-author of the award-winning Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout and co-author with Allison Fine of The Smart Nonprofit.  Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and recipient of the NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award, she has over three decades of experience in designing and delivering training programs for nonprofits and foundations. As a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop leader, she has presented at nonprofit conferences around the world to thousands of nonprofits. Learn more about Beth at www.bethkanter.org.

Register now for Summer Conference!

You must be logged into your ICAA account to register.


Let's Highlight Our Lead Sponsor!

 

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To learn more about HighTide, visit their website at: https://hightide.com/


Membership Investment Increase Starting September 1, 2024

If you’re reading this, you understand the value of an ICAA membership. It’s one of the best deals you will find for your entire organization to gain access to benefits such as professional development opportunities, networking, benchmarking, job postings and volunteer opportunities all for only $125/year for an institutional membership. It’s a steal that some might even call an undervalued investment. And, honestly, we’re not even sure how long it’s been since we’ve increased our membership investment cost – maybe before the iPhone was invented!

Keeping that in mind, as well as the increasing costs associated with professional development opportunities, ICAA will be raising our membership investment cost beginning on Sept. 1, 2024 to $200/year for institutional membership. This will help ensure we can continue to provide value and benefit to our members. Remember, this is an institutional membership investment and allows everyone at your institution to participate in ICAA at this one very reasonable fee. Thank you for your continued support of ICAA!

If you would like to renew your institutional membership early, prior to the Sept. 1, 2024 increase, please click here.


Recent Job Postings

Denison University

Hanover College

Oberlin College

To view all job postings, click on the "Jobs" tab while logged in. 


Is Your Roster Up to Date?

It’s time to clean up our rosters!  We are asking for your assistance in making sure our member institution rosters are current.  Please visit the membership directory at myicaa.org to view your institution’s roster.

If there are current staff members not listed, please ask them to visit the “Create individual account” page of the ICAA website and create an individual account using their institutions email address.

If there are staff members listed on an institutions roster that are no longer employed by the institution, please submit a roster update request using this form.

Thank you for your assistance!

Questions, contact Ed Lenane, ICAA membership chair at lenanee@denison.edu.


Member Spotlight

We would love to highlight projects you are working on or are proud of! Complete this short form to share the great work you are doing!

Promotions & New Hires

Welcome to the ICAA family!

Denison University welcomed the following individuals:

  • Brandi Davis, Senior Associate Director of Volunteer Engagement
  • Sarah Jovanelli, Associate Director, Family Engagement & Denison Professional Network
  • Jennette Roth, Associate Director, Advancement Events
  • Hannah Secrist, Digital Engagement Specialist

Hiram College promoted the following individuals:

  • Madelyn Dill, Gift Processing and Database Specialist
  • Grace Pawluszka, Director of Events and Conferencing 

If you have good news to share, new staff to announce, promotions to celebrate, or a suggestion for an in-depth feature, submit to ICAA Webmaster, Carly (Arthur) Workman for a future issue by completing this short form.


Membership

Not sure if your institutional membership is up-to-date? Connect with our ICAA Membership Chair, Ed Lenane at lenanee@denison.edu.   


Let's Connect!

In an effort to raise awareness about ICAA, our membership, and professional development opportunities, we will be transitioned to a more visible LinkedIn page. You can find the page here.

At the same time, we will concentrate our social media efforts solely within LinkedIn as we feel this is the best space online for our organization and members to share and network in a professional environment. ICAA no longer maintains active X (Twitter) or Facebook accounts.

Be sure to share the link to the new LinkedIn page with your colleagues and others in the advancement, alumni relations, communications, and advancement service areas at independent colleges within the Midwest. 

 

  Job Postings

Do you know the most clicked page on the ICAA website is job postings? Check out current opportunities at ICAA member institutions here. Institutions with current memberships can post openings anytime.

 

 

 

 

Is your staff listing current?

Log in and check the staff list for your institution under “member directory.” You may be surprised by how many changes have occurred at your institution since you last viewed this list. Contact Carly (Arthur) Workman for assistance with updating your member list so your entire team can receive future communications and invitations from ICAA.  

 

Be sure to visit the ICAA Membership page to update your information, review the list of active members from your institution, or help new employees sign up for their own accounts! 

  

Stay connected with all exciting things ICAA!




Email ICAA at info@myicaa.org