Online Events
Welcome to our online events platform, your hub for innovative professional development and networking opportunities within the Partners in Mission community.
Join us for webinars, workshops, and conferences designed to inspire, equip, and empower Catholic school leaders. Discover new strategies, connect with like-minded professionals, and stay at the forefront of advancement, strategic planning, enrollment management, and leadership + recruiting.
Fall Strategic Partner Series
Partners in Mission is pleased to offer a series of free webinars to share expertise from our Strategic Partners. To register for each webinar, please click the register button. Each session will be recorded. The recording will be available the following day at the bottom of this page.
Jumpstart your Planned Giving Program
Accelerating Your Annual Fund with AI
- Are you struggling with rising annual fund goals but limited resources?
- Are you spending 30+ minutes each day drafting donor communication and marketing emails?
Alumni Engagement Plan in 30 Mins
Many schools lack the resources, time, and staff to create robust alumni engagement plans. Good news! Creating a plan can take less than 30 minutes and executing it can take less than an hour a week.
Donor Relationships: The Superpower that Powers Giving Tuesday for Catholic Schools
Join our exclusive Partners in Mission webinar to discover how you can tap into your biggest asset: your donor relationships.
Engaging Families and Alumni – Using Data to Promote Your Catholic School
We will discuss how to effectively share data with different groups - parents, alumni, and community members - while also highlighting reports and family-friendly communication options available within i-Ready. Register here.
Avoiding Application Pitfalls: A Guide for Catholic Schools
Curious if your application is hitting the mark? Discover how successful Catholic schools are refining their applications to attract mission-appropriate families.
Exceeding Expectations: Elevating Customer Service Along the Family Journey
In this session, we'll explore strategies for exceeding expectations at every touchpoint of the family enrollment journey—from inquiry to graduation. Learn how to create personalized interactions, build trust, and ensure your school delivers a warm, responsive, and mission-driven experience that leaves a lasting impact on families.
Your Mission + Your Value + Your Story = Your Retention Plan
In Catholic education, your mission is deeply rooted in faith, community, and academic excellence. We will explore how visual storytelling empowers faculty, students, and parents to share and celebrate your school’s mission, forming the core of a successful retention plan.
Enhancing Recognition with Rocket’s Touchscreen Hall of Fame
Join us for a 30-minute webinar focused on improving your school’s recognition programs, including donor recognition strategies. Learn insights on how schools are using Rocket’s Touchscreen Hall of Fame to celebrate their communities and streamline recognition processes.
Creating and Building an Endowment
Join Jeremy Taylor, CFA and Zela Astarjian from Catholic Investment Services to learn how to build an endowment to support your school, how to coordinate advancement to grow your endowment while staying aligned with Catholic investing principles.
Campus Master Planning: A How-To Process for Achieving Construction
In conjunction with your Strategic Plan, the Master Planning Process provides an academic community with an opportunity to assess its current condition and needs, to reflect upon its vision for the future, and to generate a solid facility plan for fulfilling that vision, while addressing those needs.
Location, Programs, and Outcomes: Telling Your School’s Story Effectively
In this webinar, Senior Partner Lincoln Snyder will talk about how location, programs, and outcomes drive parent decisions about choosing a school for their students. Our perspective as educators is different from theirs, and we need to use data around parent perceptions to ensure that our storytelling is compelling as they discern the best school for their children and family.
Strategic Thinking for Boards
Before a board initiates strategic planning, it first needs to commit to strategic thinking. In this webinar, Senior Partner Lincoln Snyder will discuss why it’s critical for the school board to affirm the why – whom the school serves, to what benefit, and at what cost – before determining the how. Lincoln will also talk about the roles of governors and managers in strategic planning and offer some tools for starting a discussion at the school or network level.