Impressed by greater than 40 years of collaboration with non-public faculty leaders, Blackbaud has created a monitor of classes for ATLIS 2024, the Affiliation of Know-how Leaders in Impartial Colleges’ annual convention. This curated monitor options members of Blackbaud’s Ok–12 Government Advisory Board and our inner consultants discussing how know-how in colleges has advanced, new greatest practices, and contemporary concepts.
Whether or not you’re fascinated with studying about accountable AI, cybersecurity, APIs, workers empowerment, or one thing particular about Blackbaud software program, we’ve acquired a session for you.
Blackbaud’s 2024 ATLIS classes embody:
1. APIs and the Artwork of the Attainable (Panel)
Panelists embody Nick Marchese of Emma Willard College, Shandor Simon of Beaver Nation Day College, and Stephen Boyle of Blackbaud
The ability of APIs lies of their skill to seamlessly join disparate techniques, unlock information silos, and facilitate the trade of data in real-time. However how do you unlock this energy with out understanding find out how to write code? The place do you begin? On this panel dialogue, you’ll find out how colleges are leveraging APIs to increase their software program’s capabilities and transcend what they thought was potential. Our panelists will share the use circumstances they’ve found and how one can get began with this cornerstone of digital transformation.
2. Accountable AI: What It Means for Your College
Introduced by Hiram Cuevas of St. Christopher’s College, Linda Lawrence of Ransom Everglades College, and Whitney Donnelly of Blackbaud
We imagine instructional establishments can go additional, sooner, as we harness the quickly increasing potential of synthetic intelligence. We additionally imagine it’s crucial to prioritize a reliable method to AI, grounded in:
- Equity, inclusiveness, reliability, and belief: The foundational ideas of Blackbaud’s accountable AI framework.
- Making AI extra accessible by ready-made options, partnerships, and schooling
- Highly effective techniques of intelligence, enabled by AI and machine studying, to drive real-time insights and steady enchancment
AI presents an incredible alternative for colleges to deal with key operational and monetary challenges, but navigating new tech frontiers is a severe duty. Be a part of us on this session to be taught what accountable AI may imply to your faculty.
3. Cybersecurity on a Finances: Leveraging Open-Supply Software program and Trusted Distributors Introduced by Don Rahn, Director of Safety Operations, Blackbaud
Within the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, defending towards threats is non-negotiable. However what in case your funds doesn’t match the magnitude of the dangers? Worry not! On this session, you’ll be taught actionable methods, cost-effective options, and confirmed greatest practices that make sure you get essentially the most bang to your buck. From prioritizing related techniques to open-source software program and budget-friendly outsourcing, attendees will achieve insights into maximizing safety with out breaking the financial institution. Uncover the ability of practicality in cybersecurity administration with this insightful presentation!
4. Fostering a Tradition of Empowerment to Improve Your Crew’s Sense of Belonging
Introduced by John Yen, Director of Know-how, Polytechnic College
How can know-how leaders present avenues for fulfillment, development, and company amongst college and workers? How can we recruit and retain folks, elevate the extent of engagement, and empower them to be their greatest? Can we unfold this work past our departments and be catalysts for vibrant cultures of belonging?
Cultivating belonging in a high-level workforce and inside the broader faculty neighborhood is a necessary position of at the moment’s faculty leaders and will be the key to recruitment and retention. On this session, we are going to look at methods and approaches to management together with reimagining college and workers evaluations, figuring out, and leveraging abilities and passions, and main from an inverse pyramid mannequin and mindset.
5. IT-Finance Fusion: Harmonizing Information Circulate for Strategic Insights
Introduced by Tony Trumbo of The Bishop’s College and Charlie Lytle of Blackbaud
The place does your faculty’s monetary information stay and who has entry to it? The times of file cupboards full of paperwork and money packing containers shoved in desk drawers are lengthy gone—proper?
Each handbook course of is a gap for human error, information loss, or outright theft. But people want data for audits, budgeting, and reconciliation. That’s why getting IT leaders and the Enterprise Workplace aligned is essential to advancing faculty operations. When your know-how is correctly built-in and information flows securely between techniques, the knowledge is extra correct, reporting is extra strong, and you may make higher data-driven selections. Be a part of us to discover how unleashing monetary information with the fitting know-how can empower faculty leaders.
6. Blackbaud’s Companion Ecosystem: Prolong Your Software program’s Capabilities
Introduced by Stephen Boyle and Charlie Lytle of Blackbaud
From pupil medical information to highschool lunch, summer time camps, and extra, our curated listing of companions and options within the Blackbaud Market is the place our clients go to search out consultants and functions that drive larger affect for his or her colleges. Be a part of Blackbaud consultants to find out how these safe integrations can prolong your software program’s capabilities.
7. The Inside Story: Blackbaud’s Method to Buyer Success
Introduced by Hiram Cuevas of St. Christopher’s College and Kathleen Reardon of Blackbaud
Are you getting essentially the most out of your Blackbaud software program and subscriptions? Be a part of Hiram Cuevas—Director of Tutorial Know-how at St. Christopher’s College, Government Director of Blackbaud’s Ok–12 Government Advisory Board, and ATLIS Board Member—and Blackbaud Buyer Success Supervisor Kathleen Reardon to strategize your faculty’s success, together with information well being checks, answer overviews, practical demonstrations, success providers, and extra.
Be a part of us April 7–10, 2024 in Reno, Nevada
Blackbaud is devoted to fueling affect in colleges and we can not wait to attach with our neighborhood at ATLIS 2024. Try any or all the classes above after which meet our workforce within the exhibit corridor on the Blackbaud lounge.
For extra details about the convention or to register, CLICK HERE.
