Professional Development

Angela Ferguson

Does anyone have a recommendation of professional development opportunities/conferences specific to gift processing or database management? I have found only one through CASE, a Gifts and Records Workshop, but it takes place during our annual fund so not a viable option.

Dariel Dixon 2

@Angela Ferguson I've found the CASE Gifts and Records Workshop to be a great place to start. The regional conferences are a good resource.

I'd also look into aasp or ADRP if those fit your position. And obviously bbcon is open for registration. You can't miss with that.

Angela Ferguson

@Dariel Dixon Thank you, Dariel - that's good to know about the CASE workshop and your suggestions look great. The ADRP in particular looks like it might be good fit for both myself and a couple teammates. I signed up for bbcon virtual as soon as it was offered! Can't attend in person due to our annual fund campaign but I'm hoping for a lot of positives from the online event.

Faith Murray

@Dariel Dixon, I was unaware of those groups. The ADRP in particular looks interesting (I couldn't open your link on AASP), and how nice that they have regional conferences so you don't have to travel cross-country! Thanks for sharing. ?

Dariel Dixon 2

@Faith Murray: I edited the links so that they should work now.

@Dariel Dixon, I was unaware of those groups. The ADRP in particular looks interesting (I couldn't open your link on AASP), and how nice that they have regional conferences so you don't have to travel cross-country! Thanks for sharing. ?

Faith Murray

@Dariel Dixon, thanks! The links work now. Thank you for sharing!