Omar Garriott: Building a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

Christine Cruzvergara: A Personal Board of Advisors

Christine Cruzvergara has spent her career at the seams where higher ed, employers, and the workforce meet. After a decade leading career services at George Mason, GW, Georgetown, and Wellesley, she spent more than seven years as Chief Education Strategy Officer at Handshake, with a bird's-eye view across 1,600-plus institutions and millions of employers. In this Keynote, Christine and Ryan get into her long campaign to elevate career services to the cabinet table, why career readiness needs a leader even when it is everyone's job, and the concept she championed at Wellesley: a personal board of advisors, at least three alumni for every student. They also dig into the silos between advancement and career services, the young-alumni-donor overlap most shops miss, the ROI debate and economic mobility, and what AI is doing to entry-level work, including why relational intelligence matters more than ever. Watch the full-length version on YouTube (57 mins) For more Keynotes, and to join our Book Club and Agora, become a member at speakingengagement.org [http://speakingengagement.org]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Make AI Agent Ryan - Conference Closing

AI-reading of Ryan's Friday newsletter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Good Work Doesn’t Speak for Itself

AI-reading of Dave Hail's article, "Good Work Doesn't Speak for Itself." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Shanna Hocking: Invest in Leaders, the Results Will Follow

Shanna Hocking found her calling in a development office at 18 and spent more than two decades raising major gifts across public, private, and Ivy League universities and academic medicine. Now founder and CEO of Hocking Leadership and author of One Bold Move a Day, she coaches senior advancement leaders on the part of the job no one trains us for: how to actually lead. Watch full-length version on YouTube (45 mins) [https://youtu.be/5BUdTUDOVaw] In this Keynote, Shanna and Ryan get into networking as service rather than transaction, the discomfort so many of us feel about visibility and self-promotion, the making of One Bold Move a Day (the rejections, a daily podcast, and quitting her job the same day she turned in the manuscript), her Bold Blueprint research on women chief advancement executives, and why the organizations that invest in their people, not just their metrics, are the ones whose results follow. Connect with Shanna on LinkedIn and at hockingleadership.com [http://hockingleadership.com]. For more Keynotes, and to join our Book Club and Agora, become a member at speakingengagement.org [http://speakingengagement.org]. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Your Alumni Are Already Content Creators. Have You Asked Them to Create for You?

AI-reading of Annie Quade's new article, "Your Alumni Are Already Content Creators. Have You Asked Them to Create for You? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe [https://www.speakingengagement.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]