Patrick Auerbach: Affinity, Philanthropy, and the Communities We Choose

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]

Omar Garriott: Building a Thriving Innovation Ecosystem

Omar Garriott has spent 25 years orbiting education — Teach for America, college-access work, and tech roles at Apple, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Qualtrics — before coming home to lead the Batten Institute at UVA's Darden School. In this Keynote, he argues that the old compact ("get the degree, get the job") has quietly broken, and that entrepreneurship — taught as a method, not a major — is how higher ed answers the moment. Listen to the full-length version on YouTube. (58 mins) [https://youtu.be/aGd4L7dsZ7Y] In this episode: Why higher ed's enrollment and ROI crisis is real, even at top-tier schools The durable, human skills that matter most as AI becomes table stakes Whether faster-moving organizations will beat universities to the future Why entrepreneurial alumni are among the most engaged — and how advancement teams keep treating them as donors instead of a community 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]