As COVID-19 spread across the world, schools pivoted and adapted. Recent incidents of racial injustice have called us to confront an uncomfortable truth: that our society deems some of us as less worthy of protection, care, respect, and dignity than others — a truth that is not new but has reached a boiling point.
Like the United States in 1962 when President Kennedy brought together the best minds in a nation to strive toward an audacious goal of going to the moon. EMA pledges to do the same: to bring together enrollment leaders to leverage the best data, the most effective practices and innovative ideas, and to chart a path forward toward an audacious goal — reimagining enrollment.
When Katherine Johnson, pioneering African American NASA mathematician said, “The whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them,” she was acknowledging uncertainty and risk along with hope and excitement. Today let’s do the same: let’s write a new future for our industry.
We are pleased to announce we've made donations to Save our Streets Chicago and The Loveland Foundation. Thank you to conference attendees and our donation committee for your input and guidance.
Deval Patrick served two terms as the 71st governor of Massachusetts. An accomplished executive, passionate leader and gifted orator, Deval Patrick will capture—and hold—the attention of any audience. Guided by the advice of his grandmother to “hope for the best and work for it,” he entered office in 2007, a first-time candidate propelled by an unprecedented grassroots campaign and lead the Commonwealth to top national rankings in education, health care, energy efficiency, economic competitiveness and more. Through a challenging economic environment, the Governor maintained a disciplined growth strategy of investment in education, innovation and infrastructure.
Dr. Derrick Gay is an internationally recognized consultant to businesses, educational, arts, and philanthropic organizations around the world on issues of Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Citizenship. In this capacity, Dr. Gay partners with organizations, domestically and abroad, to promote empathy, cultivate cultural competency, and deepen inclusion.
Gloria Feldt is a CEO, mother, entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, motivational keynote speaker, passionate advocate, and the internationally leading authority on women’s relationship with power and leadership.A recognized authority on how women can embrace power and elevate intention with authenticity, confidence, and joy, her powerful speeches motivate and inspire women’s advancement to parity in business and nonprofit leadership and in personal accomplishment.
Heather Hoerle became EMA's executive director in 2011. Working with the leadership team, she set a clear direction for the staff, inspiring gold-standard service for EMA's constituents and pushing to continuously innovate. Externally, in her work with schools and the wider education sector, she aims to advance the profession of enrollment management and empower individual professionals.
Nathan Kuncel is the Marvin D. Dunnette Distinguished Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a McKnight Presidential Fellow at the University of Minnesota where he also earned his doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Nathan’s research generally focuses on how individual characteristics (intelligence, personality, interests) influence subsequent work, academic, and life success as well as efforts to model and measure success.
We've made it simple to register for the conference at either the member or non-member rate. Once you purchase your school's All-Access Pass you and every employee at your school can benefit from the content we've prepared for you.
Once you've purchased your school's All-Access Pass you will be prompted to add additional team-members to the conference. Don't worry if you forget someone: you'll be able to continue to add employees at any time.
That's it! Once you've added additional co-workers you're ready to start learning!
There were so many great keynote presentations during the conference. Now you and your entire team can be inspired by one of our great speakers whenever it works for you. Do you have an enrollment team meeting coming up or an all employee training day? One of the keynotes could be a great fit!
With more than 70 on-demand sessions available in the Event Center you can start learning right away. Perhaps you want to find out more about equity and inclusion? Or maybe you are interested in marketing tactics? There are so many sessions to choose from you'll find yourself returning again and again!
Our Annual Conference content will continue to be available to you and your entire team for a full year. That means you'll be able to continue to find value in the content even if you add a new team-member or if you simply want to review a topic you covered in the past.
School is up and running and your enrollment season has begun. Whatever the fall looks like on your virtual or in-person campus we’re ready to help.
We've created an online course included in your school's All-Access Pass called Reimagine Enrollment. This curated course will help you reimagine the most important parts of your enrollment process including lessons on equity and inclusion, marketing, student assessment, virtual events, video production, and much more!
Even better than the content in the online course is the opportunity to connect with your peers who are working through the same topics as you. Through the interactive discussion boards on the course you'll be able to network, share ideas, and gather new solutions.
Hear from inspirational and informative keynote speakers.
Sessions formerly known as "breakout sessions," these sessions were proposed by you! You will have access to them long after the conference.
Start planning for the fall today! Included with your school’s all-access pass is Reimagining Enrollment Due to COVID-19. This one-week course launching in mid-July is part two of our incredibly popular Rethinking Enrollment Due to COVID-19 course! You and your team can take this course any time during the summer or fall to help you prepare for an enrollment season that will be unlike any we’ve seen before.
Enrollment is a school-wide responsibility. Purchase an all-access pass for your school to watch and learn from 70+ engaging on-demand breakout sessions. You'll hear from enrollment leaders and your peers from all over the world as they share inspiration, education, and strategies to help you navigate our ever-changing world.
Topics will include best practices around Recruitment and Retention, Marketing, Tuition, DEI, Leadership, Business Models, Women in Leadership, LGBTQ+, and more.
Watch recordings of leaders who will inspire our community to lead and thrive.
We are passionate about helping you to solve the enrollment challenges your school is facing and believe EMA AC 2020 will give you the tools, guidance, and inspiration to forge this new path.