Admission Middle Management Institute (AMMI) serves as a unique professional development opportunity for mid-level leaders within the field of college admission. The workshop is designed to foster collegiality and transparency in the exchange of insight critical to professional advancement.

AMMI challenges participants with content suggested as essential to the successful growth trajectory of mid-level admission professionals. The leadership and facilitators of this workshop utilize small group discussions, promising practices, and expert panels to cultivate life-long professional competencies and connections. Specific skills include strategic planning, managing and advocating for your budget, achieving success through coaching, and working with third-party vendors

Wednesday, September 24, 2024

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. (ET)

Welcome and Introductions

Program Directors:
Derek Brinkley, Associate Vice President and Chief Enrollment Officer, Columbia College Chicago
Dr. Angie Cooksy, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Marketing and Communications, Bradley University

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (ET)

What Does it Mean to Manage and Lead (and Take Care of You)?

Defining leadership. understanding the difference between a leader and a manager? And finally, tools needed to answer the question, how do you, as a leader, take care of yourself while managing others?

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (ET)

Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (ET)

Strategic Data Analysis

Tailored for both the math-anxious and data nerds alike, attendees will engage with real world data problems relevant to senior level admissions/EM positions. A recent NACAC report noted a “lack of capacity among emerging professionals to perform the increasingly common data analysis functions of their positions”. This session will be an introduction to data analysis essentials, including asking the right questions, basis analysis methods, external data sources, turning data into strategy, and ethical dilemmas.

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (ET)

Lunch

12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (ET)

Peer-Review of Resume

How do you ensure that your resume is well-crafted for the next role you are looking to obtain? This session will provide tips and tricks on resumes and will include a peer review. Please bring a paper copy of your resume!

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (ET)

Break

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (ET)

Cultivating Relationships with Third Party Vendors

With the breadth of vendors represented at the NACAC National Conference, one trip through the exhibit hall can be overwhelming. Admission offices will contract the services of several vendors at one time, carefully weighing the costs of outsourcing services versus the cost of producing products internally. This session discusses how to build successful relationships with vendors as well as your responsibilities as a client.

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (ET)

Career Exploration and Working with an Executive Search Firm

Many middle managers find it difficult to answer “what’s next?” in the midst of a successful and rewarding college admissions career. Others simply feel stuck and are in search of new challenges. Do you have to move out to move up? Have you really maximized opportunities to develop as a professional in your current role? Some AMMI attendees have firmly decided to make admissions and enrollment management their life’s work while others are at a crossroads. This session will be a time of self-assessment and reflection as you contemplate your career trajectory and explore methods to help you make strategic and thoughtful decisions.

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (ET)

Day 1 Wrap-Up

Thursday, September 25, 2024

7:00 am – 8:00 am (ET)

Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (ET)

Budget Workshop

Providing budget scenarios to attendees, teaching strategies to manage budgets appropriately.

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (ET)

Leadership and Career Panel

Unwind by asking confidential questions to a distinguished panel of senior admission enrollment management leaders. Panelists draw from their personal experiences to answer questions about the profession.