Suggested Topics for NWDUG Presentations

Some topics that have already been suggested are listed below:

Benefactor Track

• Identify Prospects through Data Mining
• Best Practices for Maintaining Data Integrity
• Ways to Automate Gift Processing
• Roundtable discussion
• Colleague Advancement Update
• Campaign Reporting
• Using BUILD.GIV.SUM
• Recogntion Levels
• Set up a campaign
• Set up and use Major Prospects
• Correspondence Control
• Using the web to contact alumni
• Using the web to find lost alums
• Pledge reminders
• Pull information for your annual donor reports
• Using Planned Giving
• Queries to help you with the VSE report
• Bringing your graduates over from Colleague successfully

Financial Aid Track

• Best Practices in Scholarship Tracking
• Financial Aid processes (pell, loans, etc)
• Financial Aid scholarship program
• State reporting
• COD
• Direct Loan Roundtable
• Writing Rules for Admissions & Financial Aid
• Panel:Using Colleague's Verification and Return of Title IV Funds Processes
• Using Packaging Successfully in Colleague
• Roundtable:Using New ISIR Processing Screens in Datatel

Admissions Track

• Using ATRK-Introductory plus Tips and Tricks
• Communications Management for Admissions
• Writing Rules for Admissions & Financial Aid
• Roundtable:How Do I...?
• Winteg Word Demonstration
• Setting up e-mail tracks
• Student Clearinghouse

Student System & Registrar Track

• Document Imaging
• Duplicate Record management
• Waitlists
• Web registration
• Degree Audit Now that Things Have Changed
• Clearinghouse Reporting
• Class Placements and
• Tips and Tricks with Cohorts
• Training the Teachers: How to get faculty to use Web Advisor

r18 Track

• R18 Release System
• R18 code compliance
• R18 and What it is

Human Resources & Financials Track

• Duplicate Record management
• E-Commerce Reconciling
• Budget Management
• Total Compensation, Benefits

Accounts Receivable Track

• Duplicate Record management
• E-Commerce Reconciling
• Batch AR Checks
• AR Roundtable & Collecting Money
• Communication Management for AR

Systems & Tools Track

• SA Valet
• data warehouse DBA
• ODBC, SQL
• Native Unidata indexing
• Interfacing with other systems (MS Access, Blackboard, etc)
• Express Load
• PowerView
• Programming Standards
• Envision (ETK) tips
• Managing projects
• SPSP
• ACYR and FYR files

Please use the electronic form to either submit a presentation proposal or to suggest a topic/idea for a session. [Back to "Call for Proposal"]

To assist with planning, it would be appreciated if you could submit your proposal by May 1, 2006. If you have any questions, please send an email to: Michael Quiner, at quinerm@whitman.edu or 509-527-4975.