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5. Collegiality and professionalism.
(Korkmaz, 2007, p. 390).
Furthermore, an effective school must be open to the ideas and feelings of
teachers and students. Schools need to have in place an effective way of communicating
with all employees,...
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DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAING: A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERISTY
Ron Cardon
Dr. Stan Gwin, Project Supervisor
ABSTRACT
The 2008 Employee Giving Campaign at Southern Utah University...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project and its success would not have been possible without several individuals: Stuart Jones for making the employee giving campaign an important part of the larger campaign at SUU and allowing me...
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This project examines the 2008 internal campaign at Southern Utah University (SUU) that targeted full-time employees with the goal of increasing employee donations to the university through payroll deductions. It explores the...
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RESEARCH
My research began immediately in the fall of 2007, as I received the assignment of leading the campaign. I was hoping to find a “How-To Guide” that would walk me carefully and deliberately through the steps of an...
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money over to administrators to use how they see fit. Darla also provided me with confidence regarding the timing of our campaign. She pointed out that the only reason BYU does a fall campaign is that the United Way of Utah...
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In December 2007, I attended a regional conference of Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) where I visited with colleagues from around the west. While I did not gain new ideas or discover a hidden “How-To...
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institution. Wes Curtis, SUU‟s legislative liaison, supplied that quote and helped to build that case.
Harry also recommended that SUU consider a donor recognition wall for the employee giving campaign. While definitely a good...
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employment at SUU. There would be no building to dedicate, no new program to launch and in most cases, no way of attributing a donation to a specific student. So participation – each employee donating something – became the...
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an organizational value of employee giving (Dainton & Zelley, 2005). The end result would then be a basic organizational assumption that employees at SUU donate financially to the University (Schockley-Zalabak, 2006). I also...
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Some questioned the subtlety of the poster‟s message and the fact that it did not blatantly proclaim “employee giving.” However that was part of our goal. We wanted a conversation piece that would perk the curiosity of...
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gave a benefit to each employee in exchange for his/her consideration of a donation (Appendix B).
Publicity was also a component of the campaign, particularly as teams reached 100% participation. Congratulatory emails were sent...
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BYU payroll deduction form to reflect those things important to our campaign. The result was a new and improved employee giving payroll deduction card that also accommodated a one-time gift donation (Appendix C). Two envelopes...
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IDENTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
This campaign was to be a grassroots effort emphasizing colleague to colleague asks. While team captains would be the vehicle for accomplishing that goal, I believed a strong steering committee...
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a comprehensive capital campaign, participation from SUU‟s own employees is crucial. Employee giving demonstrates your commitment to the future of SUU and provides valuable leverage in reaching our campaign goals.”
The second...
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“Employee giving is essential to the success of our comprehensive campaign. We gain important leverage in securing gifts if we can demonstrate to donors that SUU‟s own employees are doing what they can financially to advance...