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Strategic Thinking and—School Therapy?

On July 31, 2014   /   Crane MetaMarketing, Grant Lichtman, independent schools, NotYourFathersSchool, school accreditation, school marketing, strategic planning, strategic thinking, students, Tiffany Hendryx, zero-based strategic thinking  

Over the past few years I have found myself moving in circles that involve school advancement as much as the teaching-and-learning side of the house. Here I have been made privy to both the anxieties of independent school leaders on matters like enrollment and fiscal sustainability and […]

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Thinking Retention: Beliefs and Dreams

On November 12, 2013   /   AISAP, Association of Independent School Admission Professionals, families, internal marketing, mission statements, National Association of Independent Schools, NotYourFathersSchool, student retention, students, Tiffany Hendryx  

It’s the time of year when schools are thinking extra hard about next year’s enrollment numbers, which means it can also be the time of year when some families are thinking about making a move. Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak with a faculty about retention […]

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AISAP Webinars Coming Up, ASAP!

On November 5, 2013   /   admission, AISAP, Crane MetaMarketing, NotYourFathersSchool, school sustainability, Tiffany Hendryx, webinar. mission statements  

Readers may think that I’m something of a nut on mission statements and other aspirational declarations made by schools. I think these matter a great deal, and that schools that understand their own missions and use them to power policy and program development. Aligning what a school […]

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