>> There's an external aspect to what we do, I mean coming back to work
for your Alma Mater there is a certain love obviously that goes with that and an affinity
for the college and so the external aspect for me is being able to go talk to Alumni
who share a similar story of too what I have and we can bond on that, bond around that affinity
for the college and then get to talk about ways that we can make a difference
and so that external aspect is really what makes my day exciting.
In advancement, which is what our area is called, there's a lot that you can do
to make fundraising better; cutting edge best practices.
There's just so much data and information out there and so you can get sucked in to trying
to figure out ways to do a lot of things in a short period of time with limited resources,
with limited people and so I'm one of those people who love to look
at best practices and what's such and such doing?
How does it compare to what we're doing?
To just make sure we keep on top of things with that just comes a level
of remember what your priorities are, remember what you need to be focused in on
because you can kind of get pulled in many directions in advancement and realize,
"Wait what did I just do, what did I just spend my time doing today?"
So, just remaining focused.