Case
Studies
Enrollment Consultation
Effectively applying principles with limited resources—Wichita Friends Schooly
A few years have passed since Rich Gerig last visited Wichita (KS) Friends School (WFS), having concluded a contract that included creating an enrollment plan, reviewing communications materials and more.
Enabling growth in a challenging environment — Freeman Academy
Freeman Academy(Freeman, SD) is a Mennonite school for grades 5-12. Located in a remote setting and largely dependent on an unpredictable farm economy, this school has faced unique challenges in both funding and enrollment for much of its 106 years of existence. In 2002, Freeman Academy hired Advancement Associates to assist with a capital campaign. A feasibility study revealed several themes among constituents: 1) potential support for the school and its program and 2) concern about declining enrollment. The Board of Directors decided to build an enrollment component into the campaign and hired Rich Gerig to guide the effort.
Strategic Visioning
Preparing for the future—Wilderness Wind
For more than 20 years, Wilderness Wind has offered hundreds of visitors to the Minnesota Boundary Waters the chance to nurture their relationships to God, to creation, and to each other. Wilderness travel and awareness, seeking God, re-examining one’s relationship with creation, relationship building, self-discovery, solitude, wildlife, and skill enhancement are all part of a camper’s experience at Wilderness Wind (WW).
Fundraising Counsel
Expanding development—Tabor Community Services
In February 2009, Advancement Associates, Inc. (AAI) began an eight month relationship with Tabor Community Services (TCS) for the purpose of strengthening Tabor’s advancement program.
Focusing energies for collaboration
— Schowalter Villa and Hesston Community Child Care
Advancement Associates was pleased to be part of a creative collaboration
of two organizations with first-rate track records of service
to the community of Hesston, Kansas.
Campaign Counsel
Bringing new vision to life —
Western Mennonite School
Western Mennonite School (Salem, Oregon) contacted Advancement
Associates in the fall of 1999 for help in turning their vision
for the future into an effective plan of action.
Auxiliary Services
Paying attention and adapting service—Adriel School
Over the last few years a number of our clients have engaged in market research, one of several auxiliary services offered by AAI. Among them are schools working to improve their image and/or increase their enrollment; retirement centers considering a new approach to long-term care; and a church conference wanting to better support its pastors. In each case, these organizations were motivated by a genuine desire to provide their constituency with service that was more accessible, more comprehensive and more relevant. All concluded that conducting market research would be an important step to this end.
Improving communication—The Marsh Foundation
AAI’s work with The Marsh Foundation may be understood best as a three-step process. The original contract called for AAI to conduct an organizational audit with surveillance of internal processes and relationships, the internal communication system, institutional morale, external communication, public relations and marketing.
Philadelphia Mennonite High School: