Accelerate Slate: An enrollmentFUEL Podcast
Welcome to Accelerate Slate: An enrollmentFUEL Podcast where we dive deep into the world of Slate, the powerful and versatile customer relationship management (CRM) system used in higher education. Join our hosts and expert guests as we explore a variety of topics related to Slate. This call-in style podcast offers the opportunity to hear from real-world Slate users and experts, ask questions, and share your own experiences.
Episodes
47 episodes
Parent Comms in Slate: A Chat with Dave Becker
Parents are the top influencers for incoming first-year students, yet many schools struggle to communicate with them consistently and effectively. In this episode of Accelerate Slate, Susanna talks with Dave Becker, CEO and Co‑F...
The Daily Visit in Slate: A Chat with Ryan Motevalli-Oliner
Susanna is back with a new episode of Accelerate Slate in which she chats with Ryan Motevalli-Oliner from Kenyon College. While Kenyon’s new Advancement Instance is an insightful addition, the topic Ryan presented on at Summit a...
Working with Slate Workflows: A Chat with Claire Hirte
We're back with another episode of your favorite Slate podcast and our host Susanna Lehman had the pleasure of chatting with enrollmentFUEL's own Senior Director of Slate Partnerships, Claire Hirte. An avid advocate of all things ...
Slate for Student Success: A Chat with Ken Higgins
Joining our host Susanna on this episode of your favorite higher ed CRM podcast is Technolutions' very own Ken Higgins, General Manager of Student Success and Strategic Partnerships. Ken takes us on a journey into his realm of usi...
Journey Into Slate: A Chat with Janelle Dietrich
In this episode of Accelerate Slate, host Susanna is joined by Janelle Dietrich, one of enrollmentFUEL's talented Slate Project Managers, whose journey into Slate began—believe it or not—completely by accident.What...
Shifting to Slate: A Chat with Erin Jensen
On this insightful episode of your favorite higher ed CRM podcast, host Susanna Lehman welcomes Erin Jensen, the president elect of the Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling. Coming from one of the first o...
Slate.org: A Chat with Sarah & Ian
In this episode of Accelerate Slate, gear up to learn more about Slate.org from guests Sarah Kotlinski of Gettysburg College and Ian Harkness of Malvern Prep. Discover what Slate.org is and how it can be used to sha...
The Slate Community: A Chat with Christopher Kwan
This time on Accelerate Slate, an enrollmentFUEL podcast, Susanna Lehman is joined by Christopher Kwan of Technolutions. They dive into how Christopher first started working in Slate, learn more about the Slate community ...
Slate Optimization: Auditing Your Instance
Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan are back to cover a popular topic in the Slate world—auditing your instance! Lots of institutions may recognize that they need one, but what does an audit of your instance of Slate actually consist ...
StriveScan & Slate: A Chat with Dan Saavedra
Listen in as Katie Jordan chats with Dan Saavedra of StriveScan, a system designed for student registration for college fairs. Dan shares how robust your reporting can grow with this valuable tool and Katie chimes in to link its b...
Maximizing Travel in Slate: Tips, Tools, & ROI
In this episode of Accelerate Slate, Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan dive into the ins and outs of managing travel and Trips effectively. We discuss the best practices for setting up Trips and the benefits of utilizing th...
The Great Migration: Legacy Reader to Workflows in Slate
Our hosts Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan are back with another insightful episode of Accelerate Slate to highlight an endeavor worth discussing in detail—migrating from Legacy Reader to Workflows in Slate. Among the mult...
Retention in Slate: Scores for Student Success with Spenser Smith
Joining Susanna Lehman on this episode of Accelerate Slate is Spenser Smith, Director of Graduate Admissions at Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A doctoral candidate, Spenser has pione...
Parent Communications: Slate Strategies for Influencing New Students
This time on Accelerate Slate, Susanna Lehman has the honor of sitting down with guest speaker Aaron Porter, enrollmentFUEL's very own Associate Vice President of Client Relations. Susanna and Aaron uncover the often over...
Post-Slate Summit: A Recap with Cody Gray
Back by the microphone with co-host Katie Jordan is Technolutions' Cody Gray to talk about the 2024 Slate Summit conference that took place in June. They chat about the Inaugural Wednesday Slate.org Summit, some favorite features ...
Digital Strategies: Enhancing Enrollment in Tandem with Slate
Joining Susanna Lehman for this episode of Accelerate Slate is Tori Simon, enrollmentFUEL's very own Associate Vice President of Campaign Strategies. Tori brings valuable insight on digital strategies schools can use to r...
Mastering Slate Reports: Visualizing & "Voyaging"
Join our hosts Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan as they dive deeper into Slate reports. This time, learn more about the depreciation of widgets and how you and your institution can use reports to visualize your pertinent data, like...
Slate Summit Evolution: A Chat with Cody Gray—Part 2
In Part 2 of this two-part interview, Katie Jordan sits down with Cody Gray of Technolutions—and a proud Slate Summit veteran—to talk about the evolution of this highly-anticipated, annual event. Cody offers a unique perspective on the growth o...
Slate Summit Evolution: A Chat with Cody Gray—Part 1
In Part 1 of this two-part interview, Katie Jordan sits down with Cody Gray of Technolutions—and a proud Slate Summit veteran—to talk about the evolution of this highly-anticipated, annual event. Cody offers a unique perspective o...
Mastering Slate Reports: Expanding & Enhancing
Join our hosts Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan as they dive deeper into Slate reports. This time, discover a comprehensive analysis of travel ROI reports for both admission and advancement strategies, delve into goal reports, open...
A Journey with Slate's Own Alexander Clark
For this one-year anniversary special of Accelerate Slate, hosts Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan are thrilled to welcome the illustrious Alexander Clark, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Technolutions. Tune in as we delve in...
Mastering Slate Reports: Insights & Best Practices
This time on Accelerate Slate, hosts Susanna and Katie dive into reports in Slate. Providing expert advice, they share when to build a report instead of a query, discuss uses for homepage reports, tell about best practices for fun...
Slate Side Chat: A Visit with Margarita Clarke
This time on Accelerate Slate, an enrollmentFUEL podcast, Katie chats with Slate Community Ambassador, Margarita Clarke. You may recognize her name from the community forums, Slack channel, and Facebook page. They talk about Marga...
Yield for Success: Slate Strategies for Solidifying Recruitment
Listen in to this episode to hear Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan's discussion and advice for yield strategies. While myriad challenges continue to roll in, there is always a new angle for higher ed institutions to face them head-...
Unlock the Inbox: Navigating Email Changes in Slate
This time on Accelerate Slate, Susanna and Katie focus on diversifying your communication flow in your instance in Slate in light of the recent Gmail and Yahoo! updates. Our hosts are here to guide you in the best strategies for e...
