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April 30, 2021
In this newsletter:
  • ATS’s Chris Meinzer presents key financial challenges and opportunities facing schools in May 12 webinar
  • In Trust magazine: What your CFO wants your board to know about finances – and more
  • Learn how to successfully navigate leadership transitions in an on-demand In Trust Center webinar
  • Crisis communications: An ATS webinar with the In Trust Center’s Matt Hufman
  • Five key points for successful advisory boards in new downloadable resource



The Spring edition of In Trust magazine is out now with stories on theological school finances, including what your CFO wants your board to know. You can also read pieces about disrupting the look-alike syndrome, and what boards need to know about investments. And, Harvard scholar Mark Jordan reimagines the “scenes of instruction” in theological education. You can read it here and send your letter to the editor to: editors@intrust.org
Dr. David Gyertson’s webinar on how to successfully navigate leadership transitions is now available on demand on the In Trust Center website along with a downloadable resource. SEE IT HERE.

In Trust Center vice president for communication, Matt Hufman, and ATS manager of member engagement, Lisa Kern, will present a webinar on crisis communications for presidents, deans, and communications directors. The presentation will be held via Zoom and Canvas. SEE MORE HERE

Find a new downloadable guide on successful advisory boards for embedded schools by Dr. Rebekah Burch Basinger, program director of the Wise Stewards Initiative, on the In Trust Center website. DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

 
 
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