Strategic Shorts

September 29, 2025
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Video Series for Building Institutional Capacity

The Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., Project Director for the Governance Initiative and Senior Advisor for Governance and Strategy at the In Trust Center, hosts this video series, “Strategic Shorts,” designed to strengthen institutional capacity in theological education. The series offers key insights on critical topics relevant to theological institutions.

Building Institutional Capacity through Market Research
Repurposing
Property and Facilities
Turning Capacity Building Initiatives into Compelling Grant Proposals
Building Institutional Capacity by Involving Faculty and Staff in Change
Facilitating Large-scale Collaboration by Considering a Merger
Building Institutional Capacity through Student Readiness
Large-scale Collaboration and Change of Control
Large-scale Collaboration and Integrating Cultures
Large-scale Collaboration and Difficult Personnel Decisions
Large-scale Collaboration and the Role of Boards

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