“What’s Next? All Segments of Our Annual Fund Are Complete, and We Haven’t Met Our Goal!" Written by: Husband-and-Wife Team, Kirsch Jones Williams, Principal of Holy Name of Jesus School and Dr. Mark Williams, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux A segmented Annual Fund is divided into specific stakeholder groups—a common approach...
A PAUSE FOR PRAYER, A CAUSE FOR MOURNING. Here in the Greater New Orleans Area, where our company is located, all of us at ISPD extend our sympathies and condolences to those who were killed and/or injured in the early New Year’s Day tragedy on Bourbon Street. We are heartbroken and...
Case Study: Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Enrollment Management Plan (Part II) NOTE: The ISPD November and December newsletters are being written by Dr. Mark Williams, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and an ISPD Associate. Building Your Enrollment Management Calendar When I was a principal, we built our school calendar for...
Case Study: Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux Enrollment Management Plan (Part I) NOTE: The ISPD November and December newsletters are being written by Dr. Mark Williams, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and an ISPD Associate. Enrollment management is an intentional, strategic process employed by schools that focuses on attracting, admitting,...
CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS: WHY DO SOME SUCCEED AND SOME FAIL? You ever wonder why some capital campaigns in Catholic schools and parishes are successful and some miss their goal? ISPD has had the wonderful opportunity to work with so many successful campaigns over our 35-year history. Our most recent one at Holy...
HOW WILL 2024-25 BE DIFFERENT IN YOUR CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND/OR PARISH? One of the greatest joys in this business of consulting with Catholic schools, parishes, and (arch)dioceses is meeting the many different people who make up the leadership of our Catholic institutions – (arch)bishops, pastors, superintendents, principals, presidents, development and advancement...
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND VISION ARTICULATION:WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR! (NOTE: This newsletter was first published at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. Because of its popularity, ISPD always makes it available every year during the summer). All across the country next month, the...