Apra Australia Lunch & Learn - Dr Chase McNamee and Dr Shalonda Martin (26 Jun 2026)

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Apra Australia invites you to join us for our next virtual Lunch & Learn session, to be held on Friday, June 26, with Dr Chase McNamee and Dr Shalonda Martin.

From Data to Decisions: Making Prospect Research More Strategic (and Less Reactive)

This webinar with focus on building clear pathways to becoming more strategic and insight-driven in your prospect development function.

We often get stuck in reactive workflows (lists, profiles, last-minute asks). This session will discuss how to elevate the function using evidence, prioritisation, and emerging tools like AI, without losing rigour.

Chase and Shalonda will cover:

Where research adds the most value
How to operationalise strategy
The role of AI
Protecting research time for high-value work

Dr Chase McNamee is a scholar-practitioner in institutional advancement and higher education and is currently the Director of Campaign Operations for Advancement at the University of Denver in Colorado.

Dr Shalonda Martin is a research-practitioner and certified executive coach, and is currently the Executive Director of Advancement Services at Pomona College in California.

We hope you can join us for this exciting and instructive presentation.

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Apra Australia Lunch & Learn - Dr Chase McNamee and Dr Shalonda Martin (26 Jun 2026)