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WHEN & WHERE
+ Nashville’s Music City Center
+ 201 Rep. John Lewis Way South Nashville, TN 37203
Join us as Slate Summit returns June 16-17, 2022 in Nashville for an in-person, two-day conference with opening keynote, sessions presented by members of the Slate community, networking, entertainment, an epic dance party, and all matters of Slate fun.

Conference Speakers.Conference Speakers.

  • Laura Bald Enrollment Implementations Manager Graduate Programs Strategy Navigation for Implementation
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    The solver. With a background in developing admissions strategies under a lens of diversity, equity and inclusion, Laura brings years of information systems experience to her role at Underscore. Prior to joining the team, Laura worked for Portland State University, where she led multiple application and recruiting implementations, as well as maintained the organization and integrity of data.

    Laura Bald

    The solver. With a background in developing admissions strategies under a lens of diversity, equity and inclusion, Laura brings years of information systems experience to her role at Underscore. Prior to joining the team, Laura worked for Portland State University, where she led multiple application and recruiting implementations, as well as maintained the organization and integrity of data.

  • Emma Hayek Slate Implementation Strategist Quick Wins with Configurable Joins
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    The Slate Geek. Emma Hayek’s career in higher ed started immediately after college graduation, at place a place she knew and loved – her alma mater Creighton University. After serving as a counselor for a few years, Emma transitioned to managing digital marking for undergraduate admissions – which is when her love for Slate really grew. Emma’s specialties? Creating efficiencies, improving the student experience, and empowering Slate users. But when she’s not geeking out over configurable joins, liquid markup and portals, you can find her outside hiking, camping, or playing with her dog.

    Emma Hayek

    The Slate Geek. Emma Hayek’s career in higher ed started immediately after college graduation, at place a place she knew and loved – her alma mater Creighton University. After serving as a counselor for a few years, Emma transitioned to managing digital marking for undergraduate admissions – which is when her love for Slate really grew. Emma’s specialties? Creating efficiencies, improving the student experience, and empowering Slate users. But when she’s not geeking out over configurable joins, liquid markup and portals, you can find her outside hiking, camping, or playing with her dog.

  • Ted Magdzinski Senior Vice President, Partnerships + Integrations Best Practices and Strategies for Tracking Engagement
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    As a data guru, Ted’s unrivaled expertise spans from queries and migration to user-experience enhancements. He has dedicated more than a decade to recruiting and retaining prospective students for colleges all over the country, and he has a deep knowledge and understanding of the complicated numbers that institutions need to leverage with today’s digital natives. Ted joined the Carnegie team as part of the company’s merger with Underscore, a dedicated Slate development and optimization company.

    Ted Magdzinski

    As a data guru, Ted’s unrivaled expertise spans from queries and migration to user-experience enhancements. He has dedicated more than a decade to recruiting and retaining prospective students for colleges all over the country, and he has a deep knowledge and understanding of the complicated numbers that institutions need to leverage with today’s digital natives. Ted joined the Carnegie team as part of the company’s merger with Underscore, a dedicated Slate development and optimization company.

  • Nicole Nickerson Slate Implementation Strategist Leveraging Slate Tools Across the Student Life Cycle
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    The Special Agent. A seasoned Slater, Nicole Nickerson will ensure you get the most out of Slate experience. Having spent the last 5 years designing solutions for the Mother Ship – Technolutions – Nicole has in-depth knowledge of the Slate toolkit and a unique perspective into the innovations of tomorrow. With over 20 years of experience working in higher education, Nicole understands what it takes to get things done correctly... the first time.

    Nicole Nickerson

    The Special Agent. A seasoned Slater, Nicole Nickerson will ensure you get the most out of Slate experience. Having spent the last 5 years designing solutions for the Mother Ship – Technolutions – Nicole has in-depth knowledge of the Slate toolkit and a unique perspective into the innovations of tomorrow. With over 20 years of experience working in higher education, Nicole understands what it takes to get things done correctly... the first time.

Carnegie Sessions

Quick Wins with Configurable Joins

When: Thursday, June 16th, 1:30 P.M. CDT

Where: Davidson AB

Many people learn better through seeing examples and images, and this presentation will describe a configurable join visually. Participate in some walk throughs and best practices for those not yet comfortable with how they work, and learn tips and tricks on how to use them.

Also, dive into the Query Library, a powerful, often under-used tool that allows you to essentially copy and paste complex configurable join exports and filters. In this session, learn how to use the Query Library in real-life situations, including:

  •  helping new Slate users use configurable joins
  • managing complex graduate program deadlines
  • saving yourself time while building out queries
  • pre-building communications necessities, like removing opt-outs and withdraws.

Presenters:
Emma Hayek
Carnegie, Powered by Underscore

Ryan Walsh
UNC Asheville

Charles Wilson
University of Chicago College Admissions

Your GPS (Graduate Programs Strategy) Navigation for your Implementation Journey

When: Thursday, June 16th, 2:45 P.M. CDT

Where: Room 106

Graduate programs present a unique set of challenges, so we’re mapping your route to a successful implementation. We’ll steer you through conceptualizing an improved, sustainable process in preparation for building your new instance. We’ll then identify potential roadblocks and unique solutions for recruitment, deadline management, reader, permissions, and faculty/stakeholder management. We’ll give you the rules of the road: tips, tricks, and recommendations to reach your destination.

Presenters:
Laura Bald
Carnegie, Powered by Underscore

Lauren Pouchak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kayla Elliott Miller
Ball State University

Lord of the Pings: Best Practices and Strategies for Tracking Engagement

When: Thursday, June 16th, 4:00 P.M. CDT

Where: Room 104

Learn how to better utilize the resources already at your fingertips. We’ll start with Slate’s most insightful tool: Ping. You’ll gain strategies to get the most out of the data through both your Prospect and Ping Configurable Join bases. Measure success of your digital marketing and communication campaigns natively in Slate and discover how to leverage your findings.

Then, we’ll show you how to fuse your Ping knowledge with other tools like Google Analytics, measuring website visits, direct traffic, paid ads, organic social media postings, Slate forms, and more. Work more effectively with your marketing department to hone your approach to utilizing UTM parameters to better track success both inside and out of Slate.

Presenters:
Vivien Francis
Asia School of Business

Ted Magdzinski
Carnegie, Powered by Underscore

Optimizing Operations: Leveraging Slate Tools Across the Student Life Cycle

When: Friday, June 17th, 8:45 A.M. CDT

Where: Davidson C

Two different types of Slate institutions will showcase how they are leveraging Slate functionalities to optimize operations across the student life cycle: from selection to enrollment to retention. Learn how Slate tools such as datasets, portals, readers, queries, applications, and permissions are being utilized to optimize processes from paper to digital, evolving the student and business end user experiences.

Schwarzman Scholars Admissions will discuss our “translate to Slate” design method, refining our selection process in alignment with institutional considerations: internal and external stakeholder needs, executive branding requirements, and a stringent selection timeline. We will highlight our use of forms and queries to expedite progressive steps in our selection process. We will also showcase two tailored features, a Reader Gateway and Interview Candidate Portal, created to optimize the user experience for these key stakeholders.

Eastern Kentucky University will discuss how they utilized portals, datasets, entities, and forms to eliminate the use of external vendors, to move over 500 Endowed Scholarships from paper to digital to improve student and end user experiences, and to create a student self-service one-stop-shop for campus-wide tutoring that aids retention efforts. Our first case example includes endowment scholarship eligibility via 500 web service query exports that map onto criteria-matched students via source formats; awarding via portal embedded forms creating a workflow in tandem with user permissions, portals, forms, datasets, and entities; and multi-faceted communication via student portals, donor portals, and staff portals. Our second case example includes tutor scheduling registration and history based on tutor entity availability, class datasets, a student-facing portal, and scheduler.

Presenters:
Carrie Ernst
Eastern Kentucky University, Student Success and Advising

Matthew Haugen
Eastern Kentucky University, Student Success and Advising

Jessica Loh
Schwarzman Scholars

Nicole Nickerson
Carnegie powered by Underscore

Elysia Pan
Schwarzman Scholars