Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations
As many of you may know, Salesforce launched the first version of their Salesforce Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations in the fall of 2023. I recently had an opportunity to catch up with the Salesforce product architect for this solution. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of the product, its architectural […]
Tambellini Group’s Top 10 Resources and Research in 2023
Our research and resources are just one way we help colleges and universities make strategic and sound technology decisions and investments. As we prepare to enter 2024, let’s explore our most-read blog posts, case studies, webinars, and research from 2023. Popular Themes Finding Best-Fit Solutions with Tambellini StarCharts This year, we launched the Tambellini StarChart™, […]
Exploring Industry-Wide Cloud Advancements: A Review of AWS re:Invent 2023
On the heels of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2023 conference, let’s examine the relevance and potential impact of current and emerging cloud computing technologies on the higher education sector. Key Announcements and Innovations The conference offered a forum for discussing the latest developments in cloud computing, presenting a range of updates that could […]
How Providers and Analysts Should Work Together
Institutions are often curious about how we work with solution and service providers, and those providers are also interested in learning how to best engage with analyst firms like the Tambellini Group. To help demystify the process for both parties, I recently explained key aspects of the dynamic vendor-analyst relationship as a contributor to the […]
How to Stack the Odds of Online Program Success in Your Institution’s Favor
Gambling is an inherently irrational activity. Those who enjoy it are willing to suspend disbelief and be taken in by the thrill of potentially winning against the odds. If they spent their time rationally contemplating just how slim their chances were of hitting the jackpot, they probably wouldn’t place bets. Higher education institutions and their […]
Introducing the HCM Systems StarChart: The Definitive Guide for Institutions Seeking Their Best-Fit Solutions
Higher education institutions are considering how to better meet modern workforce needs as they strive to attract and retain excellent faculty and staff. In Tambellini Group’s daily work with higher education institutions, we are seeing that they increasingly prioritize human resources functions in their strategies for improving institutional effectiveness. To ensure their human resources teams […]
Tips for Leveraging Institutional Resources to Upskill Higher Education Employees
Colleges and universities are constantly being challenged to do more with less. What if you could train and upskill faculty and staff by making your existing resources work harder for you? You can. In today’s rapidly evolving higher education landscape, institutions need to equip staff with the necessary skills to adapt and succeed. Thankfully, institutions […]
Higher Education Financial Resilience: Is Data Analytics the Key?
Revenue shortfalls and looming fiscal clouds are causing many colleges and universities to realize that financial resilience partly hinges on having insight into every aspect of the student journey. The financial instability among institutions has been precipitated by a confluence of issues, including enrollment declines that have not recovered post pandemic, the much-covered demographic cliff, […]
Tambellini Finance Systems StarChart Delivered: The Definitive Guide for Institutions Seeking Their Best-Fit Technology Solutions
Competitive and economic strains facing higher education stretch across every function and department in the institution. Finance teams, however, are often the last to modernize their technology since CFOs are traditionally conservative in their spending in support of their own department. Given the current circumstances, finance leaders must be creative in how they streamline processes […]
Zoom Ventures Far Beyond Video Calls
Insights from Zoomtopia 23 Most institutions use Zoom for video in some fashion, whether via a full enterprise license, decentralized individual licenses, or the free version. Zoom has become synonymous with hybrid classes and work, but if you aren’t thinking about how Zoom can meet institutional needs beyond virtual meetings, you should be. Zoom has […]
