How to Build Information Sessions that Set Your Campus Apart
Impressing Potential Students
Throughout the entire recruitment process, you may get only 30 to 60 minutes face-to-face with prospective students and their families.
Too often, schools follow a traditional formula for the campus information session:
- A bland overview of campus life
- The llitany of policies
- A predictable scholarship and financial aid speech
This approach fails to take full advantage of a prime opportunity to convert visitors to applicants.
Now more than ever, it is vital to use your information session to tell the university’s story in a way that is relevant, engaging, and memorable.
This advice-packed seminar details how to build and deliver information sessions that exceed visitor expectations and translate into enrollment success.
A key, according to Aaron Basko, one of our top recruiting authorities, is to infuse your presentation with your brand.
An information session, according to Basko, can – and should – do so much more than relay facts and policies.
In this 75-minute seminar, we show you how to design an information session that will:
- Differentiate your university from its competitors
- Address student needs
- Associate your university with brand promises
- Engage prospective families in the admissions process
This seminar addresses every aspect of the planning process.
You will learn how to:
- Choose the best time, place and delivery method for your information session
- Structure the information session to deliver your university’s key messages
- Determine the right use of technology in delivering your information
- Connect prospective students with the benefits of attending
- Select and train staff to present your information in an engaging way
- Identify other factors that influence a prospective family’s satisfaction with the information session
Added Bonus
We also include valuable materials, designed to simplify your planning process. You’ll receive an excellent checklist of questions for self-assessment; materials that address specific “next steps;” and online links to sample information sessions.
If you work in admissions, this seminar is for you:
- Directors and assistant directors of admission
- Admission counselors
- Visitation program managers
- Visit coordinators
- Welcome center staff

Recorded: 10/22/2009
Running Time: 75 minutes
Video with PowerPoint
3 WAYS TO ORDER:
- Supplemental Materials
- PowerPoint Handouts
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