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Welcome to GASFAA! Join us for a lively Meet and Greet designed especially for first-time attendees. It's the perfect chance to mingle, make new friends, and discover why the Financial Aid community so special. Share a laugh, and let’s kick off your first time in style! You won’t want to miss this JOY-filled introduction!
Join us for a focused session where essential tips and tricks for Financial Aid Administrators (FAAs) are shared in navigating the FISAP process. Learn how to effectively utilize spreadsheets, SQL, and other tools to streamline your submissions and enhance accuracy. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your FISAP completion skills!
This session will explore effective tools and guidance leaders can use to navigate their teams in a chaotic world. Figuring out how to lead effectively in an increasingly polarized world is challenging. One of the toughest challenges that leaders of all organizations face is managing diverse perspectives. This session will explore what leaders can do to turn down the temperature on outrage and foster productive disagreement. A discussion will be led on an overview of the current state of outrage in society, understanding outrage, strategic leadership in a polarized world, and practical steps for leadership.
Book Reference-The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World by Karthik Ramanna.
This session on Building Resilience will highlight the essential traits of resilient individuals and explore effective strategies to enhance emotional strength. Discover practical tips for improving stress management, fostering connections, and increasing positivity in both personal and professional settings. Enhance your well-being and productivity with us!
Given the well-documented staffing challenges in student financial aid, the need for effective and efficient succession planning has never been more critical. Prudent use of innovation through AI can help ensure organizational stability and continuity by identifying, developing, and preparing employees to fill essential leadership and other crucial staff roles.
This session will cover how AI can significantly improve succession planning by offering data-driven insights, streamlining processes, and enhancing decision-making to ensure the right people are prepared for key roles. Our panel will compare and contrast the traditional framework of staff management to available AI tools that have the potential to make succession planning more proactive, data-driven, and equitable.
