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[JAN-15-20 11:19 PM  Anonymous] April: Message from Tom
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Salute Our R.A.I.S.E. Award Winners
Congratulations to our Quarterly R.A.I.S.E. Award winners, Michael Amish and Jaclyn O’Brian, representing the Individual Contributor category, and Heather Duiser, representing the Leader category. Be sure to offer your congratulations when you see them.
Nominations are needed and it is easy to do!  Any member of the UF Advancement team can nominate a colleague or leader for the award. The R.A.I.S.E committee will consider nominations received by March 27 for the next award. Click here to submit a nomination. Be sure to include detailed examples to assist the committee.
(Hyperlink: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4H0EI5q4SzEYu6p )
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NEWS YOU CAN USE
H.A.N.D. Update
UF Advancement’s diversity and inclusion taskforce H.A.N.D. (Helping Advancement Nurture Diversity) will welcome Dr. Donna Parker, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, and Associate Dean for Diversity and Health Equity at the UF College of Medicine to the next quarterly meeting on February 24 at 9:00 AM in the President’s Ballroom B.
(Hyperlink: https://odhe.med.ufl.edu/home/odhe-faculty/donna-m-parker-md-associate-dean/)
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Prospect Strategy & Research Lunch + Learns
The next PSR Lunch + Learn will be held February 14. Bring your lunch and learn about the Top 3: The 3 AP Reports Every Unit Lead Needs (APP DO Metrics, Sr DO Campaign Dashboard, DO Commitments Report). You can also attend remotely via Zoom. Contact Ayana Hockey with questions or to register. 

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(Hyperlink: agray@gmail.com)
Giving Day Activities
All UF Advancement employees are invited to “Stand Up & Holler” during Giving Day 2020. The day will include lots of fun ways for employees from across our organization to participate…(read more)
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Grateful Gator Day 2019
A huge thank you to the colleges, units and Central staff members who took time out of their day on Wednesday, November 13 to say thank you to UF donors. (read more)
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Top Ten Talks
The latest presentation of UF Advancement’s Top Ten Talks UF is available for viewing. Congratulations to the presenters: Dan Hoffman, April Sibiski, Kim Kruse, and Kathy McDonald… (read more)
(Hyperlink: https://talentmanagement.box.com/s/al83d7hz91bc2jmhv68yyaiuju1xevda)
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New Department Name
All Alumni Relations, Annual Giving and UF Coral Gables employees are now under the single business unit name Alumni Relations & Annual Giving.

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DEADLINES/REMINDERS
•    February 14, 12:00PM, PSR Lunch + Learn (tba)
•    February 20, All Day, Stand Up & Holler: Gator Nation Giving Day
•    February 24, 9:00AM, H.A.N.D. Quarterly Meeting (President’s Ballroom B)
ADVANCEMENT SPOTLIGHT
Lee-Ann Humenik
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Quote:
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
― Aristotle 


[JAN-15-20 11:41 PM  Anonymous] April: if two drp.jpg files appear to be uploaded, please use the one with the horizontal orientation.

[JAN-27-20  4:27 PM  Jason Phenicie] Good afternoon April,

I just wanted to check in on the status of the letter from Tom, the spotlight content, and the photos.

Thanks!
Jason

[JAN-31-20  3:32 PM  Anonymous] April:  Tom's message is below

Colleagues,

In keeping with our tradition, we were once again able to close calendar year 2019 in grand fashion with a number of gifts closing and keeping us on track for the midpoint of the fiscal year. 

We’re already off to the Gator races in 2020, thanks to the great work of everyone.

Congratulations, and Happy New Year!

Tom

[JAN-31-20  3:47 PM  Anonymous] April:  in lieu of an Advancement Spotlight, please include the following article highlighting Ted Kruljac as the winner if the 2020 Debbie Klapp Award.

Congratulations to Ted Kruljac, the winner of the 2020 Debbie Klapp Award.  The award was presented to Ted at the All Staff meeting on January 21, 2020, by Dr. Li-Ming Su, Chair of the UF Department of Urology. Dr. Su acknowledged Ted's integral role within the College of Medicine, praised his work ethic, and recognized Ted as a model for collaboration and relationship building.
Debbie was a consummate professional who served the University of Florida and Advancement with skill and distinction for more than 20 years. A pharmacist by training, Debbie began her career with the College of Pharmacy, managing its alumni programs before transitioning to fundraising. Prior to the launch of the Florida Tomorrow Campaign, she moved to the Warrington College of Business Administration. Her work with WCBA laid the foundation for that college's successful fundraising effort. In addition to building its development team, Debbie played a primary role in cultivating and closing some of WCBA's largest Florida Tomorrow campaign commitments. 
Debbie lost her battle with cancer in 2007, but her professional and personal contributions to UF and Advancement endure.  Her colleagues created the Debbie Klapp Memorial Award to honor this impact. The award recognizes development professionals whose hard work demonstrates collaboration, mentorship, creativity in approach, and overall professional achievement.
Ted was selected as a recipient of the Debbie Klapp award because he closely mirrors those exceptional professional and personal characteristics that made her so loved and admired by her peers.

[FEB-07-20 10:52 AM  Anonymous] April:  Please make the following edits, and let me know if you have any questions.

Prospect Strategy & Research Lunch + Learns:  replace the first two sentences with “The next PSR Lunch + Learn will be held February 21, 2020, 12:00 noon in the 100 Building 2nd floor conference room. All Advancement employees are invited to bring lunch and learn about the Top 3 AP Reports every unit lead needs.”

Giving Day Activities: insert “February 20, “ between “Giving Day” and “2020.”

Top Ten Talks: replace the first sentence with “The latest presentation of UF Advancement’s Top Ten Talks UF is available for viewing here.” 
Hyperlink: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPvglTMiRjulf_fbMn33cesjUP_vCWJz6

Reminders/Deadlines (change the title to Upcoming Events):

Change the PSR Lunch + Learn date to February 21
Change the date line for the HAND quarterly meeting to read: February 24, 9:00AM – 11:00AM

Add the following:

March 16, 9:00AM
C.E. Session: The Story of MFOS 
EAH Classroom

March 20, 12:00PM
PSR Lunch + Learn: Prospects!
Wadsworth Conference Room

April 13, 9:00AM
C.E. Session: Grateful Patients
President’s Ballroom

April 17, 12:00PM
PSR Lunch + Learn: The 3 AP Reports Every DO Needs
Wadsworth Conference Room

April 30, 8:30AM
All Staff Meeting
President’s Ballroom


2020 Debbie Klapp:   1st paragraph: Remove extra space between the first and second sentences.
2nd paragraph, first sentence, insert “Klapp” after Debbie.

[FEB-10-20  1:45 PM  Anonymous] April:  These are the final revisions, and then we are approved to send it out.

Please add the location of the February 21 Lunch + Learn (100 Building, 2nd floor conference room) to the Upcoming Events section, and organize all the events in date order (move the March 12 Lunch + Learn before the March 16 CE session).