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    About the Episode

    The what's what...

    When we build a communications calendar for enrollment, we start with: what do we need to tell them? Usually, it’s a long list of facts and accolades about our institutions, and some steps for them to take. We send this information over and over again, hoping for the best. 

     

    Yet, how often do we stop and think: what emotions might be coming up for our students this time of year? What else is competing for their attention? What information is actually relevant to them right now?

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    In this power episode, join Zach and Dayana Kibilds, Strategy Director at Ologie, for a quick conversation about adding empathy to your comms plans — a preview of her incredible session at Element451’s Engage Summit this past June. 

     

    This Episode is Sponsored by our friends at Element451: 

    Element451 is an advanced student engagement CRM, providing higher ed institutions with a competitive admissions advantage from recruitment to enrollment through the use of AI, student behavior data, and modern marketing automation.

    Learn more about Element451

     

    About the Enrollify Podcast Network 

    The Enrollify Podcast is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you’ll like other Enrollify shows too!  

    Our podcast network is growing by the month and we’ve got a plethora of marketing, admissions, and higher ed technology shows that are jam-packed with stories, ideas, and frameworks all designed to empower you to be a better higher ed professional. 

    Our shows feature a selection of the industry’s best as your hosts. Learn from Jaime Hunt, Allison Turcio, Day Kibilds, Dustin Ramsdell, Terry Flannery, Jaime Gleason and many more. 

    Learn more about The Enrollify Podcast Network at podcasts.enrollify.org. Our shows help higher ed marketers and admissions professionals find their next big idea — come and find yours. 

    About the Podcast

    Zach Busekrus

    Host

    Zach Busekrus

    Zach is the Founder of Enrollify. He thoroughly enjoys building new brands, developing and executing content marketing strategies, and hosting podcasts. When he's not working on Enrollify, he enjoys discussing life's quandaries over coffee (or a good bourbon) with friends, building Sponstayneous (his travel brand side hustle), trying out new HIIT workouts, and adventuring across the globe with his wife!

    Day Kibilds

    Interviewee

    Day Kibilds

    Day is strategy director at Ologie, focusing primarily on enrollment marketing strategy for educational organizations. In her 12 years in the higher education sector, she’s led enrollment and digital innovation work at Penn State, Cornell, and Western University (Canada). She speaks regularly about enrollment marketing, email strategy, productivity, and stakeholder management at global conferences such as CASE, HighedWeb, Confab, PSE Web, and ContentEd. As a lifelong immigrant who has lived in 6 different countries, equity and diversity are really important to her. She sees content as a tool for equity, and part of her motivation to work in higher ed is to help marginalized students access the educational institutions they deserve to be a part of. Day recently wrote an in-depth article on accessible content in higher ed titled “Your content: The most ignored barrier to education.”

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