We believe that everything we do as Advancement professionals can be reduced to a series of essential, irreducible, yet interrelated Elements.
We’ve organized these Elements into The Periodic Table of Advancement™.
We are already using it to spot gaps, see patterns, and make connections between different aspects of our work.
Working in collaboration with Advancement professionals around the world, we want to find creative ways for people to dig into and explore each element, as well as gain access to a range of resources.
We also want to think about how Elements can be combined in new and innovative ways.
Since we first published The Periodic Table of Advancement™, we've noticed that colleagues have used it in different ways. Some have printed it out and put it on their wall as a talking aid with colleagues. Some have used it to perform a team audit or identify priority areas for future growth. Some have looked for new connections between elements and started to do some Advancement alchemy.
So we've taken some of these activities pathways, coupled with what we ourselves were learning, and literally put them in a box for our professional colleagues to explore in their schools.
Inside the box are a series of suggested games.