2021 Business Management Institute
"The Virtual Campus Experience"
August 3–5, 2021

2021 BMI - "The Virtual Campus Experience" is awaiting you!

Register has closed! Thank you to everyone who will be joining us this year!

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This multi-day event, August 3–5, is designed for today’s and tomorrow’s higher education business leaders. It offers four tracks of programming for multiple career levels. Track 1 is designed for developing early-stage professionals and those new to higher education business and administration. Content for Tracks 2, 3 & 4 progresses to address the professional development needs of increasingly experienced, decision-making professionals. There are two general sessions for all attendees.

• Tracks 1 is designed for high-potential individuals in the earlier stages of their career. The curriculum includes skills-based courses in accounting for accountants and non-accountants, presenting financial information, strategies for managing your higher-education career, employer documentation, professional presence, understanding analytics, and more. Plus, there are two afternoons with a variety of elective courses.
• Track 2 continues with skills-based curriculum, such as budgeting, navigating audits and risk management and includes human-resource content on understanding and working with others, team building, setting expectations, and communications. Track 2 also participates in two afternoons of elective courses.
• Track 3 is highly interactive with a focus on small group case study discussions for a significant portion of the classroom time. Regular course time includes content on leadership, managing change, organizational culture, cyber security and campus legal issues.
• Track 4 has a variety of management topics such as metrics and data visualization, leadership and legal issues, with a focus on strategic planning. Topics in this two-day, workshop-type focus on strategic planning include SWOT, strategy mapping, process improvement, action planning and leading change through planning. In Track 4, participants are highly engaged in practicing the science and skills of planning.

BMI is a proven, signature professional development experience, now entering its 65th year.  BMI has always received high approval ratings from attendees, we are happy to report the first virtual BMI in 2020 was no exception.

Following the 2020 BMI Virtual Campus Experience, 93% of participants Strongly Agreed with the statement: “I would take another class if offered by WACUBO through a platform similar to BMI.”   

Registration

Introducing the Colleague Discount! Institutions may send unlimited staff pairs. After 64 years of BMI, we know that many of our institutions send multiple participants to BMI. We are offering Institutions a paired registration discount with a secondary discount offered to the second registration of each pair. There is no limitation on the number of paired registration each Institution can send. 

Register is now closed for the 2021 Business Management Institute.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellations received on or before Friday, July 2, 2021, will receive a refund, less a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be given after July 2, 2021. Substitutions are allowed at any time.

Nonpayment Policy:

I understand that full payment of conference registration fees is required before the start of the conference. If full payment has not been remitted on or before Friday, July 16, 2021 the meeting details will not be sent to the registered attendee(s). Once payment has been received, meeting details will be released, but this may not be in time to complete any necessary pre-work prior to the first session. If you have any questions, please contact the office at [email protected] or by phone at (206) 209-5267.

Technical Failure Policy:

I understand that if there is a technical failure at the registrant's home or workplace that prevents access to the live event, the registrant is not eligible for a refund. It is the responsibility of the registrant to confirm system requirements and test their computers prior to the start of the event. If a technical failure is the fault of the service provider and the session is not able to be broadcast as planned after two hours, WACUBO reserves the right to reschedule the session. If the registrant cannot attend the rescheduled session live, they will be provided with the recording after the session's conclusion, or they may request a prorated refund.

Recording Acknowledgement:

I understand that each virtual session may be recorded, including chat transcripts. Video recorded during the event will be provided to all registrants, and may be used for promotional purposes, advertising, and other print and online materials at the sole discretion of WACUBO. All registered attendees must consent to this if they plan to attend the live sessions. If they do not wish to be recorded for the above-stated purposes, they may view the recording, which will be provided within three weeks after the conclusion of the conference.

Code of Conduct: 

I understand that each virtual session may be recorded, including chat transcripts. Video recorded during the event will be provided to all registrants, and may be used for promotional purposes, advertising, and other print and online materials at the sole discretion of WACUBO. All registered attendees must consent to this if they plan to attend the live sessions. If they do not wish to be recorded for the above-stated purposes, they may view the recording, which will be provided within three weeks after the conclusion of the conference.

Scholarship Opportunities

WACUBO offers professional development scholarships to employees of WACUBO member institutions. These scholarships will go toward all or a portion of the registration fees of an annual conference, professional development workshop, or other WACUBO sponsored professional development programs.

If you intend to apply for scholarship funds, please secure your space at BMI by registering before you are notified of your award if your application is approved. You can do so by selecting Invoice Me as your payment option. If you are not awarded a scholarship and choose not to attend the workshop, you will be able to cancel without penalty with notification sent to the WACUBO Office on or before July 2, 2021.

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