The Slatest News
So much happens here. The Slatest News collects all the activity happening in and around the Slate community. We’ll highlight updates that are happening, success stories from our clients, and more. Looking for something specific? Use the search bar below, and follow the RSS feed for regular updates.
What Are Our Partners Up To?
Curious what our Preferred Partners can do for you? We’ve rounded up some highlights from the past month, including podcasts from enrollmentFUEL, working sessions with HCRC and Post-Captain, and more!
Bigger and Better in Vegas
You asked, and we answered: Slate Summit is now even bigger and better with three full days of programming. Save the date to join us in Las Vegas, NV from June 25-27, 2025 for more sessions presented by members of the Slate Community, more opportunities to connect with our Preferred Partners, more affinity breakout groups, and new feature and functionality reveals to make you ooh and ahh.
From the Advancement Desk: Queries and Reports with Post-Captain
As part of our ongoing work to provide the tools you need in your Slate database, our Slate for Advancement team hosted a group from Slate Platinum Preferred Partner Post-Captain in early September for an all-day Build-a-thon. This follows previous successful builds in collaboration with Platinum Preferred Partners HCRC and BWF.
💻 FGI Slate-a-Minute: Overnight Rules for Inbox Assignments
In this episode of Slate-a-Minute with FGI Consultants, Allen Tang takes you through the use cases for building “nightly processing” rules for Slate Inbox assignments and offers advice to get started in your own database.
Case Study with BWF: Queens University of Charlotte, Advancement
When Queens University of Charlotte converted to Slate several years ago, a short implementation period coupled with staff turnover resulted in their new Advancement instance not being fully leveraged. The current team knew there was more they could do to utilize all the tools and features available to them, so they turned to Platinum Preferred Partner BWF…
📝 Introducing RHB Academy Virtual Courses
Level up your Slate game with new RHB Academy Virtual Courses from RHB, a division of Strata Information Group. From mastering configurable joins to learning to develop accurate and meaningful reports, these courses will help you unlock your Slate potential.
💻 FGI Slate-a-Minute: Group Bys in Subqueries
Join FGI Solutions’ Tristan Deveney to look at “Group Bys in Subqueries” within Slate.
🎙️ Accelerate Slate Podcast: Post-Slate Summit 2024
Technolutions’ own Cody Gray sits down with enrollmentFUEL’s Katie Jordan for episode 33, titled Post-Slate Summit: A Recap With Cody Gray to talk about Slate Summit 2024.
🎙️ ReWorkflow Podcast: Talking about Troubleshooting
Danielle Buczek of Brandeis and Jasmine Solomon of NYU discuss their presentation Solutions in Action: Real-World Troubleshooting Examples in this episode of the ReWorkflow podcast
Introducing Slate Bytes
We are excited to announce the launch of a new video series, Slate Bytes! These bite-sized educational videos are designed to help you get the most out of Slate. Subscribe to our channel on Youtube to stay up to date on the latest Slate Bytes.
From portals to print: How RHB created a coherent, functional and inspiring journey for prospective Auburn students
Learn about how RHB created a coherent, functional and inspiring journey for prospective Auburn students.
Slate Summit Updates
We have everything you need to put your knowledge from Slate Summit 2024 into practice! The 2024 Executive Summary is live and presentation slides are now available in Knowledge Base.
🎙️ Accelerate Slate Podcast: Enhancing Enrollment with Slate
Susanna Lehman sits down with Tori Simon, enrollmentFUEL's very own Associate Vice President of Campaign Strategies. Tori brings valuable insight on digital strategies schools can use to reach prospective students and how these can be tied back to Slate.
Slate Summit 2024 Recap
Slate Summit 2024 was an incredible gathering of Slate users from all over the country. The annual conference, which was held at Chicago’s Navy Pier, brought together a whopping 4500 Slate users. The event was a unique opportunity for participants to share their experiences, learn about new Slate features, and network with other higher education professionals.
🎙️ ReWorkflow Podcast: Road to Slate Summit ep. 6
ReWorkflow presents the final episode in their six-episode series called “Road to Slate Summit”, with the sixth episode dedicated to debriefing after Slate Summit.
💻 FGI Slate-a-Minute: Custom Data Tables on Record Dashboards
Explore FGI's 'Slate-A-Minute' quick video tutorial, which provides guidance on custom data tables on record dashboards.
How To Thrive at Summit
Google “conference tips” and you’ll find a million and one articles, blog posts, and even videos with tips, tricks, and survival guides for professional conferences of all stripes. Some are new and some are old, but they all give the same advice, which we’ve broken down below with helpful suggestions to not only survive Summit, but to thrive during your time at Chicago’s Navy Pier.
🎙️ Accelerate Slate Podcast: Slate Summit Evolution
Join Enrollment Fuel as they sit down with Cody Gray of Technolutions to talk about the evolution of the annual Slate Summit event in Part 2 of this Accelerate Slate interview series.
Nexus Marketing: Operation Upgrade
Join Benjamin Szabo, Senior Student Success Program Manager at Technolutions to discuss the role of tech in higher ed administration at the Nexus Marketing webinar Operation Upgrade: The Role of Tech in Higher Ed Administration on Wednesday, May 29 at 3PM EDT.
Summit Session Highlights
We are pleased to offer a new Show and Tell style session for Summit 2024. Each presenter selected has a maximum of 5 minutes to show off their Slate achievement. Check out some of the topics that will be covered in this dynamic showcase!