# Guides

### Download free ebooks, guides, templates & toolkits for practical advice on engaging your community of supporters.

## All guides

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**Fixing the Broken Student Experience**  
Guide  
May, 29 2026  
  
**Optimizing Former Athlete Data for Engagement Success: A Systematic Approach to Cleaning, Maintaining, and Leveraging Former Athlete Data**  
Guide  
May, 6 2026  
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**Why Alumni Engagement Breaks (and How Leading Institutions Fix It)**  
Guide  
April, 10 2026  
  
**The Tech Stack & Data Readiness Audit Checklist**  
Guide  
March, 2 2026  
  
**Donor Insights: What Giving Tuesday Revealed About the Future of Fundraising**  
Guide  
February, 26 2026  
  
**The 2025 State of Advancement Report**  
Guide  
October, 2 2025  
  
**From blank page to connection: Alumni engagement with AI**  
Guide  
September, 16 2025  
  
**The future-ready Financial Aid Office**  
Guide  
September, 2 2025  
  
**Higher Ed CIO Trends Report**  
Guide  
July, 28 2025  
  
**AI adoption for institutional success**  
Guide  
July, 2 2025  
  
**Raise student user handbook**  
Guide  
June, 17 2025  
  
**The Ultimate Donor Acquisition Playbook**  
Guide  
April, 29 2025