Join us for our pre-Summit RHB Academy in
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Join us in Chicago for our annual pre-Summit Slate training event!
RHB Academy offers attendees a deep dive into timely and relevant topics tailored to varying roles and levels of Slate expertise. You will leave this half-day experience with actionable strategies and tactics to leverage your Slate database as a tool to meet institutional goals.
Your RHB Academy experience includes:
- A choice of three out of nine hands-on courses led by RHB Slate and industry experts
- Dedicated track of courses that focus on configurable joins training
- Interactive learning activities that you can bring back to your institution via a Clean Slate environment
- Time devoted to connecting with fellow attendees and the RHB team
"RHB Academy was a solid day of hands-on learning, support and important insights from a team of Slate subject matter experts. I walked out feeling more confident about how I use Slate and was excited to implement new strategies." Kate McNally, John Hopkins Carey Business School
Courses
From building foundational portal skills to mastering configurable joins, at RHB Academy you’ll gain the Slate knowledge necessary for maximizing your instance.
Expand each course to learn more about the topics, key takeaways and intended audiences.
Description
Learn the foundations of using configurable joins in Slate. We'll take you on a journey through joins—starting at the base. Attendees will learn more about the data tables in Slate and best practices for navigating one-to-many relationships through subqueries. We'll also explore the power behind subquery filters and exports for outputting and filtering data.
Target Audience
This course is appropriate for Slate users who have limited to moderate experience with querying using Configurable Joins and would like to learn more about best practices for pulling data in Slate.
Description
Get ready to manage your application programs strategically. This course will demonstrate how to create a dataset of application programs to store essential data—application deadlines, program contacts, application requirements and more. We’ll explore how to connect a dataset record to your Slate application and use dataset information to share deadlines and related information with your applicants.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Slate users who are responsible for managing and processing applications. It is appropriate for users who have a foundational knowledge of fields, prompts, forms and conditional logic.
Description
This course will introduce the fundamental skills needed to create and manage portals in Slate. Attendees will learn the relationship between a portal query, method, and view, and how these change with the scope of the portal. We’ll also develop ready-to-use portal components to make the creation, customization and personalization of portals fast and easy for your users across numerous use cases.
Target Audience
This course is appropriate for Slate users who have limited to moderate experience with Slate portals and would like to learn more about portal configuration and content elements.
Description
Deconstruct a funnel report with us! In this course we'll highlight configurable joins concepts you need to create efficient and accurate reports in Slate. We'll discuss the benefits of Configurable joins over traditional query base reporting, and demonstrate how to use features like subqueries and query libraries to your best advantage.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Slate users with a basic knowledge of Configurable Joins who frequently build queries and would like to gain more experience with reports. Attendees should be familiar with the reports tool and have moderate experience building queries in Slate, using either local bases or configurable joins.
Description
Make every campus visitor feel special. We’ll explore how to configure daily campus visits with related events to empower visitors to personalize their on-campus experience. Learn how to communicate all details of a record’s visit to the invested parties and share schedules with your visitors. Attendees will learn how to develop a visit portal that allows records to login, view and manage their upcoming visit.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Slate users who manage or assist with campus events and/or communications. Attendees should have familiarity with creating and editing events or forms, and have an interest in the use of portals.
Description
Learn how to optimize your data in Slate. Datasets and entities unlock the true potential of Slate’s relational database. This course will dive into their configurations, highlight common and accessible use cases (e.g., program datasets, courses and scholarships) as well as the differences between the two data types. We’ll discuss guidelines for maintaining datasets and entities and how to leverage them to create smart automations in your database.
Target Audience
This course is intended for users who are responsible for managing data in Slate. Attendees should be comfortable updating records and creating fields, prompts and forms.
Description
Leverage configurable joins to level up your communications! This course will share how to pair subquery outputs with content blocks and liquid markup to dynamically share data and personalize messages to your records. We’ll explore how to use configurable joins to create robust filters and target your records in more meaningful and flexible ways.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Slate users who work with marketing and communications, send mailings using Deliver and post content to portals. Users should have a basic understanding of Deliver and Query.
Description
Automation is powerful in Slate, but don't set and forget. Your rules need a checkup! During this session, RHB will share insights gained from Slate diagnostics that may help inform automation and rule hygiene in your database. Learn how to assess rule performance and troubleshoot inefficient and inaccurate rules. We’ll also discuss the dos and don't of rule construction and demonstrate how to transition rules on legacy query bases to configurable joins.
Target Audience
This course is intended for Slate users who are responsible for the creation and management of rules. It's appropriate for users who want to learn more about rule best practices and how to assess rule performance. Attendees should have moderate experience with configurable joins.
Description
Discover advanced tactics and techniques for constructing portals in Slate. This course will expand on foundational skills and introduce the technical concepts needed for full customization of a Slate portal. Attendees will learn how to design additional views such as pop-ups, manipulate data displays using liquid markup and liquid looping and complete redirects. Use cases will be provided for technical concepts with discussions of best practices.
Target Audience
This course is appropriate for Slate users who have experience with configuring Slate portals and are looking to advance their portal design skills.
Schedule
8:00 - 9:15 AM
Session Block I
Session Block I
Configurable Joins: Bases, Joins and Subqueries Course Full
Application Program Management: Deadlines and Datasets Course Full
Getting Started with Portal Components Course Full
9:15 - 9:30 AM
RHBREAK
Connect with members of the RHB team and attendees during this time of informal conversation.
9:30 - 10:45 AM
Session Block II
Session Block II
Roadmap to Reporting with Configurable Joins Course Full
Creating a Coherent Campus Visit Experience Course Full
Demystifying Datasets and Entities Course Full
10:45 - 11:00 AM
RHBREAK
Connect with members of the RHB team and attendees during this time of informal conversation.
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Session Block III
Session Block III
Creating Dynamic Communications with Configurable Joins Course Full
Automation Troubleshooting and Rule Hygiene Course Full
Next Level Portal Configurations Course Full
12:15 PM
Event Conclusion
Frequently Asked Questions
Cost
Registration is $450 per person and includes three in-person sessions led by RHB Slate experts.
Who Should Attend
All Slate users regardless of role or level of expertise are welcome and you do not need to be an RHB client to attend. There are plenty of course options tailored toward operations, admissions, marketing and recruitment staff looking to build their Slate skills.
Location
All sessions will be held at The Gwen. Located in Chicago’s premier commercial district, The Gwen is near top attractions and landmarks, including the Navy Pier (site of the 2024 Slate Innovation Summit), House of Blues Chicago, Tribune Tower and the Chicago Riverwalk.
What to Bring
Please bring a laptop computer; we recommend that you also bring a charging cord and any tools you prefer to use for taking notes. RHB will provide attendees with further instructions on how to provision and configure a Clean Slate environment prior to the event.
Food
A continental breakfast will be available prior to the first session. Refreshments and snacks will be provided during breaks.
Cancellation Policy
Registrants who cancel by May 31, 2024 will have the option of receiving a full refund of the $450 registration fee or transferring registration to another member of their institution. For cancellations after May 31, RHB will transfer registration to another member of the institution upon request.