Dartmouth Campaign Leadership Retreat

On September 24 & 25, 2020, Empire produced a two-day virtual leadership retreat for Dartmouth College’s Call to Lead Campaign. The series of virtual plenary discussions, workshops and activities were designed to educate and motivate Dartmouth’s most active Campaign volunteers at a challenging time for philanthropy. The event was hosted by Dartmouth’s Call to Lead Campaign Executive Committee and was intended to sharpen focus in the Call to Lead campaign’s 7th year, as well as facilitate the move to digital engagement for the majority of the year ahead. Dartmouth College President Phillip J. Hanlon and Laurel Richie, Chair of Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees met with key members of the College’s leadership, board of trustees, and volunteers, who were invited to actively participate in smaller customized workshop sessions across areas of the virtual event platform. Empire created a fully custom, visually rich virtual event center, modeled on Dartmouth Hall. It incorporated a variety of virtual tools including a speaker directory, attendee profile pages, and a “Leadership Library” filled with resources that allowed Dartmouth College to plan, promote and execute the Leadership Retreat as a launch pad for future virtual events. The virtual event platform, Virtual Dartmouth Hall, will serve as a facility for Dartmouth Advancement to conduct engagement events for a multitude of purposes on one easily-accessible online platform.