Episode 47—Parent Comms in Slate: A Chat with Dave Becker
Parents are the top influencers for incoming first-year students, yet many schools struggle to communicate with them consistently and effectively. In this episode of Accelerate Slate, Susanna talks with Dave Becker, CEO and Co‑Founder of CampusESP, about what inspired the platform and how it supports parent engagement. They explore what parents expect from message frequency to topics that matter, along with common pitfalls to avoid. They also break down how CampusESP integrates with Slate!
Whether you use CampusESP or not, this conversation is a helpful reminder of the critical role parents play and an opportunity to reflect on the content and cadence of your own parent communications. To further pique your interest, consider taking CampusESP’s Prospective Family Survey at https://www.campusesp.com/2025-prospective-family-survey .
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Episode 46—The Daily Visit in Slate: A Chat with Ryan Motevalli-Oliner
Susanna is back with a new episode of Accelerate Slate in which she chats with Ryan Motevalli-Oliner from Kenyon College. While Kenyon’s new Advancement Instance is an insightful addition, the topic Ryan presented on at Summit and the Ohio Slate User Group Conference—the Daily Visit—brings the most exciting discussion. Ryan shares how he’s simplified getting students to classes, connected them for an interview, tracked tour guides, and managed all his visit communications. We hope you’ll find new efficiencies that can make your team’s life a little easier and, exclusively for this episode, we’ve provided a suitcase code below to help you get started!
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Episode 45—Working with Slate Workflows: A Chat with Claire Hirte
We’re back with another episode of your favorite Slate podcast and our host Susanna Lehman had the pleasure of chatting with enrollmentFUEL’s own Senior Director of Slate Partnerships, Claire Hirte. An avid advocate of all things Slate, Claire gives us the scoop on workflows and all their bells and whistles that make your CRM a well-oiled machine through general structure, rules, permissions, bin movement, and reader forms. Don’t miss this insightful installment!
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Episode 44—Slate for Student Success: A Chat with Ken Higgins
Joining our host Susanna on this episode of your favorite higher ed CRM podcast is Technolutions’ very own Ken Higgins, General Manager of Student Success and Strategic Partnerships. Ken takes us on a journey into his realm of using Slate for student success and all the best practices and challenges that come with it. Tune in for insights and even some deets on some new features for enrollment. Happy listening!
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Episode 43—Journey Into Slate: A Chat with Janelle Dietrich
In this episode of Accelerate Slate, host Susanna is joined by Janelle Dietrich, one of enrollmentFUEL’s talented Slate Project Managers, whose journey into Slate began—believe it or not—completely by accident.
What started as a few curious clicks from another department turned into a deep dive into admissions, data, and process improvement. Janelle shares how her natural curiosity led her to uncover inefficiencies, propose smarter solutions, and earn the trust of her team to implement real change.
Whether you’re a campus leader looking to cultivate untapped talent or someone eager to grow your Slate skills, this episode offers inspiration, practical insight, and a reminder that some of the best journeys begin with a little curiosity.
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Episode 42—Shifting to Slate: A Chat with Erin Jensen
On this insightful episode of your favorite higher ed CRM podcast, host Susanna Lehman welcomes Erin Jensen, the president elect of the Pacific Northwest Association for College Admission Counseling. Coming from one of the first organizations to use Slate as its CRM, Erin shares details of the transition including the “why,” the “how,” the challenges, and the solutions and learning experiences derived from them. If you’re hoping to hear firsthand experience on Slate implementation and using it in a non-traditional way, listen in!
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Episode 41—Slate.org: A Chat with Sarah & Ian
In this episode of Accelerate Slate, gear up to learn more about Slate.org from guests Sarah Kotlinski of Gettysburg College and Ian Harkness of Malvern Prep. Discover what Slate.org is and how it can be used to share important information for colleges and high schools. Hear about the unique approach Gettysburg took to implement their counselor portal and the challenges and discoveries as they went through this process. Prepare to be inspired to lean into using Slate.org and think about how you can create a more robust experience for high school counselors!
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Episode 40—The Slate Community: A Chat with Christopher Kwan
This time on Accelerate Slate, an enrollmentFUEL podcast, Susanna Lehman is joined by Christopher Kwan of Technolutions. They dive into how Christopher first started working in Slate, learn more about the Slate community model, and find out about his favorite and least favorite questions to answer. Listen in to discover more about some creative ways to use Slate and chats about Summit 2025. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Episode 39—Slate Optimization: Auditing Your Instance
Susanna Lehman and Katie Jordan are back to cover a popular topic in the Slate world—auditing your instance! Lots of institutions may recognize that they need a Slate CRM audit, but what does it actually consist of? Listen in to hear how enrollmentFUEL approaches taking your use of this powerful tool to the next level using a deconstructed model, common occurrences seen in audits and how to solve them, and best-practice methods for fine-tuning your instance to keep it running smoothly.
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Episode 38—StriveScan & Slate: A Chat with Dan Saavedra
Listen in as Katie Jordan chats with Dan Saavedra of StriveScan, a system designed for student registration for college fairs. Dan shares how robust your reporting can grow with this valuable tool and Katie chimes in to link its benefit to Slate and how your institution could integrate the data for its tracking and outreach. From best practices for implementation to talks about how to drive more traffic to your table at a fair, this episode promises deep insight into software designed to help your school succeed.
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