Community Office Hours are open, facilitated conversations for higher education and cross-sector leaders navigating real-time challenges, decisions, and opportunities.

These sessions provide space for shared sense making, peer exchange, and practical reflection grounded in institutional realities and cross-sector perspectives.

What Community Office Hours Are

Community Office Hours are designed to:

• Create space for leaders to bring live questions and challenges
• Surface patterns across institutions, roles, and sectors
• Sense-check ideas before committing resources
• Learn from peers navigating similar constraints and conditions

Office Hours are intentionally conversational and lightly facilitated.

There are no slides, no formal presentations, and no sales pitches.

What to Expect

• 60-minute virtual sessions
• Limited participation to preserve quality and dialogue
• A mix of open agendas shaped by participant questions and needs and themed conversation's
• Practical takeaways informed by real institutional experience

Sessions are facilitated by the Ollin EDU team

Who Should Attend

Community Office Hours are most valuable for:

• University leaders and administrators
• Enrollment, student success, workforce, and innovation leaders
• Nonprofit, foundation, and public-sector partners working with higher education
• Cross-sector collaborators navigating shared initiatives

You do not need a fully formed plan to participate. Questions, tensions, and early-stage ideas are welcome.

Relationship to Other Engagement Pathways

Community Office Hours are one of several ways to engage with Ollin EDU.

They are best suited for:

• Exploration and peer learning
• Early sense making
• Cross-institutional perspective

Office Hours are not a substitute for:

• Private decision-making support
• Confidential institutional strategy discussions
• Formal consulting or project work

Leaders seeking focused, confidential support may explore Executive Advisory Sessions or RFP submission.

Access & Participation

Community Office Hours are open to members of the Ollin EDU Community.

Membership is free and moderated to preserve relevance, quality, and trust. Once approved, members receive access to upcoming Office Hours and related resources through their member profile page.

Upcoming Office Hours

Office Hours are offered periodically throughout the year.

Dates, themes (when applicable), and registration links are shared with community members in advance.

Other Ways to Engaged

Executive Advisory SessionsRFP Submission & Engagement RequestInsights, Field Notes and Thought Leadership

Join the Community - Apply Now

Community membership is free and designed to support thoughtful participation, shared learning, and long-term relationship building across the field.

Community Application

First name*

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Title*

Organization*

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University / College

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Non-Profit

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Foundation

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Federal Government

State or Local Government

K-12 Youth-Serving Organization

Other / Hybrid

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What prompted you to explore the Ollin EDU community today?*

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Access & Scholarship Interest *

Ollin EDU occasionally shares limited, subsidized, or scholarship-supported opportunities for community members. These may include 1:1 executive advisory sessions, learning experiences, or events that typically carry a cost. Please indicate any options you’d like us to keep you in mind for. All opportunities are limited and context-dependent. Selecting an option does not create an obligation, guarantee access, or initiate solicitation.

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Reduced-rate or sliding-scale Executive Advisory Sessions (for those in resource-constrained institutional or nonprofit contexts)

Full scholarship Executive Advisory Sessions (very limited; availability varies by cycle and funding)

Subsidized or scholarship-supported access to convenings workshops or events (including webinars in-person gatherings or partner-hosted programs that may otherwise carry a cost)

Partner-supported or invitation-only opportunities we may be able to share on a case-by-case basis

I am interested in supporting or expanding access and scholarship opportunities (for individuals or organizations exploring underwriting sponsorship or partnership to broaden access)

I’m not seeking access support at this time

Opportunities, Areas of Interest & Potential Collaboration*

Ollin EDU works with leaders, institutions, and partners across strategy, program design, and capacity-building efforts. To help us understand where support, collaboration, or future opportunities may be most relevant, please indicate any areas of interest below. This does not indicate commitment or obligation.

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Cross-Sector Partnerships & Collaboration

Program or initiative design support

Operational Readiness Risk & Compliance

Non-Degree Lifelong Learning & University College Programs

Special Programs: International Education & Travel

Special Programs: Youth & Pre-college

Special Programs: Executive Education

Seasonal & Summer Initiatives

Workforce-Aligned & Employer-Connected Programs

Fractional Leadership or Time-Bound Project Leadership

Executive Advisory & Strategic Sensemaking

Enrollment Managment-Marketing-Outreach (training-advsiing-consulting)

AI Literacy & Institutional Readiness (training-advsiing-consulting)

Funding scholarships and or subsidizing campus-based initiatives

In-kind support of space-services-resources for campus-based initiatives

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