Commencement Confidence Audit

A 4-week readiness and risk assessment designed to surface data gaps, system risks, and operational blind spots before they derail your season.

✨ The fastest way for leadership to gain clarity, confidence, and control before ceremony season begins.

Why This Matters

Commencement is the most visible moment in your academic calendar. One misspelled name, one mismatched data file, or one vendor misstep is remembered forever.

But most institutions rely on fragile processes, over-stretched staff, and institutional memory that can walk out the door mid-year.

The Commencement Confidence Audit removes the guesswork. In just four weeks, it equips leadership with an unvarnished view of risks, a prioritized action plan, and the insights needed to avoid costly missteps, reduce last-minute scrambling, and reclaim hours of staff time otherwise lost to reinvention.

What You Get

✅ Commencement Readiness Scorecard (6 dimensions: people, process, data, tech, finance, guest experience)

✅ Risk & Opportunity Map highlighting vulnerabilities and gaps

✅ Quick Win Roadmap with 3 to 5 high-impact, low-effort actions

✅ Executive Briefing Report for leadership and board-ready sharing

✅ 60-minute Strategy Debrief with key stakeholders

Timeline

4 weeks

Client Time Investment

About 1–2 hours per week for interviews, check-ins, and feedback.

The 4-Step Process

1️⃣ Week 1: Discovery

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

📍 90-min kickoff with leadership
👥 Stakeholder interviews (up to 5 team members)
📄 Review of current data, systems, and timelines

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

🔍 Identify bottlenecks, misalignments, and risks
💡 Deliver 3–5 quick-win actions with highest ROI
📥 Provide tools and templates to jumpstart execution

2️⃣ Week 2: Assessment

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

🎯 Evaluate six dimensions:

       👥 People
      ⚙️ Process & Systems
      📊 Data
      💻 Technology
      💰 Finance & Budget
      🎓 Graduate & Guest Experience

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

📊 Strategy report & priorities
📥 Tools and templates to support execution
👔 60-min leadership session with clear next steps

Why Me

I bring a dual vantage point no one else offers:

Inside the institution: Managing cross-departmental timelines, budgets, and executive expectations.
From the vendor side: Orchestrating technology, staging, and data integration across 600+ institutions.

This perspective allows me to spot risks others miss, cut through the noise, and give your team confidence in the most high-pressure moment of the year.

What Happens Next

The Confidence Audit can stand alone, or roll directly into the Confidence Elevate System (90-day systemization sprint) or the Commencement Lifecycle Engagement (full-cycle partnership).

No effort is wasted. Every engagement starts here.

Schedule Your Audit

Commencement Confidence Audit

What You Get

The 4-Step Process

1️⃣ Week 1: Discovery

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

3️⃣ Week 3: Gaps & Quick Wins

2️⃣ Week 2: Assessment

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

4️⃣ Week 4: Executive Debrief

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