The document summarizes information presented at an Iowa Alumni Association orientation. It discusses the purpose of establishing a foundation to support fundraising goals. It outlines how community college graduates can become alumni and the roles alumni and regional coordinators play in supporting chapters. It also introduces the Alumni Advisory Council and highlights ways alumni can engage with their chapters through volunteerism and financial support. Finally, it discusses international engagement opportunities for alumni through annual conventions and social events.
7. To create a Board focused solely on fundraising
8. To attract individual donors & private foundations (i.e. Hites Foundation) The Foundation works with Regions and Associations interested in establishing endowments. Iowa Association Orientation
18. The Role of Regional Coordinators & Officers To help facilitate communication of the established goals of regional leadership to help align goals and action plans Regional Coordinators have the privilege of appointing/approving Association Advisors for Regional Associations. Iowa Association Orientation
19. Introducing the Alumni Advisory Council The AAC is a three-person council that serves as liaison between alumni and headquarters. Contact them at aac@ptk.org Laurel Rothenberger (VA), Pattie Van Atter, Chair (NJ), Ari Disraelly (CT) Iowa Association Orientation
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21. Sharing email tools for mass alumni contactIowa Association Orientation
1st Bullet – We need a large savings account to insure programs can continue way into the future2nd Bullet -- departments want to be able to focused on their particular projects, allowing the Foundation to fund projects like Scholarships, CVN, HI lectures, etc. 3rd Bullet – the Society Board focuses on the operational (implementation) side of the four Hallmarks, while Foundation Board focuses on increasing funds to support the Hallmarks, particularly Scholarships.4th Bullet - Educated donors (those who are familiar with trusts, endowments, bequests), relate to a Foundation as the entity that handle annual, major and planned gifts & and are familiar with the ways of giving.
Support can be done individually our through an Alumni Association. Joining Associations is encouraged but not required to be an active alumnus.Alumni are there to support and offer advise, not to establish the goals for a chapter or region. This denies the students the opportunity to develop “Competitive Edge” skills
Some regional leadership teams will have an established role to serve as a liaison between the association and regional teams. If this does not exist, it would be worth exploring.
AAC members are valuable resources with a combined experience of nearly 30 years
Discussion: Engaging them allows opportunities to give back at the International, Regional & Local levels. Provides networking opportunities for alumni and networking between current students and potential mentors.It would be a disservice to members to halt the Phi Theta Kappa experience as they continue their educations and careersHQ staff has resources to Associations as they engage alumni in their regions. Providing lists of names of potential alumni to engage in regional affairs: We can pull lists of names, email addresses, etc. for alumni who might be in a position to support the region. This can be for the entire region, alumni who have relocated TO the region, and even target a specific area to engage “local” alumni in an eventUsing email tools to communicate engagement opportunities to alumni: HQ is able to use our constant contact account to provide regions with ways to communicate with alumni (examples on next screen). Middle States created their own account (before HQ).
Examples of email sent
To be considered active, Associations must submit an annual report of members & officers to HQWe average about 4 new Associations chartered annually and have worked to reactivate Associations rather than retire them
To be considered active, Associations must submit an annual report of members & officers to HQWe average about 4 new Associations chartered annually and have worked to reactivate Associations rather than retire them
During Annual Convention, Alumni donate time to help raise money for scholarships. They also help with Educational Forums (presenting and helping presenters), and will have expanded duties in Orlando.Using a Zip Code search for our strongest supporters we’ve identified locations for Socials. Website used for this search is http://www.batchgeocode.com/. Alumni in NYC & DC are working to have a monthly networking happy hour eventAlumni are kept informed through Facebook, bimonthly eNewsletter, Association update emails, and targeted emails (including invitations & birthday messages) using Constant Contact (should this be a slide?)