Visit: www.alumnirelationsconference.in Presentation on Role of Alumni in School. Presented at Alumni Relations Conference held at ISB, Mohali [India] on 29th March, 2014.

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Role of Alumni in School
Session Delivery: Ms. Jennifer Eliot,
Mr. Sahil Dewan

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Role of
Alumni
Know what
Alumni
want
Start
Challenges
for Schools
School
Ecosystem

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School
ParentsStudents
School
Ecosystem

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What happens when
students graduate?
School
Ecosystem
School
Ecosystem

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Activity
List down five key challenges faced by
schools ?
(not related to policy or enforced systems, but more related to school
operations, infrastructure, student development)
How can these be solved?
Challenges
for Schools

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Alumni: Mutually beneficial
relationship?
• Schools select
students for
admission
School invests
resources, time and
energy educating
students
Students
graduate; now
they are alumni

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Introducing Alumni in
the Ecosystem
• How does you school define an Alumni?
• What is your schools’ expectation from its
Alumni network?
• How does the School envision to serve the
Alumni network?
Role of
Alumni

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Revised Ecosystem
School
ParentsStudents
Alumni
Role of
Alumni

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Admits
Students
Alumni
Build a visible
culture of
Alumni
Involve &
Engage
Alumni-
Students
Track Alumni
before they
leave school
Alumni
Engageme
nt

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What do Alumni expect
from School
• Different things at different times – a young
graduate vs. a mature alum
• Don’t just ask me for a donation; let me help
• Keep in touch – and if I give you my contact
details, get my name and address correct
• Opportunities for connecting – social and
professional
• Opportunities to interact with current students
Know what
Alumni
want

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Start
• Put down draft vision & mission statements for
your school’s alumni network?
Know what
Alumni
want
What’s your alumni
office vision/mission?
Vision

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How can the School
Engage Alumni
• Define engagement models
• Use schools calendar to fit in alumni
engagement
• Communicate effectively how they should
serve the school (Creation of programs, and
timeline oriented event participation) – Annual
Day, Founder’s Day, New batch/session, Mid
Session, etc.
Start

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Start
Example

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The Relationship
Trajectory
Start
Connected
Happy
Proud
Inspired

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Revisiting
List down five key challenges faced by
schools (Discuss in Pairs)
(not related to policy or enforced systems, but more related to school
operations, infrastructure, student development)
How can these be solved? or What is
needed for solving these challenges?
Start