How to Build a Thriving Alumni Community: From Principles to Practice NationBuilder
This webinar organized by NationBuilder's Higher Ed team equips alumni relations professionals and club leaders with 5 best practices for transforming stagnant alumni groups into thriving communities. See the video here: https://vimeo.com/122462071
Learn more by emailing David at dhsu@nationbuilder.com or speak to us at 213.394.4623.
Strategic Trends In Alumni Engagement Case Summit09Susan Anderson
Alumni are a powerful influence on our institutions. Are we engaging them strategically? This session will address new directions in alumni engagement and shifts away from traditional membership models. The session will examine a nationally-normed alumni attitude survey: What do alumni want most from their relationship with your institution? Are you listening to them, and do they know it? You can’t engage them if you don’t know what they are thinking. Review new technologies to engage alumni and how to use them to effectively engage your alumni. Are you sending the right things? Too many emails? Learn more about the most effective tools for communicating with alumni of any age group. Even your grandmother Twitters!
Strategic Student & Young Alumni EngagementJoseph Volin
This presentation addresses the process that Lewis University took to develop an engagement plan for student and young alumni programs sponsored by the alumni association.
How to Build a Thriving Alumni Community: From Principles to Practice NationBuilder
This webinar organized by NationBuilder's Higher Ed team equips alumni relations professionals and club leaders with 5 best practices for transforming stagnant alumni groups into thriving communities. See the video here: https://vimeo.com/122462071
Learn more by emailing David at dhsu@nationbuilder.com or speak to us at 213.394.4623.
Strategic Trends In Alumni Engagement Case Summit09Susan Anderson
Alumni are a powerful influence on our institutions. Are we engaging them strategically? This session will address new directions in alumni engagement and shifts away from traditional membership models. The session will examine a nationally-normed alumni attitude survey: What do alumni want most from their relationship with your institution? Are you listening to them, and do they know it? You can’t engage them if you don’t know what they are thinking. Review new technologies to engage alumni and how to use them to effectively engage your alumni. Are you sending the right things? Too many emails? Learn more about the most effective tools for communicating with alumni of any age group. Even your grandmother Twitters!
Strategic Student & Young Alumni EngagementJoseph Volin
This presentation addresses the process that Lewis University took to develop an engagement plan for student and young alumni programs sponsored by the alumni association.
The college application process can be overwhelming for high school juniors and seniors, as well as their families. This seminar provides a detailed overview of the entire process, including current trends in admissions, how to build a college list, the various components of the college application, and basics about financial aid.
University Recruiting Essentials: How to Make Your Brand Memorable with On-Ca...AfterCollege
In this presentation you will learn how to implement best practices in creating an on-campus event. Decide on which on-campus events should be part of your university recruiting strategy and discover how to attract the students you want to attend your on-campus events.
Visit the AfterCollege Employer Blog for more information on University Recruiting
- http://employer.aftercollege.com
Also sign up for the AfterCollege Free Webinar Series: University Recruiting Essentials
- http://employer.aftercollege.com/webinars/
Overview of the Bonner Foundation and Network's strategy for campus-wide engagement. Our goal is to build fully engaged campuses that support students, staff, and faculty to help contribute to more equitable communities. Prepared for the 2022 Bonner New Directors Meeting.
C.Ed. Overseas Education Consultants is an education consultancy assisting students who wish to study abroad. We are the official representatives of several foreign universities in India and are registered with British Council Division (British High Commission) and most of our counsellors have been trained by them to promote education in their countries.
Tracking and Scoring Engagement for More Effective DevelopmentPaul Ramsbottom
Strategic University Advancement Conference - Sydney 14-15 August 2013
- An introduction to scoring models and management of engagement with various stakeholders
- Doing more with less: Utilising data to identify opportunities to target your resources effectively
Paul Ramsbottom, Managing Director, ASI Asia-Pacific
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The college application process can be overwhelming for high school juniors and seniors, as well as their families. This seminar provides a detailed overview of the entire process, including current trends in admissions, how to build a college list, the various components of the college application, and basics about financial aid.
University Recruiting Essentials: How to Make Your Brand Memorable with On-Ca...AfterCollege
In this presentation you will learn how to implement best practices in creating an on-campus event. Decide on which on-campus events should be part of your university recruiting strategy and discover how to attract the students you want to attend your on-campus events.
Visit the AfterCollege Employer Blog for more information on University Recruiting
- http://employer.aftercollege.com
Also sign up for the AfterCollege Free Webinar Series: University Recruiting Essentials
- http://employer.aftercollege.com/webinars/
Overview of the Bonner Foundation and Network's strategy for campus-wide engagement. Our goal is to build fully engaged campuses that support students, staff, and faculty to help contribute to more equitable communities. Prepared for the 2022 Bonner New Directors Meeting.
C.Ed. Overseas Education Consultants is an education consultancy assisting students who wish to study abroad. We are the official representatives of several foreign universities in India and are registered with British Council Division (British High Commission) and most of our counsellors have been trained by them to promote education in their countries.
Tracking and Scoring Engagement for More Effective DevelopmentPaul Ramsbottom
Strategic University Advancement Conference - Sydney 14-15 August 2013
- An introduction to scoring models and management of engagement with various stakeholders
- Doing more with less: Utilising data to identify opportunities to target your resources effectively
Paul Ramsbottom, Managing Director, ASI Asia-Pacific
Sources noted
Walk through on the volunteer lifecycle, program building process, volunteer opportunity examples, and challenges you may face when you create an alumni volunteer program.
How to Write a Content Marketing Plan Step-by-StepBuffer
A complete guide to building a comprehensive content strategy. Full post at http://blog.bufferapp.com/content-marketing-strategy (and a free template!)
This session will look at metrics to track and how to get those numbers out of the data collected in past years. Time will be spent covering the types of data organizations should be capturing and how to find trends that will help in next year's messaging and communication's calendar.
Speed Dating the Data Geeks: What you need to know about Nonprofit Analytic T...hjc
Speakers: Richard Becker, Blackbaud, John Blackwell, INtegral, Joe Churpek, Analytical Ones, John Ernst, Integral, Julie Wilson, Integral
With more nonprofits investing in advanced measurement technologies and analytics to drive their multi-channel fundraising programs, the need to understand what to measure, what to model and what to expect from an analytic partner is greater than ever. Join leaders from some of the nonprofit industry’s top analytic consulting firms for a candid panel discussion on how programs at every maturity level should approach analytics.
An NVPC working document to share the vision and strategy of developing a giving ecosystem in Singapore. We believe we need to re-think how we learn, define issues and solutions, and collaborate for greater impact.
Accelerate Your Acquisition: How to Rise Above the Noise and Activate the Don...Pursuant
As a fundraiser, you know the answer to the question, “Do we have enough donors?” is always the same thing: No.
We live in a world that is noisier than ever. The average person sees more than 3,000 ads per day. The cost of getting someone’s attention has never been higher.
Added to the competition for minds and dollars is the reality that average donor attrition hovers at 55%.
How can you beat the numbers and implement a strategy that will not only attract supporters to your cause, but keep them coming back year after year?
The demand for measurable fundraising success in the nonprofit world points to a need for research-based fundraising models that can help development directors choose the right practices based on their nonprofit’s circumstances. In this study, five popular fundraising practices -- conditional ask-strings, giving clubs, matching campaigns, sustainer programs, and second-gift asks -- are examined using organizational revenue as the continuous, dependent variable. The study sets out to determine if there is a difference in organizational revenue based on the extent to which nonprofits use these practices. Organizations that employed strategic use of the five individual giving fundraising practices outperformed their less strategic counterparts and experienced higher revenue. These findings contribute to a better understanding of what leads some organizations to outperform others and achieve financial stability. In addition to informing management decisions surrounding fundraising practices, this investigation highlights the potential of a modeling framework for predicting success to explain why some organizations succeed in fundraising more than others and which practices fit conditions found in advocacy organization.
Higher Logic, the leading cloud-based community platform, hosted the second 2015 Higher Logic Learning Series session called: Prove Value with Analytics, Benchmarking and Engagement Reporting on Tuesday, June 30.
Higher Logic's President and Chief Customer Officer, Andy Steggles, discussed the results from the 2015 Community Benchmarking Report
Highlights included the:
- 50+ engagement metrics you can use to find trends and opportunities
- New ways to measure engagement and benchmark your organization
- What the highest scoring organizations are doing to grow engagement
- How and where to use this year's report to make an impact
Measure of Success: Creating Tools and Process to Report ImpactBloomerang
https://bloomerang.co/resources/webinars/
Marie Palacios will explain what donors want to know, why it is crucial, and how to share your past achievements, so donors contribute to your future goals.
Explore our comprehensive data analysis project presentation on predicting product ad campaign performance. Learn how data-driven insights can optimize your marketing strategies and enhance campaign effectiveness. Perfect for professionals and students looking to understand the power of data analysis in advertising. for more details visit: https://bostoninstituteofanalytics.org/data-science-and-artificial-intelligence/
Techniques to optimize the pagerank algorithm usually fall in two categories. One is to try reducing the work per iteration, and the other is to try reducing the number of iterations. These goals are often at odds with one another. Skipping computation on vertices which have already converged has the potential to save iteration time. Skipping in-identical vertices, with the same in-links, helps reduce duplicate computations and thus could help reduce iteration time. Road networks often have chains which can be short-circuited before pagerank computation to improve performance. Final ranks of chain nodes can be easily calculated. This could reduce both the iteration time, and the number of iterations. If a graph has no dangling nodes, pagerank of each strongly connected component can be computed in topological order. This could help reduce the iteration time, no. of iterations, and also enable multi-iteration concurrency in pagerank computation. The combination of all of the above methods is the STICD algorithm. [sticd] For dynamic graphs, unchanged components whose ranks are unaffected can be skipped altogether.
StarCompliance is a leading firm specializing in the recovery of stolen cryptocurrency. Our comprehensive services are designed to assist individuals and organizations in navigating the complex process of fraud reporting, investigation, and fund recovery. We combine cutting-edge technology with expert legal support to provide a robust solution for victims of crypto theft.
Our Services Include:
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We immediately notify all relevant centralized exchanges (CEX), decentralized exchanges (DEX), and wallet providers about the stolen cryptocurrency. This ensures that the stolen assets are flagged as scam transactions, making it impossible for the thief to use them.
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We guide you through the process of filing a valid police report. Our support team provides detailed instructions on which police department to contact and helps you complete the necessary paperwork within the critical 72-hour window.
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Our team of experienced lawyers can initiate lawsuits on your behalf and represent you in various jurisdictions around the world. They work diligently to recover your stolen funds and ensure that justice is served.
At StarCompliance, we understand the urgency and stress involved in dealing with cryptocurrency theft. Our dedicated team works quickly and efficiently to provide you with the support and expertise needed to recover your assets. Trust us to be your partner in navigating the complexities of the crypto world and safeguarding your investments.
As Europe's leading economic powerhouse and the fourth-largest hashtag#economy globally, Germany stands at the forefront of innovation and industrial might. Renowned for its precision engineering and high-tech sectors, Germany's economic structure is heavily supported by a robust service industry, accounting for approximately 68% of its GDP. This economic clout and strategic geopolitical stance position Germany as a focal point in the global cyber threat landscape.
In the face of escalating global tensions, particularly those emanating from geopolitical disputes with nations like hashtag#Russia and hashtag#China, hashtag#Germany has witnessed a significant uptick in targeted cyber operations. Our analysis indicates a marked increase in hashtag#cyberattack sophistication aimed at critical infrastructure and key industrial sectors. These attacks range from ransomware campaigns to hashtag#AdvancedPersistentThreats (hashtag#APTs), threatening national security and business integrity.
🔑 Key findings include:
🔍 Increased frequency and complexity of cyber threats.
🔍 Escalation of state-sponsored and criminally motivated cyber operations.
🔍 Active dark web exchanges of malicious tools and tactics.
Our comprehensive report delves into these challenges, using a blend of open-source and proprietary data collection techniques. By monitoring activity on critical networks and analyzing attack patterns, our team provides a detailed overview of the threats facing German entities.
This report aims to equip stakeholders across public and private sectors with the knowledge to enhance their defensive strategies, reduce exposure to cyber risks, and reinforce Germany's resilience against cyber threats.
Chatty Kathy - UNC Bootcamp Final Project Presentation - Final Version - 5.23...John Andrews
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Title: Chatty Kathy: Enhancing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
Description:
Discover how Chatty Kathy, an innovative project developed at the UNC Bootcamp, aims to tackle the challenge of low physical activity among older adults. Our AI-driven solution uses peer interaction to boost and sustain exercise levels, significantly improving health outcomes. This presentation covers our problem statement, the rationale behind Chatty Kathy, synthetic data and persona creation, model performance metrics, a visual demonstration of the project, and potential future developments. Join us for an insightful Q&A session to explore the potential of this groundbreaking project.
Project Team: Jay Requarth, Jana Avery, John Andrews, Dr. Dick Davis II, Nee Buntoum, Nam Yeongjin & Mat Nicholas
1. Presented by: Reggie Bustinza
Director of Alumni Relations
Lewis University
Metrics system by Reggie Bustinza and Joe Volin
2. Romeoville, IL
Private Catholic institution
6,700 students (4,700 undergrad, 2,000
grad)
40,000 alumni – primarily in Chicago area
Alumni Relations staff of 3
Database: Raiser’s Edge (“R/E”)
3. Why try to measure engagement?
The Lewis System
◦ Process
The Value in Metrics
Results
4. Metrics can guide decision making
◦ Spot trends
◦ Identify opportunities
◦ Abandon dead ends
◦ Quantify program success
More efficiency & efficacy
Justify our existence
5. Established in 2012
Created in-house
Created by Alumni Staff (Joe Volin and Reggie
Bustinza)
6. Requirements
◦ Work with existing data
◦ Comprehensive
◦ Searchable (integer data)
◦ Valid as aggregate and/or individual data
◦ Easy to understand
Not required, but nice to have…
◦ Inexpensive to implement
◦ Ability to run ourselves, as frequently as we want
OR dynamic
◦ Option to exclude data to look for correlations
◦ Simplicity
7. Process
1. Make sure database can handle it
2. Identify what relevant data we track – “What
information do we have that shows some kind of
engagement?”
3. Assign relative values
4. Test
5. Repeat until values are no longer questioned
8. Step 1: Can Database Handle It?
Step 2: What do we Track?
9. Is it indicative of engagement?
Is the data consistent and accurate?
Will we keep tracking it?
• Event Attendance
• Giving – how much
and how often
• Valid email
• Open emails
• Social media
• Valid address
• Valid business info
• Board member
• Award winner
• Legacy parent
• Campus visits
• Interested volunteer
• Active volunteer
10. Can we categorize?
Events
Event Attendance
Giving
Giving – how much and how
often
Communications
Valid email
Open emails
Social media
Valid address
Valid business info
Volunteerism
Active volunteer
Board member
Interested volunteer
Other
Award winner
Legacy parent
Campus visits
Employee
Affinity Partners
11. Challenges
◦ Not all board members are equally engaged.
◦ How stratified should we make giving levels?
◦ Free events vs. Paid events
◦ How long is an activity valuable?
12. 6 scores are actually produced
◦ 1 for each category
◦ Overall Engagement Score (sum of each category)
13. Share values with colleagues for feedback
Run the numbers, see what results are
Spot check results
Pull top 10, top 20, top 50, top 100 alumni
◦ Does it add up?
◦ If not, why?
15. Run Quarterly (past 12 months)
Exported each category to Excel where values
are assigned and coded
SPSS is used to merge data
Import integers back into Raiser’s Edge
16. Strengths Weaknesses
Can run in house
Values recent activity
over old activity
Results are easy to
understand
Some data can be
suspect (eg: acquired
mailing lists)
Have to export, use
two programs, then
import for scores
As data points are
added, historical
scores are distorted
17. Metrics are half of the battle. The real question is: How will you
use this tool?
◦ Whittle mailing lists
We have re-allocated more than $15,000 in printing costs in the 3 years
since we have had metrics.
◦ Identify prospects that were under-the-radar
Identified 550 top engaged alumni with high wealth scores that had not been
previously assigned through traditional prospect research
Resulting in 170 portfolio assignments; and 45 initial visits during Fiscal Year
2015
◦ More efficient Annual Fund calling lists
118 new donors in the categories that utilized engagement metrics for
further segmentation (FY14 vs FY15)
◦ Identify potential affinity groups
◦ Evaluate programming
18. Advancement programming can create higher
levels of engagement.
Higher levels of engagement lead to higher
giving participation.
25. 2013 2015 Change
Engagement 8.92 10.13 +1.21
Giving-
Independent
Engagement
8.05 9.23 +1.18
Giving
Participation
4.1% 4.7% +0.6%
General
Population
6.7% 7.0% +0.3%
Total Population: 3965
26. 2013 2015 Change
Engagement 12.83 14.56 +1.73
Giving-
Independent
Engagement
10.04 11.33 +1.29
Giving
Participation
14.4% 16.4% +2.0%
General
Population
6.7% 7.0% +0.3%
Total Population: 2809
27. 2013 2015 Change
Engagement 8.56 9.92 +1.36
Giving-
Independent
Engagement
7.72 9.08 +1.36
Giving
Participation
3.9% 4.3% +0.4%
General
Population
6.7% 7.0% +0.3%
Total Population: 3909
28. 2013 2015 Change
Engagement 29.1 36.54 +7.44
Giving-
Independent
Engagement
21.33 27.11 +5.78
Giving
Participation
36.7% 44.0% +7.3%
General
Population
6.7% 7.0% +0.3%
Total Population: 400
29. There IS a correlation between Engagement and Giving
Its too early to tell if a general engagement push can lead
to increased giving
Volunteerism is the individual engagement component
that can lead most directly to increased giving
The surest way to get more gifts is to ask for them… but
metrics can show you who to ask
TBD: Strength of correlations within engagement
(volunteerism vs. communications vs. events)
TBD: Different engagement techniques within variable
groups
30.
31. Contact:
Reggie Bustinza
Director of Alumni Relations
(815) 588-7542
bustinre@lewisu.edu
Joe Volin
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
(815) 836-5472
volinjo@lewisu.edu