Sun, 22 April 2007 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University not only sends enewsletters to their alumni, but they also provide a monthly enewsletter to about 30 internal staff to keep them informed of the activity within the alumni online community. Ashley Ilg, Communication Specialist provides her colleagues updates on the hits, the most popular services, the number of new registrations and more. Adopting this technique builds a great deal of credibility excitement and ensures that the administration sees the online community as a valuable communication tool that has a predictable ROI. Learn how this can benefit you and your department’s reputation. To get an example of her report, listen to this short interview. Comments[1] |
Sun, 4 March 2007  Not sure how to get started in
blogging? You need to sit back and listen to Ted Demopoulos, author of “Secrets
of Successful Blogging� (alum of Phillips Exeter
Academy, Dartmouth &
University of New Hampshire) Ted will give you an interesting
background on blogging and how your alumni and their companies are ALREADY using
it. More importantly, you will hear at least 4 different ways you can use
blogs to communicate with your alumni. You will be reminded that blogging
is a great source of content that will keep your alumni coming back to your
website,that will requires little or no work from you. Ted takes the
mystery out of blogging! You will find this to be time well spent.Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow19WhosAfraidofBlogging.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:42 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 25 February 2007 Did you know that 88 percent of us don�t know how to network? Did you realize that the Stanford Shyness Clinic has found that 60 percent of us consider ourselves shy? Now think about what YOU expect to get out of an event you attend. If you are in business you want to make connections. If you are like most people, you want to walk away from an event, having met someone new that you found interesting or could add value to your life. Lynne Waymon the CEO of ContactsCount.com will share with you an exciting new event networking system she developed for Meg Husband Chief Alumni Relations Officer of Marquette University and her event coordinators that increases alumni satisfaction, networking and what everyone hopes increases stewardship! Comments[3] |
Sat, 17 February 2007  Podcasting is a great way to keep your alumni connected to your
college. Sure, it sounds like it requires a degree in computer science, a
great deal of time and money to do Podcasting, but it really doesn't. Adam
Raimer, President of Madtown Audio Productions will show you how you can
begin Podcasting campus lectures, comments from alumni at homecoming and other
events, interviews of famous and not so famous alumni, interviews with athletes
and coaches for less than $30. We'll also share with you how you can use
students and faculty to do the interviews. This Podcast will take the mystery
and confusion out of Podcasting. You will learn how you can get started the
very next day! Madtown Audio Productions Comments[0] |
Thu, 15 February 2007 Interested in learning how to work
smarter, not harder? The University of Akron Alumni Association is using
Internet technology to not only increase the number of alumni who are
recognized for their achievements, but to bring in a greater variety of
individuals to recognize for their participation in the alumni online
community. Join a discussion with Jeremy Butler, Assistant Director of
Alumni Relations of the University
of Akron to learn this
and other techniques they are using to engage and involve their alumni by
recognizing them for their achievements. Direct download: WiredCommunitiesPodcastEpisode16WorkSmarter.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:43 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 12 February 2007 Todd Baker believes non profits and colleges and
universities have a great deal to gain by ramping up their Internet strategies.
Todd has entered his second decade of helping groups and organizations understand
the value of adopting an more aggressive Internet strategy. While some
organization are happy with the level of contributions they are receiving online,
he believes the total contributions could increase significantly if the
organizations put a greater focus on their web strategy. Todd will share some
of his thoughts on what donors are
interested in and what groups and organization like yours can do to engage them
via the Internet so they will want to not only give, but to give frequently. He
will share his thoughts on the positive effects social networking could have
for your organization. Comments[0] |
Wed, 7 February 2007 Staffing ePhilanthrophy! What kind of
staffing do you need as you continue to develop to move in the direction of
ePhilanthropy. Join Tim Mills-Groninger, Associative Executive Director of the
IT Resource Center
in Chicago. Tim
will share some ideas he has picked up throughout his 20 year career helping
non profit organizations. Tim will explain the Ishikawa Fishbone analysis
technique and how you can use I to accurately determine work loads and build
business processes and staffing positions from it. Comments[0] |
Mon, 29 January 2007 Online shopping is booming! In 2006
online shopping increased by 24% in 2006. At least 90 percent of your alumni
are online. You are in a unique position to generate MORE money than you
make from your affinity partners, simply by strategically offering clothing and
other memorabilia. Fred Elabed, President of ROI Commerce shares the
secrets you need to know to open your own online store or increase your
customer base, revenue and profits. Fred will share the three C’s,
Commerce, Content and Community. Do it right and you will reap the
rewards! Comments[1] |
Tue, 2 January 2007 Interested in something you can do, that
will require little to no work on your part but will help your alumni increase
their income? Listen to Josh Fox, an alum of the University
of Michigan and the founder of the University of Michigan’s New York Chapter,
business networking group. Josh will show you how his partnership with Breakfast
Networking Company is bringing alumni in New
York together for monthly breakfast networking
sessions and cocktail get together. Josh will show you how their
professional networking team, introduces alumni and helps them expand their
business networks. The results, more income for their alumni. Potential
results for you? More contributions! Comments[0] |
Wed, 27 December 2006 Which would you rather
have? An alum who contributes $100 each year, or one that delivers a new student
to your college. If your tuition was $20,000 a year, the value of your
alumni delivering a new student to your college would be $80,000 over 4
years! Learn how Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University uses Internet
technology and endorsements to increase the number of incoming students.
You will learn how their Alumni Endorsement Grant program produced 1,770
applications with 802 students enrolling. Join Ashlee Ilg, Communication
Specialist and Jill Meridith, Associate Director of Communication to learn how
easily you can adopt an alumni � student recruitment program. Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 December 2006  What could you accomplish with over 20,000 volunteers! Lots right! Join a dynamite discussion with Chris Marshall, Executive Director of Alumni Affairs at Lehigh University to learn how their alumni association focused on recruiting alumni to volunteer in student recruitment, mentoring, college fairs and other activities. Chris will share how his research has shown volunteers contribute at nearly double the rate of non volunteers. If you are looking for ways to show your management you need additional staffing, you�ll find a fantastic story that proves increasing the number of volunteers will provide you an increase in contributions,Comments[0] |
Tue, 19 December 2006 With so many different social networking communities available to
your alumni you've got to offer something that they can't. Career advice,
mentoring and help in finding jobs is something your alumni can trump any other
organization on. Join Tenneil Moody, Director of Alumni Career Services at
Clemson University to learn innovative web based concepts that are enriching the
lives of their alumni. Comments[0] |
Tue, 19 December 2006  Podcasting is a fantastic way to include constantly changing content on your website. Paul Redfern, Communications Director of Gettysburg College will share how communications, admissions, alumni relations, development and the Presidents office came together and built the framework to deliver campus speeches, interviews with faculty authors and events. Paul provides details on assembling a team and how to economically support the strategy.Comments[0] |
Tue, 19 December 2006 Anyone involved with online communities have realized
they have to continually do things to attract users to their website. Join
Sherri Magson, Alumni Relations Manager of British Columbia Institute of
Technology to learn the nuts and bolts of using contests to increase
registrations and participations. Sherri provides details on the type of
prizes necessary, how to administrate the process and how to involve affinity
partners to increase participation. Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow7CareerSupportNe_copy_1.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:58 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 18 December 2006 Visit with Brian Dowling, co-founder
of Supporting Advancement in a discussion that examines the future of the alumni
magazine in a digital era, the need for management to look long and hard at the
current investment of staff and funding in their web strategy and the need to
make a make your Internet strategy a line item in your budget. Brian will
show you where your Internet strategy needs to go. Comments[0] |
Tue, 5 December 2006  Internet Strategies Group helps you develop your alumni website and Internet strategy Do you wish you had more alumni registered in your online community? Is your website starting to require more staff time and money than you have allocated for it? Join us in a brief discussion about the Internet Strategies Group. Don Philabaum, founder will share how the Internet Strategies Group provides Executive Briefings, Courses, Webinars and Consulting to help you get a maximum return on investment and gain adequate staffing and funding. Comments[0] |
Sun, 19 November 2006 Valdis Krebs, founder and
President of Orgnets shares why your online directory and community will NEVER
achieve the levels of participation you anticipate without investing time and
effort into introducing your alumni to each other. Valdis a world renown
social networking analysts will share proven concepts that will help your
online directory and community grow.www.wiredcommunities.com Comments[0] |
Wed, 15 November 2006 Carol Harker,
Director of Communication for the University
of Iowa Alumni Association
joins Don Philabaum to discuss their Virtual Pub which was featured on www.wiredcommunities.com Carol
developed a concept where alumni can step into a virtual pub and access band
music, screen savers, football historical information and much more. The
Virtual Pub keeps their alumni on their site. Learn how the University of Iowa is drawing 4,500 alumni each month
to their website using tools like this. Carol will also share tips in;
hiring college students to handle development and implementation, generating
revenue from advertising and sponsorship and much more. For more information visit: http://www.iowalum.com/pub Comments[0] |
Sat, 11 November 2006 Annette Levitt,
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations for Illinois State University Joins Diana
Schumacher to discuss ways to engage and involve young alumni. Annette shares
details on how she created an “official� alumni page on MySpace in order to
drive students and alumni back to the alumni website and online community. Join
Diana and Annette to see how you can get your young alumni engaged in your
online community. Comments[0] |
Thu, 2 November 2006 If you are interested in learning how your organization can provide a
powerful career networking tool to your alumni, join us for this informative 30
minute interview with Mr. Bill Gross, Director of Alumni Career Services at the
United States Merchant Marines Alumni Foundation. Bill shares how your
career center can generate revenue, provide access to niche job opportunities.
He also describes his new Career Port an innovated career search engine that
enables alumni to create their own customized career searches that automatically
notify alumni when a job matches their criteria. Comments[0] |
