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 â�� student recruitment program.
Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow11.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:43 PM
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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,
Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow10.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:02 AM
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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.
Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow9.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:25 PM
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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.
Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow8.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:39 PM
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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
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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.
Direct download: WiredCommunitiesPodcastBrian_Dowling.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:40 AM
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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.

Direct download: WiredCommunitiesShow5.mp3
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:26 PM
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