10 Ideas to Make Homecoming Memorable
Alumni homecoming is usually a day-long happening often centered around an annual sporting event that brings former students back to their alma mater to reconnect, celebrate, and relive memories. Hosting…
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10 Creative Alumni Event Ideas
Planning new and different events can help your institution stand out and create memorable experiences for your alumni community. Here are some ideas that might spark a renewed interest for…
Measures of Alumni Engagement
Measuring alumni engagement is essential to understand the effectiveness of your efforts and to identify areas for improvement. CASE has created a framework for measuring engagement that can be helpful…
15 Ways to Engage Alumni Online
Alumni relations is about building community and calling on alumni to participate. Engaging alumni online is a great way to foster a sense of community, maintain strong connections, and encourage…
Four Pillars of a “Semester Online”
Although educational institutions are trying to return to more or even full in-person instruction, there continues to be extensive discussion and research about robust delivery of curriculum virtually. With the…
Leadership and Management: A Dynamic Duo
What do you say when your boss asks if you want to be a leader or a manager? You could respond: All managers must be leaders and all leaders must…
8 Steps to Generating Member Loyalty and Engagement
Each organization and its community are unique based on the purpose and the membership. Yet there are some “universal truths” that need to be recognized so that the entity will…
5 Elements for Leading to Community
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves." -- Lao Tzu Where there…
Forming a Successful Affinity Group: A Case Study
How does an alumni affinity group get started and, perhaps more importantly, what makes it sustainable beyond the initial excitement? There are many right answers and even more challenges along…