Alumni Trending Guest blogger: Ryan P. Catherwood, @RyanCatherwood What tools, digital or otherwise, will your university supply alumni to make them stronger professionals? Wouldn’t it bode well for our Annual Funds if our universities could be linked as the catalyst to professional success? Ask your alumni how they achieved professional success, most will say something like, … Continue reading »
Establishing Traditions
Spring is getting closer, and we Midwesterners are realizing that there might be a “true spring” this year that begins as early as March. For a growing, relatively young university in the heart of suburban Detroit (adjacent to Chrysler headquarters and The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA Pistons) as of late March … Continue reading »
6 Questions to Inspire Alumni Interviews
Alumni Trending Guest blogger: Kara Kane @karakane I have a challenge for anyone who works in an alumni or development office. Build a bank of questions that you can have in your toolkit the next time you are called upon to write an article, news item or feature that highlights one of your graduates. Once … Continue reading »
Bloggers Welcome
Alumni Trending is now over 2000 subscribers! If any alumni professionals would like to write articles or share a best practice, please send your copy, images and/or video links to alumnitrending@gmail.com There is no commitment. You can write one or send us regular updates. We will link the article to your LinkedIn or Twitter account … Continue reading »
Join us for Alum Chat
Discuss best practices in Alumni Relations! Participants using Twitter can join the discussion by utilizing the hash tag #alumchat. Many find using our Twub channel the best way to interact and join the conversation. Be sure to tell your colleagues about our online gatherings at http://www.alumnitrending.com Thursday, December 20 – Regional Alumni Programs Thursday, December 27 – … Continue reading »
Alumni Trending is launched. All welcome.
Alumni Professionals For those of you who want a more interactive experience using social media, we have launched a great FREE resource called “Alumni Trending” at http://www.alumnitrending.com “Professional talk about alumni relations, reunions, good data and the secret to the perfect Happy Hour.” Just subscribe to your preferred social media channel and join or start … Continue reading »
