If you don't already have a developed system for quantifying alumni engagement, it's easy to feel like you're falling behind.
But rather than stressing about coming up with a perfect system, Carrie Collins, Chief Advancement Officer at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, says it's best to just get started.
We asked Collins to give us a preview of her presentation at the upcoming CASE Division II conference, "Measuring Alumni Volunteerism."
"Early and often" is an apt motto when it comes to engaging students with alumni affairs, but putting that sentiment into practice is easier said than done.
Oakland University pulled it off.
Oakland's "Leadership OU" program fosters professional growth among students while highlighting the accomplishments of alumni through a mentoring program and a speaker series. The program won a Pride of CASE District V award for best student-alumni programming in 2015.
Many advancement offices give up on soliciting alumni who have been unengaged for decades, but not Chelsea Knowles. Knowles is Regional Director of Development for the Western US at University of Michigan's College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts.
We asked Knowles to give us a preview of her CASE DV/VI Conference session, "The Lost Generations: The Essential Steps to Connecting Alumni Back to Your Organization."