Building an Alumni Mentoring Program

April 12, 2012

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Overview

Implement an alumni mentoring program appropriate for your institution.

Student mentoring programs remain the best way to reconnect your alumni and engage them in the advancement process. However, developing effective alumni mentoring programs can be a challenging process that requires a careful balance of interested students and alums along with close facilitation of the mentoring relationship.

Join us online to learn how to establish, maintain, and assess an effective alumni mentoring program appropriate for your institution, including:

The essential structure of a successful program
Objectives for each side of the relationship
Alumni mentor recruitment
Generating and sustaining student interest
Measuring return on investment

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Alumni relations and career services professionals will learn how to develop an alumni mentoring program that engages alumni and prepares students for their future career paths.

Agenda

Learning Outcome:

After participating in this webcast, you will be better prepared to implement an alumni mentoring program appropriate for your institution.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

1:00 - 2:45 p.m. EDT

Overview of alumni mentoring
- The impact of networking during recessionary times
- Objectives for alumni engagement
- Objectives for student career development
- Basic structure for a successful program
Partnerships
- The role of alumni relations
- The role of career services
- Other key stakeholders
Recruiting your alumni mentors
- Building interest
- Setting expectations
- Developing a diverse alumni mentor pool
Sparking and keeping student interest
- Identifying need and defining value
- Setting expectations
Ongoing management of your program
- Tapping into existing support
- Measuring return on investment
- Maintaining student and alumni pipelines
- Scaling a program for different institutional settings

Want more information about this event?

Contact Jason J. Shuba, Senior Conference Director if you'd like additional information about the program agenda.

Instructors

Vicki P. Klopsch

Director, Career Planning and Resources

Scripps College

In addition to mentorship development, Vicki presents on a wide range of career development topics including effective networking, long-distance volunteer management, college-to-work transitions, and recommendation requests. She oversees all of Scripps' career services offerings, including the college's bridge program, life-connections program, career counseling process, and assessment testing. Before arriving at Scripps, Vicki served as the assistant director of the alumni sharing knowledge program at DePaul University, managing more than 900 alumni volunteers in career mentoring nationally and partnering with select universities across the country to develop mentoring services. She hosted and served on the planning committee for the 2008 Peer Connections Conference for the Alumni Career Services Network.

Registration

CD Recording of Live Webcast

We record the audio and visual portion of all live webcast events and make them available in two forms; as a CD or as an electronic download. CD recordings are mailed with a bound copy of the presentation materials and handouts approximately 10 business days following the live webcast date.

$350.00

Building an Alumni Mentoring Program CD Recording

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We record the audio and visual portion of all live webcast events and make them available in two forms; as a CD or as an electronic download. On-demand downloads are available through an internet link sent via email approximately 10 business days following the live webcast date (links are active for 180 days).

$350.00

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What Others are Saying

“

This webcast offers inspiring information on how to engage alumni, assist students in career development, and collaborate with other departments.

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Stacey Pickering

Officer, Alumni Relations, University of Northern British Columbia

“

Vicki was incredibly thorough in her coverage of program evaluation and options. Her identification of the flexible and structured systems and the suggestions on how to operate a program utilizing the strengths of both will be extremely helpful to our program.

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Arlene Olynyk

Officer, Alumni Relations, Thompson Rivers University

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I believe this webcast speaks to a wide audience — private and public institutions, schools with programs, and others who are looking to start initiatives — I’m confident that all attendees walked away with fresh ideas and perspectives.

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Lauren Carrescia

Assistant Director, Affinity Programs, New York University

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