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Gretchen Dobson

Global Engagement Specialist, Independent Consultant

Gretchen is a global engagement strategist, author, and academic with 27 years’ experience across five continents. She advises CEOs, CHROs, governing boards, and policymakers on best practices in EdTech and other creative strategies and solutions that enable institutions, companies, organizations, and governments to identify, track, and manage relationships with their global stakeholders and brand ambassadors.

Gretchen is the author of Being Global: Making the Case for International Alumni Relations (CASE Books, 2011), the International Travel Handbook (Academic Impressions, 2014), and has edited Staying Global: how international alumni relations advances the agenda (EAIE, 2015). She is currently co-writing NAFSA’s first book on global alumni relations (expected publication in 2021).

Gretchen received her BA and MA from Boston College, and her EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She is affiliated with the University at Albany’s School of Education as an International Education Leadership Fellow. She is based in New South Wales, Australia.

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Dispatch from China to Advancement Offices: Something You Need to Do TODAY

Gretchen Dobson LLC) February 2015. I’ve experienced two New Year’s in the last two months. First was the calendar end of December 31 that we rang in while standing in a customs line at midnight in Chengdu’s international airport. The second has been a more gradual celebration in China that started to peak over the […]

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Representing Your Institution Overseas – Like an International Travel Rockstar

Academic Impressions recently released the new International Travel Handbook: Engaging Constituents Abroad by leading global alumni relations consultant Gretchen Dobson of Gretchen Dobson, LLC. Dobson is based in Chengdu, China and has been recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the leading “Innovators in Internationalization” for her work at Tufts University. To introduce […]

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5 Tips for Improving International Alumni Data

by Gretchen Dobson (Gretchen Dobson, LLC) Today, international alumni relations looks and feels: Underdeveloped (or under-resourced) Fragmented within different units A virtual community (LinkedIn/Facebook) A last-minute necessity Successful programs require leadership support, designated staff management, volunteer engagement and resources such as budgets and updated data. With current databases, our efforts are only as good as […]

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Detailed Checklist: One Scenario in Planning for Advancement Efforts Overseas

by Gretchen Dobson (Gretchen Dobson, LLC) Happy New Year! As we saw in the first installment in my series on international advancement efforts, it is critical to know key international holidays to best inform staff or a delegation about when (and when not to travel). Once you understand those parameters, the planning must begin and […]

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Detailed Checklist: A Second Scenario in Planning for Advancement Efforts Overseas

by Gretchen Dobson (Gretchen Dobson, LLC) In the companion piece to this checklist, I suggested that it’s critical to plan for international advancement efforts nine months out, for three reasons. This allows you time to plan and manage your resources systematically, plan ahead and confirm your spot on your volunteers’ and donors’ calendars, and identify […]

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Representing Your Institution Overseas: Leveraging Your Alumni as a Key Resource

by Gretchen Dobson (Gretchen Dobson, LLC) We do it domestically when we are traveling for business: we ask family, colleagues, and friends for recommendations on how to make the most of a free afternoon, where to find local cuisine, and whether public transportation saves us time and money. We need to do the same when […]

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