Alumni Associations: Leveraging Intangible Assets

Saviance Technologies has announced its next Alumni Leadership MasterClass to be held on 23rd August, 2012. This class focuses on various topics that will help the attendees set up an alumni office for their institution and successfully run its operations. The most important thing that these associations must remember is that alumni of an institution are always ready to give back to their almamater but all they need is a right channel to contribute. Taking this into consideration one of the topics to be covered in the MasterClass will showcase how alumni associations can harness the power of “Social media”, as a channel of engagement.

This blog briefly highlights how various Universities/Institutions are engaging their alumni using social media. There have been various studies and surveys conducted in the past and following are some of the common conclusions drawn, when it came to Universities and use of social media for alumni engagement.

•    Connecting and Collaborating with students
•    Reaching alumni where they are
•    Providing mediums and channels for information distribution
•    Alumni generated content
•    Guiding and helping alumni get jobs
•    Marketing Alumni Associations
•    Fundraising

Ever evolving Technology has definitely changed the way how communicate and social media is one-stop-shop for alumni association that help them connect, communicate and collaborate with their alumni.

Alumni Leadership MasterClass

Thursday, 23rd August, 2012

The Palms Town & Country Club, Gurgaon

Understanding and Leveraging Your Alumni Today

Alumni engagement is being seen as an emerging trend across universities, colleges, schools and corporate houses in India. We as pioneers and innovators in providing technological automation of the alumni relations office and having seen the growth in alumni engagement, believe the Alumni office as a core function of an Institute in today’s global environment. The focus of this MasterClass will be to effectively highlight the benefits of leveraging & engaging with your institute’s alumnus on a day-to-day basis.

Facilitators

Kaushik Bellani

Chief Executive Officer, Saviance Technologies – Alumni of DPS and IMT Ghaziabad

Joseph John

Advisor, South India & Sri Lanka, Saviance Technologies Graduate of CASE Alumni Relations Institute, INSEAD, Singapore

Key Take Aways

Unique MasterClass providing descriptive sessions on:

•Managing the alumni planning & engagement activities

•Benefiting from technology in communicating with global alumni of an institute.

•Sessions by faculties who are graduates of an Alumni Relations Institute organized in Singapore and who have an in-depth understanding of handling alumni office as well as supporting the technological needs of the office.

•To better utilize the existing relationship with your alumnus and how should you engage them actively on a regular basis.

•To gain a holistic view on building a strong and influential alumni network by running a fully functional alumni office in an institute.

•Integration with social media.

 

 Who Should Attend?

•Directors / Deans of Educational Institutions

•Alumni officers / faculty facing challenges in engaging their alumni on a routine basis

•University / College / School faculty planning an Alumni office in the near future

•Alumni relations staff who would like to maximize their relationship with the alumni and are facing challenges in engaging them pro-actively.

 

For more info, Kindly Visit : Saviance.com, Viburnix.com

 

I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past - Viburnix

We are the creators of our own destinies! Having said that I would like to also mention the fact that no matter whom we are or what we do, we will always have traces of our friends imbibed into us.
Now arises the critical question. How on Earth do you keep a track on all your friends’ life events! The monotonous life we lead today has forced us to stop and think back about all those carefree school and college days. Reliving those precious moments is now not only a dream but a hard and kicking reality.

Viburnix is the one stop answer to all your queries. You get to cherish all those moments via this platform. This is a cost efficient way to remain in touch with our batch mates. And for the corporate officials it is probably the easiest way to be in touch with their illustrious alumnae. 
Viburnix – alumni community offers a wide range of opportunities. It includes an advanced alumni directory, you could even participate in discussions, post articles just in the same manner you could do at school and college. Requesting for guest lectures, asking for mentorship, posting for jobs, collaborating with alumni chapters, organizing an event, updating contact information, sharing pictures and many more. The most famous features of this alumni software are the Facebook Connect.

“Viburnix gives schools, colleges, universities and corporate a unified communication and collaboration platform.

It enables them to leverage their national and international reputation to create a climate of engagement and benefaction necessary to building a vibrant alumni community while building their brand identity.”

For further consultation you are welcome to visit the website http://www.viburnix.com/

Alumni Leadership Masterclass - Mumbai

Venue : New Bridge Business Centre,
1st Floor, Parinee Crescenzo, C38 & C39, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400051
Saturday – 17th March 2012          Time – 9.30am to 5.30pm

Alumni Engagement is being seen as an emerging trend across universities, colleges, schools and corporate houses in India. We as pioneers and innovators in providing technological automation of the alumni relations office and have seen the growth in alumni engagement, believe the Alumni office as a core function of an Institute in today's global environment. The focus of masterclass will be to effectively highlight the benefits of leveraging & engaging with your institute's alumni on a regular basis.

Key Takeaways

Unique Masterclass providing descriptive sessions on managing the alumni, planning alumni engagement activities and benefiting from technology in communicating with global alumni of an institute.

•Sessions by facilitators who are graduates of an Alumni Relations Institute organized in Singapore and who have an in-depth understanding of handling alumni office as well as supporting the technological needs of the office.

•To better utilize the existing relationship with your alumnus and how should you engage them actively on a regular basis.

•To gain a holistic view on building a strong and influential alumni network by running a fully functional alumni office in an institute.

Who Should Attend ?

•Directors / Deans of Educational Institutions

•Alumni officers / faculty facing challenges in engaging their alumni on a routine basis

•University / College / School faculty planning an Alumni office in the near future

•Alumni relations staff who would like to maximize their relationship with the alumni and are facing challenges in engaging them pro-actively

Only 25 seats. Kindly rush your nominations to enable us to block your seats.
Please note that the nominations will be confirmed only after receipt filled registration form.

For registrations, & details please contact:

Amitava Sharma Roy, Senior Business Manager
Saviance Technologies, amitava.roy@saviance.com/ +91-77-9839-0088

Aditi Sharma, Business Development Executive
Saviance Technologies, aditi@saviance.com / +91-98-7147-6971

NOTE: Registration fee can be paid through online payment gateway available on the registration page on http://www.saviance.com/events  or a cheque in favour of Delhi Management Association.

Objectives of an Alumni Network

An alumni network can be simply referred to as a group of the alumni of an institute or an organization. Alumni networks are generally informal and the members of the network manage it themselves. The main purpose of the network is to help the members to make and renew contacts with each other for personal as well as professional reasons.

An alumni network maybe organized on the basis of a region, on the basis of a discipline or faculty or on the basis of similar interests that alumni members share. Whatever be the basis of organization, there are several objectives that all alumni network have.

One of the major objectives of such a network is alumni engagement. The networks aim at enabling the alumni to stay in touch with each other and their institute. This ensures that the alumni members actively participate in the group activities for the benefit of the network as well as the institute. By using this network, the alumni members can look to their institute for continuing professional education whenever necessary. It also helps the members to share views and needs and also organize social and professional activities for the institute. The alumni members can also offer voluntary assistance to the ongoing events of the institute via the network.

The networks which are formed using Viburnix fulfill all the above said objectives and enable the members to stay connected.

Alumni Club: Strengthening School Ties

The Alma Mater benefits its students in many ways and makes them successful in life. Students who want to give back to their Alma Mater can do so by creating an alumni club. An alumni club is an organization of the former students of the institution; typically those who have graduated from the institute. This type of an association acts as a bridge between the old and the present students of the institution.

Forming such a club requires active participation and support from the alumni as well as the present students of the institute. The members of the club must be enthusiastic and willing to work for the success of the club.

Such a club once formed works for the benefit of the institute and its students. Many times, job opportunities, donations and sponsorships are possible through such clubs that help the alumni to connect with the institute and the present students. This type of an organization can also carry out certain activities for the institute like publishing magazines and newsletters, organizing social events, raising funds and supporting new alumni etc. In addition, the club can also help alumni members to form new friendships, alumni network and even helps them to develop business relationships. This way the club benefits the alumni members, the current students and the institute.

Viburnix- the Alumni Software allows alumni members to form clubs and associations so that they can actively participate to further their Alma Mater in the best possible manner.

Alumni Leadership Masterclass now in New Delhi and Noida

Saviance Technologies, an IT Software and Services company partners with Delhi Management Association (DMA) for India’s first ever masterclass on alumni relations ‘Alumni Leadership Masterclass’. This masterclass is scheduled to be held on 7th and 8th December 2011, in New Delhi and Noida respectively.

This masterclass is an initiative by Saviance to enable educational institutes to understand the importance of engaging the alumni groups across the globe for mutual benefits. This partnership ensures that Saviance reaches out to its target audience effectively and works together with DMA, to empower institutes establish their alumni office in an organized and pro-active manner.
The Alumni Leadership Masterclass programme will begin with a session on the Basics of Alumni Relations by Mr. Joseph John, Advisor – South India & Sri Lanka, Saviance Technologies and Graduate of CASE Alumni Relations, Institute, INSEAD, Singapore will focus predominantly on the importance of alumni relations and what should be considered by an institute to reach out to their alumni network.

He will also emphasize on effective ways to plan future engagement with alumni by maintaining an updated database. Furthermore, sessions by Mr. Subhashish Bharuka, Manager – Corporate Communications & Graduate of CASE Alumni Relations Institute, INSEAD, Singapore will help the participants understand that Alumni engagement involves more than just database management and fund raising; it is a lifelong process for an institute to grow its brand over many years by engaging with its alumni. Besides, there will also be discussions on bridging the gaps between the alumni, current students and staff in order to strengthen ties among each other and channelizing the alumni interaction efficiently.