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District VI Annual Conference 2025
District VI Annual Conference 2025
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2:45 PM - 3:45 PM CT
Strengthening Alumni Engagement Through Volunteerism
Time is valuable, and that is what makes volunteering such an impactful component of alumni engagement. Creating volunteer opportunities for alumni to connect with students, the university, and each other is the ultimate win-win proposition. Over the past year, the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) has grown participation in its volunteer program by more than 70%. This growth in volunteerism can be attributed to increased access to opportunities, establishing expectations, tracking participation, and consistent stewardship. Mines is a mid-sized university with around 8,000 students and 40,000 alumni. The Mines Foundation and Alumni Engagement shop align with the university in both size and budget. To optimize for our size and staff bandwidth, we have developed techniques that increase our impact while maintaining a small to mid-sized team. Developing a robust volunteer offering has improved our collaboration with university partners and elevated the Mines signature student experience. Volunteerism has cultivated stronger alumni connections with the university and advanced individuals through the donor continuum.
Speakers: Andrew Flynn, Director of Alumni Engagement, Colorado School of Mines, John Griffin, Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, Colorado School of Mines Foundation
Competencies: Strategic ThinkingRelationship Building
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM CT
Leveraging Central Programming to Achieve Graduate-Level Advancement Goals
In today's rapidly changing landscape of alumni relations and advancement, graduate-level academic units face the challenge of effectively engaging alumni through central programming, particularly when it is assumed that graduate-level alumni will not want to engage in centralized programs. This presentation will showcase innovative strategies and best practices for utilizing centralized programming to achieve graduate-level engagement and philanthropic goals.
Speakers: Katelin Ybanez, Senior Director of Alumni Engagement, University of Denver
Competencies: Strategic Thinking
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
To Affinity and Beyond: Using Custom Alumni Engagement Scores to Reach New Heights
Buena Vista University has built and implemented a custom Alumni Engagement model based on CASE best practices and aligns with the CASE Alumni Engagement Survey and Metrics. Overtime this led to the development of a custom Affinity scoring model that combines not only engagement data but also giving as well as other prospect ratings into one quick and easy to interpret score. The two models help to build stronger donor pipelines by identifying prospects who are ready for the next step in the donor journey as well as potential alumni leaders. Come and hear how you can implement this easy system to boost your alumni engagement and fundraising results.
Speakers: Matthew Astleford, Senior Managing Director of Development – School of Medicine, UMKC Foundation, Kris Pearson, Director of Advancement Operations, Buena Vista University
Competencies: Industry or Sector ExpertiseStrategic Thinking