A study into people’s fairness and beliefs, where 65,000 individuals from 60 countries make real distributive choices. The report establishes causal evidence on the role of the source of inequality and efficiency considerations for inequality acceptance and illustrates people's beliefs about the main sources of inequality and the cost of redistribution. This session will explain how people's fairness views relate to various country characteristics, showing that there are striking differences between developed and developing countries in both fairness preferences and beliefs.

There are a lot of alumni living abroad willing to keep in touch with their alma mater and to put their international experience to good use. Let’s discuss and learn from each other on concrete examples of how we can reach, benefit and support international alumni and what kind of volunteering opportunities and engagement there is between universities, students and alumni internationally.

Before the pandemic hit in 2020, the NHH mentoring programme was based on physical seminars on campus. While external consultants advised against digital solutions during lockdowns, we felt sorry for the students being stuck at home and decided to test out digital mentoring - with encouraging results. Today we offer hybrid mentoring solutions.

How can we involve alumni in developing (new) continuing education offers? What are the best ways to go about marketing lifelong learning offers to alumni? What about those people whose first experiences with our universities are our continuing and executive education courses and programmes - do we treat them as regular alumni afterwards?

One of the main goals of the ALUMNI Association is to build meaningful relationships with ALUMNI. How do you develop and nurture your Advisory Board for this goal's successful engagement and advancement? What are the key qualities and skills to look for in board members? How to organize the work of the Advisory Board to operate more purposefully? We will look for answers to these and other related questions during the discussion. Join the discussion!

How can we support our alumni in the uncertain future of work? As career tracks are disappearing and demand increasing, we need to rethink our approach to career development, continuous learning and well-being. Towards this end, Aalto University has launched an initiative to create new resources and tools for students and alumni to design sustainable careers. Join this session to hear more about Aalto Career Design Lab and discuss how we can help alumni in their career design, also by engaging them in helping each other and the students.

Better reach, less travel, cost efficiency….. the list of pros can be made long, and it may seem like the obvious choice to always include a virtual element in every event, but is that always wise? Join this discussion on Hybrid Events to see how we can make the most out of these new possibilities without defeating the purpose of IRL meetings!

Join Christina Powis, CASE Head of Membership in Europe, for a discussion of how CASE can support your institutional aims and personal professional development. Learn from Christina and fellow delegates about the following topics: • Data and Research How to use extensive research and networking resources to evaluate your institution’s standing and build better strategies. • Global Network Connect with colleagues across the globe. • Professional Development Explore live and digital training and receive direct mentorship to develop the skills and processes that drive success in your institution and beyond.

Stories are like a magic lamp. They have the power to make our wishes come true. A strong narrative can inspire our alumni to do anything: engage, attend, volunteer, mentor, donate. We need compelling stories. But where do we start? Why not start with the basics? Every memorable story is structured around one of the 7 basic plots of storytelling: • overcoming the monster • rags to riches • voyage and return • the quest • comedy • tragedy • redemption By understanding and embracing these 7 plots, we can craft stories that will excite, engage, and educate our alumni.

In March 2020 the AU Business Committee approved the initiation of a process towards a comprehensive strategy to unify and augment the diverse and fragmented alumni relations efforts of the university’s five faculties. Five months later the Committee approved the proposal of the cross-faculty working group. Prior to 2020, AU Alumni had become very limited in content – consisting essentially of part-time administration of membership and database. In early 2023 AU Alumni has been revitalized. Ambitions are high, common content is being created, cross-faculty cooperation is taking shape and systems support is strengthening and opening opportunities for further development. In this interactive session with emphasis on time for Q&A, we will give you a hands-on presentation of the ends and means – and challenges – of the different stages of our journey – from “no common denominator” to “co-creating a common strategy” to “implementation and the centralized/decentralized balancing act”.

How do you identify and engage with your target audience on digital platforms? How do you decide on which channels to utilize in the marketing mix? How does content matter? What does it cost?

Join Divya Krishnaswamy (CASE) to learn more about CASE Insights, using CASE benchmarking to your advantage, and delve into the results from the CASE Insights on Alumni Engagement.

In 2023, BI Norwegian Business School celebrates its 80th anniversary since its founding in 1943. Throughout 2023, BI’s ambition is to celebrate the school’s proud heritage and provide an abiding legacy for decades to come. The campaign BI80 will deliver significant societal impact, through engaging events, increased scholarship provision, and strengthened partnerships with alumni and the business community. This is a case study of the BI80 campaign. BI is a leading European business school at the forefront of global research, with excellent faculty in finance, economics, accounting, logistics, law, leadership, data science, marketing, communication and strategy. With more than 245 000 alumni, BI is among the most important forces shaping business and society in Norway.

How can you bring your entire institution together to work with your donors and alumni for maximum impact? What if the interests of your Dean are in conflict with that of your President? What if your alumni board wants one thing but the university leadership points in another direction? Might your academics be secretly fundraising and not sharing their projects and donors? Where do you even start if your institution is only beginning systematic alumni relations and fundraising – or do you have an advantage precisely because of that? Navigating the internal waters is a skill as important as your external alumni and donor voyages. We will present successful and not-so-successful cases to start the discussion – join us in this interactive plenary where you can share your own frustrations and discoveries!

During this session, we will see all the best practices we have observed among the 300+ members of the AlumnForce community. We will cover a wide range of topics including: - community facilitation - event organisation - career services & lifelong learnings - international community management - communications and fundraising campaigns... Come with your questions! We'll try to give you the best answers.

From Good Intentions to Business as Usual: Designing a Culture of Collaboration In most teams and organisations, we typically set out with the greatest intentions for collaboration. We know why we should do it. As social creatures, we (usually) want to do it. We even know how to do it. So, why do we start… and then stop? Many teams and projects start out with excellent collaboration efforts. And yet it’s predictable for many that once we get busy, individualism and silos creep back in. And so we start back over again, declaring that we ought to collaborate more. The cycle repeats. In this talk, CEO and coach, Tracy Playle explores what it really takes to create a culture of collaboration in your teams and organisations that will actually transform the way that you work, and last. We’ll explore why successful collaborations have nothing to do with another new technology, more meetings, or frequent brainstorming sessions. Instead, we’ll look at what it takes to design a shared purpose and lay the foundations of trust, psychological safety, openness, creativity, connection, accountability and conflict resolution needed to make collaborations last and thrive.