Supporting your alumni board and providing a meaningful volunteer experience means having a clear direction regarding your board’s structure, culture, and purpose. And getting the board to buy-in to that strategy early on will create a smoother process for all.

Whether you’re building a strategy for a new board or refreshing your approach to board engagement, this two-day in-person conference will provide a comprehensive A-to-Z approach, so that you can design, recruit, and drive engagement with your alumni boards. You will learn how to increase the effectiveness of your alumni board and its member involvement through tips and activities on:

• Defining your board’s purpose, roles, and strategy.
• Developing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive board structure and culture.
• Recruiting and onboarding board members and leaders. 
• Increasing the effectiveness of your meetings and committees. 
• Evaluating your board as a whole and holding board members accountable to goals. 

The closing activity is one you can’t miss! It’s designed to bring your whole conference experience together and help you create your very own board strategy roadmap. To best set you up for the conference experience, bring your board’s bylaws, policies, membership rosters and/or other governance documents, and we’ll evaluate and refine them together.

What makes our events different?
Academic Impressions conferences provide the opportunity for quality conversations and relationship-building through both formal and informal networking opportunities in an intimate setting. Our in-depth and hands-on approach to learning provides you with actionable takeaways.