This event will benefit advancement professionals who work in alumni relations, data analytics, and/or event management. Additionally, if you’re an advancement leader looking for ways to increase your network of volunteers and your overall giving capacity, you would benefit from attending this program.

June 1, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

Welcome and Opening Activity
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. ET
We’ll kick off the program with a group discussion in order to learn from one another about our experiences, journey tracking, and measurement of alumni engagement data. This will establish a baseline of common knowledge to build from for the remainder of the program.

The Value of Measuring Alumni Engagement Data
11:15 – 12:00 p.m. ET
Define the value of the variety of engagements you want to measure with your alumni pool. Use this data to track engagement, and to identify both new and current volunteers who may be seeking greater engagement opportunities, such as serving as a Trustee. In this opening session, you will learn how to connect your engagement data to your advancement goals when tied to your long-term strategic fundraising initiatives.

Short Break
12:00 – 12:15 p.m. ET

Collecting the Data
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. ET
Learning how to track engagement data is a critical step in being able to consistently track data while ensuring accuracy in identifying the value of potential volunteers. Before turning data into metrics, you will have the opportunity to review and discuss the resources available to consistently and accurately track engagement, leading to a clear understanding of the potential volunteers in your network.

Activity: Challenges in Managing Engagement Data with Integrity
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET
In small groups, you will connect with industry peers to discuss the challenges you’re facing in keeping your data clean and managed with integrity. During this activity, we will uncover common pitfalls in the data management process. You will also have the opportunity to learn from one another along with our expert speaker about best practices to overcome these hurdles.

Long Break
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. ET

Using Metrics to Identify Volunteers
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. ET
Within your volunteer pipeline, there should be a path that leads to your Board of Trustees, even if that end goal is decades down the road. To achieve this, there should be a robust number of deep engagement opportunities that guide your alumni volunteers toward philanthropic opportunities. Before these opportunities are presented, however, you must utilize your metrics to identify those alumni who want to volunteer their time at their alma mater. By walking through the lifetime journey of a volunteer, you will learn how the data collected can be transformed into measurable metrics that help to qualify new and current volunteers for opportunities they may be interested in.

Activity: Unique Engagement Experiences
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. ET
There are traditional alumni events at every institution—reunions, homecomings, and giving days, to name just a few. In addition to these events, there are also unique events specific to each institution’s history, culture, and approach to engagement. During this activity, you will have the opportunity to share your own unique engagement experiences and learn from other experiences that you can bring back to your institution.

Short Break
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. ET

Moving Volunteers Toward Philanthropy
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. ET
Volunteers may begin by giving their time, but they are ten times more likely than non-volunteers to give their gifts throughout their lifetime of engagement. By digging into your volunteer data and collaborating with your development team on pipeline development, you can identify those who have the capacity to give. Here, learn what this collaboration should entail and how to move forward with developing a stronger partnership between alumni volunteer management and development at your institution.

The Future of Engagement Data
4:15 – 4:45 p.m. ET
Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and while it sometimes takes years for it to be adopted by higher education advancement, you may still want to be aware of the latest technology to keep up with the rising strategies and tactics in alumni engagement. In this session, you will learn about the latest innovative data tools and understand how to potentially adopt them for your own advancement shop.

Conference Wrap–up and Final Q&A
4:45 – 5:00 p.m. ET