Getting Started
Alumni have an emotional attachment to the university based on the relationship established as students.
- Talk about the School 'community' and that we want to establish a lifelong relationship from day one if not before.
- Provide a supportive student experience (everyone's business)
- Talk to students about their career goals.
- Connect students to your school/university social media page during the degree.
- Support mentoring and opportunities for students and alumni to connect.
- Invite new grads as well as more experienced alumni to speak to students.
- Invite alumni to events where you DON'T ASK anything of them.
- Support placement/work experience with alumni partners.
- Profile your graduates and celebrate their success.
- Keep connected.
Alumni Engagement Activities Matrix
A strong alumni engagement program will have a distribution or activities across all four activity quadrants.
Low Effort Low Benefit
- Low quality students learning experience and/or low level alumni engagement.
- Straight forward organisation and/or low resource requirements.
Low Effort High Benefit
- High quality students learning experience and/or high level alumni engagement.
- Straight forward organisation and/or low resource requirements.
High Effort low Benefit
- Low quality students learning experience and/or high level alumni engagement.
- Complex to organise and/or resource-intensive and/or low levels of staff capacity to deliver.
High Effort High Benefit
- High quality students learning experience and/or high level alumni engagement.
- Complex to organise and/or resource-intensive and/or low levels of staff capacity to deliver.
Address
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Vic 3086.