Alumni Relations
Alumni Relations
Head of Alumni Relations
-Dianne Pemberton-Pigott
Alumni Relations Assistant
- Barbara Boyle
How many alumni?
• Total 59,000
• In contact with 39,000
33,500 UK(6,000 Dundee)
2,000 Europe
3,500 Rest of world
Why keep in touch with them?
• Bring expertise and experience back
• Help us to recruit
• Employ our new graduates
• Provide support
We need them
• Alumni are our best Ambassadors
• We need their recommendations
• Their success is our success
Relationships – built on trust
• Do as we say we will do
• Be timely in our replies
• Protect their personal details
Giving something back
• Alumni magazine sent annually
• University news via E-zine
• Include them in what we do
Giving something back
• Offer career help
• Make it easy for them to offer help
• Provide on-line services
• Help with reunions
• Finding lost friends
• Alumni conferences
• Set up alumni groups ( UK and global)
How you can help us
• Please tell us:– About contacts between dept and alumni
(and their correct contact details)
– Which alumni have visited or lectured?
– Who has given a donation, a student prize or a placement (The University wants to thank them too!)
How we can help you
• Reliable information available to you
• Statistics
• Alumni bring back expertise to enrich the classroom experience
Help for departments
• Alumni help on recruitment trips
• Feedback on courses
• Project funding
• QAA – ask alumni to talk to audit team
Fund-raising
• Why alumni give
– grateful for their education
– want to give something back
– want to feel a part
Fund-raising• Major Gifts
– Some control or own vast wealth
• Legacies
• Annual Fund
1000 alumni giving £10 per month=£10,000 or £120,000 per year + gift aid
1000 alumni giving one–off gifts of £20 = £20,000
Help us provide the best for you
Please
• pass on alumni whereabouts
• tell us if they have helped you or your students
• Request information from us
ChallengesData Protection vs Global Groups
• We can’t give group organisers a list of alumni in their area
• Therefore they cannot help us to build up membership
Dundee-Reunited.comAlumni On-line community
SERVICE HALTED
-A searchable directory
-Email for life
-Over 1000 alumni already signed up
-Social, career, business
-Faculty/Dept access to pools of help
Homecoming 2007 Weekend15 – 17 June
A weekend of fun
• Integral brochure within Dundee-Reunited magazine
• Faculty reps (first meeting 3 Feb)
• Expecting 1000 guests