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Medlock, Vicky – CURRENTS, 2012
It was not all that many years ago that advancement services was thought of as the "back office"--a term that still makes veterans in the field cringe. Historically, the role of advancement services was keeping donor and alumni records up-to-date, processing gifts, sending receipts, and generating fundraising progress reports. However,…
Descriptors: Institutional Advancement, Colleges, Data, Information Utilization
Scully, Maura King – CURRENTS, 2013
Jeremiah Stevens, director of alumni relations at Lake Forest Academy in suburban Chicago, contends with a bit of an unusual challenge. He must manage and motivate not one but two alumni boards. While alumni professionals may not share Stevens' particular circumstances, they certainly can relate to a struggle to jumpstart a languishing board and…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Administrators, Institutional Mission, Alignment (Education)
Pearson, Jerold; Earl, Marie – CURRENTS, 2012
When yes/no or multiple-choice answers do not suffice--when a qualitative understanding of a topic rather than a quantitative head count is needed--it is time to consider focus groups. They work well when learning why, how, and what for is more important than measuring how many. Focus groups are primarily an open-ended form of inquiry, enabling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Alumni, Attitudes
Scully, Maura King – CURRENTS, 2010
Increasingly, there is a growing realization in alumni relations that successful alumni programs, benefits, and services are not ends in and of themselves. Rather, alumni engagement is ultimately all about the institution. Success in alumni relations ideally advances an institution's overall forward progress. Twenty years ago, alumni strategic…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Advancement