Using Alumni Volunteers to Maximum Impact

Using Alumni Volunteers to Maximum Impact Stephanie Anagnostopoulos, University of Exeter

Leona Axelsson, Örebro University CASE, Manchester 2011

Running Order

The Exeter Programme The Örebro Programme

Let’s talk... in groups

Development and Alumni Relations?

Alumni Relations… as defined by the Beatles

“Get back, get backGet back to where you once belongedOoh, get back Jo*”

Get back, The Beatles, 1969

*Insert relevant alumnus’ name here

Why volunteers?

“Oh, I get by with a little help from my friendsMmm I get high* with a little help from my friends…”

With a Little Help From my Friends, The Beatles, 1969

*Just to confirm, we don’t throw those kinds of parties.

University of ExeterOur Alumni… and us

4,500Offers

1,000Volunteers

8,500Hours

100+ Ways

Students

And many

more…

Alumni ResearchThe ‘University’

100+ Ways?

• Varies for all institutions.• Includes projects, one-off activities and

recurring ways to help.• Count yours, and you may find there are many

ways alumni support you non-financially.• Example of 2010-11 ways to help at Exeter

available at https://viewer.zoho.com/docs/scccc2g.

Take a chance on volunteers…But make the most of it!

Integrate

Commit Resources

Measure

Celebrate

Over to Leona! Stephanie Anagnostopoulos, University of Exeters.r.anagnostopoulos@exeter.ac.uk

exeter.ac.uk/alumnisupporters+44 1392 725003

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Image Credits

Further Beatles tracks about volunteering and alumni relations

She Loves You, 1963I Want to Hold Your Hand, 1963 Come Together, ‘…right now’Can’t Buy Me Love, 1964 ‘tell me you want the kind of things that money just

can’t buy’Eight Days a Week ‘Ooh I need your love, girl…’I Feel Fine, 1964 ‘she’s in love with me, and I feel fine’All You Need is Love, 1967 ‘all together now’From Me to You, 1963 ‘If there's anything I can do, just call on me and I'll

send it along’ Any Time at All, 1964Hard Days Night, 1963 ‘when I’m home, everything seems to be right’