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Wallach, Van – Currents, 1996
Five veteran college alumni directors share strategies for creating an effective association: deciding what program aspects must be measured; assessing the program realistically; listening to customers; stretching program resources to hold down cost and work more efficiently; and remembering the value of the human touch in program design and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Administration
For Good Measure.
Calvert, Steve – Currents, 1996
In a question-and-answer format, the assistant vice president for development and director of alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University (Pennsylvania) discusses how alumni directors can gauge their programs' effectiveness, how his institution addresses the issue, and how a Council for Advancement and Support of Education project to develop…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Administration
Strengthen Your Business Communication Program with an Alumni Advisory Board.
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Penrose, John M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2002
Reviews different types of advisory boards; explains what they can contribute; describes an alumni advisory board that has worked exceedingly well at one institution; and provides an example of how the business communication curricula and function benefited. Shows how to modify the model easily to work for any business communication program. (SG)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Alumni, Business Communication, Business Education
Beating the Dues Blues.
Renz, Amy Button – Currents, 1989
Suggestions for improving alumni association membership recruitment and retention, for raising non-dues income, and for keeping records are made based on Kansas State University's experiences. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Fund Raising, Group Membership, Higher Education
The Proof Is in the Program.
Scalzo, Teresa – Currents, 1993
College alumni associations are using a variety of approaches to improve alumni participation. Surveying alumni for needs and preferences can be fruitful. Program ideas include career planning, parent programs, community service, student relations activities, and high school recruitment. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation is crucial to…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Career Planning, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Small Wonders.
Todd, Jeffrey – Currents, 1995
Suggested strategies for running a more effective college alumni program include effective calendar organization; careful staff utilization; administrator visibility; increased efficiency; effective use of alumni volunteers and student workers; good office communication; broad information dissemination across campus; consistent use of priorities;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Alumni Associations, College Administration, Efficiency
Reaching the Least Educated. 130 Local ABE Directors Tell How. Pennsylvania's Handbook on Recruitment.
Madeira, Eugene L. – 1980
Based on the experience of 130 local adult basic education (ABE) directors in Pennsylvania, this guide presents suggestions for recruiting the least educated adults into ABE programs. Following an introduction that defines ABE and examines whose responsibility ABE is, the guide is divided into 12 chapters. Each of the chapters develops one…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Students, Advertising