Alumni Access Blog | Gary Toyn (2)

Are Your Alumni Benefits Stuck in the 80's?

Top rated alumni benefits vs.those stuck in the 1980s. Content and Career services rate highest, campus benefits and revenue programs are least engaging

Stop Using These Metrics to Measure Alumni Engagement

The 7 Lamest Alumni Benefits

Benefits are meant to help boost alumni engagement, and must be personally relevant to be effective.

Why Alumni Relations Has Grown Subordinate to Fundraising.

New data reveals evidence that alumni relations and engagement goals have become increasingly subordinated to the goals of development/fundraising.

It's Like Slapping Half Your Alumni in the Face!

Ignoring your introverted alumni population is like a slap in the face to a potentially powerful alumni segment.

What the Power 5 Conference Alumni Organizations Can Teach the Rest of Us

We can learn a thing or two from how the big alumni organization engage their alumni.

In Alumni Relations...Why "Fake It "Til You Make It" Won't Cut It Anymore.

Alumni professionals are often hired as generalists, but required to demonstrate skills of specialists. Is your staff development keeping pace?

The Buyer's Guide to Alumni Discount Programs

The buyer's guide will help alumni relations professionals identify and vet the best discount platform that will attract and engage alumni long term.

Post-Pandemic Alumni Relations: Using the 2020 VAESE Study to Prepare

What the VAESE study teaches us about alumni engagement post-COVID-19, and how best to identify the digital benefits and services your alumni want.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Alumni Relations: The VAESE Study Data

As alumni relations offices world-wide struggle for relevance, the 2020 VAESE alumni relations benchmarking study shows some interesting trends.

8 Things Your Mama Taught You About Alumni Engagement

When it comes to running an alumni engagement program, your Mama had it all figured out.

Stop Dissing Your Millennial Alumni

Are your Millennial alumni’s “sensitivities” or “preferences” fundamentally different from other alumni? Despite all you’ve read, the answer is NO!