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Alumni Advisory Board Update
Dr Paul Drummond, Alumni Association President
Alumni Association AGM
SLIDE 2 Membership of the AAB
Existing members:
- Dr Paul Drummond – President
- Dr Alok Choudhary
- Yvonne Lumley
- Charlotte Mason
- Ravi Pau
15 elected members
- Ralph Powell
- Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach
- Oliver Sidwell
- Alan Vaughan Thomas
- Alison Walker
- Dr Jacky Yau
SLIDE 3 Elections
Four new members to the AAB in 2017:
- Aman Dhall
- Natalie Panto
- Samuel Edmunds
- Sameedha Rich-Mahadkar
- 44 alumni applied for a
position on the AAB
- 13 shortlisted candidates
- 375 votes were placed in the
election
SLIDE 4
Elections – Member Engagement
Demographic distribution of AAB Election Voters 2017
SLIDE 5 Meetings
The following AAB meetings were held in 2016-17.
- 28 October 2016
- 27 January 2017
- 7 April 2017
- 4 August 2017
- Admin support provided by
Loughborough team
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Activities
Uni Univer ersi sity C Coun uncil – Pr President
The president of the Alumni Association is a lay member of University Council, attending all Council meetings
Internatio ional a l activ ivit ity
AAB members have supported engagement activity particularly in China, Hong Kong and India. Activity has increased over the last year.
SLIDE 7 Activities
Enter erprise/ e/Ex Exper erts
- AAB members have used their
expertise to support University Engineering, STEM and enterprise activities. Donors rs
- AAB members support the University’s fundraising projects
with ideas, attendance at events and through personal donations
- The AAB is looking into ways to support the Annual Fund
programme run by the University’s Philanthropy team over the next year
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Governance
New Constitution and Operating Procedures documents have been drawn up over the last year for the Alumni Association and Alumni Advisory Board. These new documents seek to provide greater clarity and stronger governance for the Alumni Advisory Board.
SLIDE 9 Plan 2017-18
Meet eting ngs:
- 24 November 2017
- 2 February 2018
- 27 April 2018
- 20 July 2018
Key ey Performanc nce I Indi dicators
- Over the next year the AAB will focus on work around the
themes of advocacy and philanthropy, and the themes of experts and employers the following year.
SLIDE 10
Thank you for listening. Any questions?
Dr Paul Drummond, Alumni Association President
SLIDE 11
Alumni Relations update
Alison Barlow, Stakeholder Relations Manager
SLIDE 12 Meet the Engagement Team
- Alison Barlow, Stakeholder Relations
Manager manages the team
- Engagement Executive, Katharine Green
- Engagement Officer, Katie Wilson
- Engagement Intern, Connie Stovell
Email: alumni@lboro.ac.uk Phone: 01509 228497 Web: lboro.ac.uk/alumni
SLIDE 13 Engagement
- The team manages work to ensure alumni are able to:
– Keep in touch with University developments – Keep in touch and support each other – Use their knowledge and expertise to support the University and its students.
– Advocacy – Employers – Experts – Donors and Sponsors
SLIDE 14
Engagement activity
SLIDE 15 Experts
Since August 2016
- Launched Lboro Connect: an online mentoring platform for
alumni and students
- Supported SBE and WEDEC in their Distinguished Alumni
Awards, awarding 5 prizes this year.
SLIDE 16 Employers
job
referred from alumni to current students, promoting internships, placements and Graduate employment.
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Donors and Sponsors
SLIDE 18
Communications
SLIDE 19 Love at Loughborough
- Online Valentine’s Day campaign
around #LboroFamily
- Asking alumni to tell us of stories
- f marriage, engagement and
personal announcements
- Tapping into alumni’s passion for
Loughborough, generating buzz, encouraging social sharing
- Part of longer term affinity
- Tracing ‘lost alumni’
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Thank you for listening. Any questions?
Alison Barlow, Stakeholder Relations Manager
