1. IVY TECH TEAM IV
PRESENTATION
The Fourth Strategy
Ensure an Adequate and Sustainable Resource Base
Focus on Alumni Associations
Linda Bennett
Finnie Coleman
David Olwell
Elissa Palmer
Felix Vallejo

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3. Introduction
PURPOSE
Changes lives and changes
Indiana through education
and workforce development
Vision
Mission
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4. Introduction
30
campuses
1 million
200,000
training
students
hours
.
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5. The Fourth Strategy
Ensure an Adequate and Sustainable Resource Base
4.1 Achieve a sustainable funding model
4.2 Increase alumni contribution
90% of 2013 4.3 External stakeholders
target.
4.4 Culture of
common focus
10 % of 2013
target 74% of 2011
target
Contributions
increase 412%
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6. FOCUS
4.2 Alumni contribution.

7. Why have an alumni association?
• foster loyalty and financial support for
Ivy Tech and current students,
• develop community among former
students,
• enhance the reputation of Ivy Tech,
• represent alumni interests to Ivy Tech,
• and provide selected services to alumni.
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8. Current Ivy Tech Practices
• Centralized Alumni • Local Campuses
Association – Wide variation
– Web site – Newsletters
– License Plate – Social events
– Alumni magazine – Discounts
– Distinguished alumni – Job assistance /
– Social media networking
– Legacy scholarship
– “Stay in Touch”
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9. Best Practices from Benchmarks
• Comprehensive alumni • Job assistance
directory • Program financial support
• Scholarships • Alumni Board
• Development • Newsletter
• Alumni recognition • Library and campus
• Social events access
• Local discounts / member • Volunteer opportunities
benefits • Campus Email for life
• Campus publicity
• Networking
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10. Key decisions
• What will be centralized and what will be
decentralized?
• What central resources will be provided to
support alumni association?
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11. MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION
Network
Connection
Access
Financial Benefits
Service
Leadership

12. NETWORKS
oSocial activities
oEvents
oMentoring
oJob assistance /
extended
placement
oProgramming
oResources
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13. CONNECT
o Alumni
newsletter /
class notes
o Capture current
students
o Alumni
Magazine
o Social media
o Email
o (Be aware of
FERPA
restrictions)
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14. ACCESS
o Athletics
o Gym
o Bookstore
o Library and
media
o Short training
courses
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15. FINANCIAL
BENEFITS
o Discounts
(commercial ties)
o Events
o Insurance
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16. o Scholarships
o Student mentorship
o Development appeals /
SERVE
fundraising
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17. ALUMNI LEADERSHIP
o Alumni board
o Giving Society
(donor levels)
o Awards and
recognition
$300,000 donation by Greencastle's
Citizens Advisory Commission for
Industrial Development (CACFID) 17

18. • Accolades
• Advocates
V
• Goodwill A
• Impact L
• Service
• Accountability
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E
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19. Measures of effectiveness for the
alumni association shall include
• Amount of contributions from alumni by campus and year
group
• Percent of eligible alumni joining the association by campus
and year group
• Percentage of members using each service provided by the
association by campus
• Ratio of income to operating expenses
• Improvements in the rankings of Ivy Tech by external agencies
• Alumni survey results indication increased loyalty to Ivy
Tech, reputation of Ivy Tech, and satisfaction with Alumni
Association
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20. COSTS
• Largest cost is constructing comprehensive database
of alumni
• Web costs are modest; labor to maintain currency
dominates
• Mailings and printing can be expensive
• Funding for alumni boards
• Local businesses can earn tax write-offs for
donations of services in kind
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21. Recommendations
• Standardize a core subset of services across all
campuses
• Expand practices system-wide from the local
campuses that are already offering extensive
services (Kokomo, Bloomington, etc.)
• Separate the brand of the alumni association
from the development office
• Invest in creating robust alumni database and
populating it
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22. Resources
• Ms. Stephanie Melvin, Council for Resource
Development, Washington DC
• Council for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) (website, conferences)
• Rebecca Rump, “How to Establish an Alumni
Association” from Southeastern Community
College, Iowa
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23. Conclusion
• Expanding the alumni association offers value
for Ivy Tech in several dimensions
• Building deeper relationships with alumni by
providing useful services increases a sense of
community, and alumni financial support will
follow in time.
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24. Acknowledgements
• Jeff Terp (our champion)
• Perry Hammock
• Chris Hancock
• The Ivy Tech Alumni
• And the entire Ivy Tech team
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