AlumGrow Consultancy Insights Newsletter - July 2022
Alastair Lee
Community and Alumni Manager | Tintern Grammar | Founder, AlumGrow Consultancy – Empowering Education Providers Through Engagement and Advancement
Welcome to our July issue
Since attending the Educate Plus Reignite Conference in June in Adelaide SA as a guest speaker and exhibitor, I've had the chance to reflect on what was a wonderful event.
For me, the greatest takeaway from Reignite was how important it is for all advancement professionals to continue to share their industry experiences with each other at every opportunity, including our challenges, our wins, our losses, and big ideas. By doing so, our profession only gets better at what we do, creating a greater sense of professional comradery in the process, and importantly strengthening our case for support with education leaders who usually hold the program purse strings.
For this reason our continuing challenge as professionals is to find the time in our hectic schedules to attend and contribute to events like Reignite and help nurture and promote vital industry discussion and professional development.
So my question to all advancement professionals is - are you up for the challenge? I know I am!
Don't forget I'm always here to help and only a Zoom call away, so feel free to contact me for all your advancement program growth needs.
If you have any feedback about this Insights issue or have any particular topics you would like covered in future issues don't hesitate to send me your ideas via alastair.lee@alumgrow.com.au.
Alastair Lee - Director & Founder
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Article of the month
DevelopmentPro set to revolutionise education industry
In this article, retired US journalist and education advocate Ed J Guiney interviews our Director Alastair about our DevelopmentPro Growth Framework.
Read the full article here. Article reproduced with permission.
Catch-up on some of our previous articles:
DevelopmentPro Growth Framework: A whole new way to sustainably grow your advancement program...
Our DevelopmentPro Growth Framework? is our proven program for schools, colleges, and universities to generate at least 24% more alumni support, fundraising revenue, and enrolment enquiries by overcoming common challenges such as a lack of resources, staff time or expertise that often stops them achieving strategic goals such as increasing revenue, developing exceptional education programs and facilities, and achieving financial independence.
To learn more visit our website at DevelopmentPro.
A Minute With AlumGrow Episode 9
When did you last review your advancement policies?
In this episode Alastair talks about the importance of regularly reviewing your policies and procedures to ensure your advancement program remains relevant and legally compliant. View Episode 9 here.
Missed any past episodes of A Minute With AlumGrow? Then catch up on our YouTube Channel here.
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Advancement tip of the month
Major events planning - do you know your strategic why?
Knowing your why is numero uno with any major event planning! Way before you even think about creating that event invitation or booking a venue, you need to carefully think about and know your strategic event why.
You can do this by addressing five key questions about your proposed event:
- Why are you holding the event?
- How will it help achieve the goals of your organisation?
- How will you measure success?
- What is the expected ROI - in REAL terms?
- Who is your target audience and why would they attend the event?
If you get this strategic positioning articulated right from the start of your planning, it sets up everything else in terms of the ‘how’ for your events and keeps you firmly on track to reach your goals.
At AlumGrow we can help with all areas of your advancement program - including major events strategies and advice. If your organisation needs expert assistance give us a call at +61 0 458 545 184.
Advancement resources to check out this month
Social Pros Podcast - Convince & Convert
This award-winning podcast is one of our favourites here at AlumGrow, where you can hear real industry insights, tips and advice from real people doing real work in social media across many different sectors. Visit the podcast website here.
*AlumGrow has no business connection to this company or podcast.
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Industry stats that matter
Instagram use in Australia
Instagram is one of the most popular and widely used social media platforms in the advancement sector - how do you compare?
- Total Australian Instagram audience reach is: 11 million or 51.6% of the population aged 13+
- 56.5% of active Instagram users are female and 43.5% are male
- The largest number of users by age demographic is 24-35 year olds
Source: Glenroe - April 2022
Let's talk about your advancement goals today
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