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Just getting started with this, throw down any ideas you have: | Just getting started with this, throw down any ideas you have: | ||
* | * An '''Alumni Clubs & Socs Evening''', encouraging them to come back, re-join and talk to DCU societies | ||
* Working with the DCU Alumni Relations | This could be done by the SPC in conjunction with the Alumni Office | ||
* A [http://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn]/[http://www.openbc.com OpenBC] style website specific to DCU, to categorise alumni & their DCU contacts | Societies could treat it, like C&S Day, as a once-off, high-traffic occassion when they sell membership benefits to Alumni. It gets them more cash and a dedicated list of alums to call on | ||
Crucially, this all encourages societies to think about alumni and to form their own independent list of oldies who have shown genuine interest, rather than spamming the all-graduates list etc. | |||
* Working with the '''DCU Alumni Relations Officer''' on projects | |||
Possible suggestions for her to work on are: | |||
An FAQ on what DCU Alumni are offered by the college (purely because it will make her think about how little is actually offered and might spur her on to change that) | |||
Discounted postgraduate courses / further education for Alumni, to encourage more study at DCU? | |||
* A [http://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn]/[http://www.openbc.com OpenBC] style '''contacts website''' specific to DCU, to categorise alumni & their DCU contacts | |||
* An official list of DCU societies/clubs with active Alumni membership (Redbrick a good example) | * An official list of DCU societies/clubs with active Alumni membership (Redbrick a good example) | ||
* "'''Alumni talks'''" series, possible monthly talk from an Alumni on a topic, could be archived | |||
* "Alumni talks" series, possible monthly talk from an Alumni on a topic, could be archived | |||
* Alumni have a lot of experience, useful for training etc. | * Alumni have a lot of experience, useful for training etc. | ||
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