Day 1, Tuesday, December 8

Noon-1:00 PM
Registration

1:00-2:00
Welcome and Introductions

Day 2, Wednesday, December 9

8:00-9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/Roundtables

9:00-10:15
Volunteer Management
Discover meaningful ways of recruiting, training, retaining and recognizing your volunteers while fulfilling the mission of your institution.

10:30-11:30
Elective Sessions (choose one)

• Development Volunteers
  Campaign success is critical and competition for philanthropic support is at an all-time high. Discuss ways for recruiting volunteers to achieve campaign success while finding additional meaningful ways to engage alumni and increase collaboration between the alumni association and development.
• Student/Young Alumni Volunteers
  They're young, energetic, excited and full of new ideas. They don't stay in one place and are busy building their lives. Do they have time for their alma mater? Join us as we study this generation in depth. Discover the truth regarding the availability and interest of young alumni and learn proven methods to capitalize on this invaluable constituency-the future of your alumni program.

11:30AM-12:30 PM
Elective Sessions (choose one)

• Regional Program Volunteers (repeated at 8:30 AM on Thursday)
  Volunteers are the driving force behind club and chapter activities. But working with volunteers brings many challenges: how to continually recruit energetic volunteers, provide them with the resources to be effective, keep them engaged and interested, and most importantly, recognize them for a job well done. Learn different techniques for working with all kinds of volunteers.
• Special Interest and Affinity-Based Regional Groups
  Chapters and clubs are often the gold standards for reaching alumni, but did you know like interests can be as effective? Discover how affinity and special interest-based groups can help you with regional strategies to engage alumni.

12:30-2:15
Small Group Lunches
Enjoy lunch with faculty and other participants to share experiences, ideas and professional knowledge.

2:15-3:45
Volunteer Leadership Panel
Hear from-and ask questions of-volunteers of local volunteer leaders.

3:45-5:00
Social Media and Regional Engagement
Connecting with alumni has never been easier thanks to technology. The changes that technology has brought about in the past few years in alumni relations boggle the mind. What lies ahead in the next few years and how will you stay ahead of the curve? Will your job get easier or more challenging? Explore these questions and more at this session.

5:00
Conference Adjourns for the Day
Dinner on your own

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Day 3, Thursday, December 9

7:30-8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast/Roundtables

8:30-9:45
Elective Sessions (choose one)

• Advancement Partnership Model
  You can't have one without the other! Without friends, how can you raise funds? Without funds, how can you have friends and fun? Learn how your peers work to synchronize fun-, friend- and fundraising to maximize achievement.
• Regional Program Volunteers
  Volunteers are the driving force behind club and chapter activities. But working with volunteers brings many challenges: how to continually recruit energetic volunteers, provide them with the resources to be effective, keep them engaged and interested, and most importantly, recognize them for a job well done. Learn different techniques for working with all kinds of volunteers.

10:00-11:15
Innovative Regional Programs
How do we plan events that are outcomes-based while answering the needs of our alumni, all while keeping our institution's mission in mind? In this dynamic world of demographics and marketing segments, find out how your peers are planning successful and meaningful events that are outcomes-based.

11:15 AM-NOON
Faculty Firing Line & Words of Wisdom
Faculty will respond to questions, propose advice on solutions, discuss trends for the future and offer guidance on where to go from here.

NOON
Conference Adjourns

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