(Do alumni-centered operations need teambuilding?)

Now there’s an oft-maligned term.  In our OD work we run across a lot of people who question the value of “teambuilding” and teambuilding exercises.  We think the skepticism is warranted.  Why is it that teambuilding so often shows up as a “flash-in-the-pan” experience?  (more…)

We recently completed a project with a client whose staff and board asked some great questions about reliability and usefulness of the data from their AAS project.  In addition to specific answers to their questions we composed the discussion below.  We thought it might be interesting to others and so have reproduced it here. (more…)

Many of our past participants first learned about the Alumni Attitude Study at one of their local CASE and/or District Conferences.  It was there they experienced the level of research and analysis that is applied when implementing the AAS on campus.  From presenting topics based on our national database of alumni participants such as “National Trends in Alumni Attitudes”, to partnering with advancement professionals to present recent alumni engagement techniques, the AAS has seen great success in its partnership with CASE. (more…)

Launching a successful alumni attitudinal survey can be an intimidating proposition.  One of the things we (The Alumni Attitude Study) do at the beginning of each project is work with our clients to establish and maintain some key principles top-of-mind throughout the entire survey process.  (more…)

On Thursday, September 24, 2009 the AAS Alumni Engagement Webinar Series kicks off a series of free webinars (more…)