Category Archives: shared interest group (SIG)

High Profile Award Dinner

Level of difficulty: Advanced
Cost to attend: High
Award Winner: 2019

Project:  Awards Dinner by YaleWomen, bestowing Lifetime Achievement Awards (3) and Impact Awards (5), accompanied by a panel discussion, and held in partnership with the YAA.

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Creating a newsletter for a SIG

Level of difficulty: Advanced
Cost to attend: free
Award Winner: 2019

Project: A quarterly marketing piece (newsletter) produced by a shared interest group (the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance – YANA). Each issue is an approximately 7-page pdf document, produced in electronic-only format.

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Athletic SIG holds Special Dinner/ Fundraiser in Honor of Beloved Coach

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: moderate (students on team came free)

Project: The Yale Fencing Association (an alumni group) and Yale’s Athletic Department worked together to hold a dinner, reception, and fund raising campaign honoring a long-standing athletic coach. Continue reading Athletic SIG holds Special Dinner/ Fundraiser in Honor of Beloved Coach

Adding an Athletic SIG Event to a weekend of Class Reunions

Level of difficulty: Basic
Cost to attend: None (A Reunion is high cost item, but nothing extra to attend this, and nominal cost to add it.)
Award winner: 2010

Project: The Class of 1970, the Yale Fencing Association and the Yale Athletic Department worked together to hold a simple all-class Fencing reception in the spring of 2010 during each of the two weekends designated for Class Reunions. Continue reading Adding an Athletic SIG Event to a weekend of Class Reunions