Category Archives: Speaker Events

High Profile Award Dinner

<$1000 - high, advanced, Award Winner, dinner, Ongoing, reception, shared interest group (SIG), speaker panel, special project, tribute 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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Holding multiple pre-reunion Class get-togethers (“Preunions”)

<$30 - low, $0 - none, Award Winner, basic, class, cultural event, dinner, educational event, General Project Type, intermediate, local speaker, luncheon, Meal, mini-reunion (short), Ongoing, reception, Speaker Events

Level of difficulty: Basic (Each event is basic, but  coordinating many is intermediate.)
Cost to attend: none (At museum, there was a low cost pay your own lunch at cafeteria.)
Award Winner: 2019

Project:  Class leadership invited classmates to host parties in their homes across the country for other classmates in their area. Class leadership then helped coordinate 9 get-togethers, one of which was a museum tour. The Class (1985) branded the events “Preunions” to build attendance for its upcoming on-campus reunion in 2020. Continue reading Holding multiple pre-reunion Class get-togethers (“Preunions”) →

Yale Club enhances speaker series by partnering with local university

<$100 - moderate, club, dinner, educational event, General Project Type, intermediate, local speaker, Meal, Ongoing, Speaker Events

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: moderate

Project:  Regional Club (the Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest – YAANW) enhances its long running speaker series on environmental sustainability by partnering with the local engineering school (the College of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN). The University of St.Thomas (UST) provided the venue and underwriting, and created synergies for driving attendance. Continue reading Yale Club enhances speaker series by partnering with local university →

Yale Club abroad enhances Yale/China Student Exchange program

<$30 - low, $0 - none, club, cultural event, dinner, educational event, General Project Type, intermediate, local speaker, luncheon, multiple meals, Ongoing, Speaker Events, special project

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Free for students (alumni pay for their own moderately priced dinners)

Project:  A Yale Club in Shenzhen, China, annually arranges a day-trip for visiting Yale students along with local Chinese students, to leading Chinese companies. All the students are part of a regular exchange program between Yale and Lingnan (University) College in China, organized in part by Yale-China. Continue reading Yale Club abroad enhances Yale/China Student Exchange program →

Day-long Workshops with Panel Discussions and Curated Exhibits

$0 - none, advanced, Award Winner, breakfast, dinner, educational event, General Project Type, local speaker, luncheon, multiple meals, other group, reception, Speaker Events, speaker panel, special project, visiting speaker

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

Project:  Organized by an ad hoc group of Robert Reed’s former students and colleagues, a series of day-long intensive drawing workshops, art lectures, panel discussions, and exhibits highlighted the art and teaching of Robert Reed, the first (and only) African American tenured by the Yale School of Art. Continue reading Day-long Workshops with Panel Discussions and Curated Exhibits →

Regional Club Education Event to serve Remote Club Members

<$30 - low, basic, club, cultural event, educational event, General Project Type, local speaker, luncheon, Meal, Speaker Events, university speaker

Level of difficulty: Basic
Cost to attend: Low

Project: A regional Yale Club held a luncheon lecture at Williamsburg, an historic site within its region, but far from its base in order to attract Club members near that site. Continue reading Regional Club Education Event to serve Remote Club Members →

Club Project for City Schools

$0 - none, club, educational event, General Project Type, intermediate, local speaker, service project, Speaker Events

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: None

Project: A Cleveland Yale Club project to interest and motivate kids in Cleveland’s inner city schools to become engineers. Many of these students know nothing about engineering careers. (The same idea of bringing alumni and their friends in a variety of jobs and careers to kids in schools in person, on the web and using YouTube also can be done.) Continue reading Club Project for City Schools →

Club holds Symposium on College Admissions

<$10 - nominal, club, educational event, General Project Type, intermediate, local speaker, service project, Speaker Events, speaker panel

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Nominal

Project: A regional Yale Club provided a forum for Club members and the general public to learn about the college admissions process from independent professional college counselors in an historic setting. The event was held in the winter of 2009. Continue reading Club holds Symposium on College Admissions →

Club Event and Class Mini-Reunion combined at Art Exhibit

<$30 - low, class, club, cultural event, educational event, fundraiser, General Project Type, intermediate, Speaker Events, visiting speaker

Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Low (slightly higher for non-Club members)

Event: A regional Yale Club and the Yale Class of 1988 collaborated to stage an special evening event: A visit to an exhibit of art work by an internationally recognized Yale graduate, with a talk by the artist, at a premier art museum in Washington, DC (June 2009). The event served as both Club event and Class of ‘88 mini-reunion. Continue reading Club Event and Class Mini-Reunion combined at Art Exhibit →