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.
Category Archives: Ongoing
Multi-class regional gatherings
Level of difficulty: Intermediate
Cost to attend: Free
Project: 7 Yale College Classes (2005-2011) together sponsor joint regional events in major cities. The events target alumni who are ~10-20 years out, and intended to spur cross-class engagement.
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.
Creating an Annual Report for a SIG
Level of difficulty: Advanced
Cost to attend: free
Award Winner: 2019
Project: The first annual report (marketing piece) produced by a shared interest group (the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance – YANA). This 32-page pdf document was produced in electronic-only format.
Holding multiple pre-reunion Class get-togethers (“Preunions”)
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”)
Creating a high-traffic, moderated, closed Facebook group
Level of difficulty: Advanced
Cost to attend: Free
Award Winner: 2019
Project: This growing closed Facebook group (the Yale Alumni Facebook group) connects a large number of alumni. It helps them network, learn, share ideas about class, club, city, SIG, G&PS events, as well as engage and build community. Continue reading Creating a high-traffic, moderated, closed Facebook group
Yale Club enhances speaker series by partnering with local university
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
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