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Advancing Together: Strengthening the IU Alumni Community

Explore the intertwined histories of IUF and IUAA and their mission to engage alumni for IU's excellence. Challenges like reduced revenue and opportunities in a united involvement strategy are examined. Discover the values of the four I's of advancement and the significance of engagement in building a strong alumni network. Volunteer engagement, marketing, IT, and events play a crucial role in strengthening the ties that bind the IU community. Join us in sailing the seas of success together!

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Advancing Together: Strengthening the IU Alumni Community

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  1. “Good to Great”University Advancement: IUF and IUAA Working Together Gene Tempel, IU Foundation J T. Forbes, IU Alumni Association

  2. From the past to the present • It all started with a fire • Long and intertwined histories • Friend (or fun) raising versus fund raising • Complementary functions

  3. Forces bringing us together • President McRobbie’s challenge “For IU to achieve its goals of excellence, our alumni must become more deeply connected and engaged in the life of the university.”

  4. IUAA’s challenges and opportunities Challenges • Reduced Revenue • Increase Involvement Opportunities • Unified and integrated involvement strategy • Demographic, technological and global changes • Passionate and loyal alumni willing to help Our Strategic Purpose: Mobilize IU Alumni to help themselves, each other, and Indiana University

  5. IUF’s challenges and opportunities • Challenges • Reduce budgets • Increase giving • Opportunities • One development team • Ramp up • Outstanding customer service

  6. The President’s advancement challenge “Expand and enhance essential volunteer, philanthropic, and other support for the Principles of Excellence among IU’s alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends throughout Indiana, the nation, and the world.”

  7. The Four I’s of Advancement • Identify • Inform • Involve • Invest

  8. Importance of engagement "Because here I know what I am doing. Here I contribute. Here I belong. Here I am a member of a community.“ ~ Peter Drucker

  9. Healthier! Happier! “Volunteering makes the heart grow stronger.” ~ Corporation for National and Community Service

  10. The ties that bind …

  11. Ways we are working together • Volunteer engagement • Marketing • IT • Events

  12. “Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”

  13. “Indiana, we’re all for you!”

  14. What’s on your mind

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