What is Next For Rocky Alumni Engagement?

Closing and Feedback Session

May 11, 2019

 

Low Hanging Fruit

• Rocky database with students and alums

  • Updated list

    • Specified around policy interests that can lead to something like regional events to facilitate gatherings

  • Making friends of Rocky more accessible to students

• Alum spotlights

  • Once a year or so

  • Alums doing cool things

  • Rocky rundowns

    • 2-4 minute spotlights from alums

      • Put on youtube/Rocky newsletters

        • Gets Rocky’s name out, Inform students and alums about each other’s careers

• Sadhana memes with Sadhana quotes

• Alum mentorship

  • No matter what stage in career

• Information/Straight up job interviews

  • Rocky connection as additional layer of connections in additional to Dartmouth

  • Live up to networking/branding of the College

• Rocky Job Board

  • For current students and alums

• Creation of newsletter

  • Features alum stories

• Alumni presence/stories on the website

  • Also social media

• Rocky focused alumni travel

  • PBPL 85 for alums (without grades)  

    • Potential for online work/course

• Less fundraising and more experienced based inquiries/communication

  • A class representative to sign their name to catch more people’s interest  

• Reach out to alums about their values/advice

  • Website for quotes on what is important years out from Dartmouth

• Center students at an event for alums

  • PRS students to tell alums about their experiences

   

 

Medium

• More informal gatherings

  • Dinner and Drinks on Rocky in various places on

• • Online format; live event filmed so people can watch

    • Like a webinar

• Rotating annual conference in different places (Rocky on the Road)

  • NYC, Boston…

  • Regional conferences using alumni offices so low budget

    • Potential to provide food or drinks

• Adding event to Webster Dinner for younger alums

  • Lower cost

High

• Bringing Oprah/Pope/Bono to campus

  • High profile people to Dartmouth

• More conferences like this one

  • Brochure (digital form perhaps) with content and blurbs about each

• Residency program

  • An alum or someone popular here for an extended period of time

• Bring food to all above events

• POTUS debates

• More comparative public policy courses for students

  • Potential international experiences

• Sadhana book club

  • Bimonthly virtual meet ups to stay connected to the Center

  • Via Zoom

• Sadhana Fireside Chats

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