Stand and Deliver: your money (and/or) your time

Alumni Volunteering at Exeter

Stephanie Anagnostopoulos, Alumni Volunteer Officer

Holly Peterson, Head of Alumni Relations

Overview

Why ask alumni to volunteer?

What is it?

How we measure volunteers

A standard for the sector?

Why ask alumni to volunteer?

A way of giving

- Alumni can ‘give back’

- Advance our strategic goals

Involves alumni in the life of the

University

What is alumni volunteering?

500+ alumni helped last year

4,700+ offers to help

Giving time to support and better the

university and its students

Undertaking tasks we can’t

Alumni are better at some

things than us

Extra help and resource for

activities

Provide us with links to the

wider world and our peers

Why we do it this way

For our Campaign

To track and measure engagement

We want to know...

Is this new for you?

What do you do?

How do you track this?

What we do at Exeter

Support alumni

who want to help

Track

volunteering

activity

Find volunteers for

opportunities (new

& existing)

How alumni volunteer at Exeter

Over 100 individual ways to help in 2010-11

Main themes…

Guidance: Strategic and student

Talks

Profiles

Strategic Guidance Utilising skills & expertise to advise us

Examples of Activities Alumni

College Advisory Boards >11

Council 8

Convocation 9

Alumni Network Group 26

Fundraising Campaign Board 7

Annual Fund Disbursement Panel 8

Gala Dinner Committee 14

Advice to students

Mentoring Alumni

Exepert - informal advice 150

Career Mentor Scheme – formal programme

14

Society mentors >3

Country Contacts 50

Guild Trustees 5

Guidance where we don’t have the internal

expertise.

Students relate better to their ‘peers’.

Talks Sharing experience and skillsCareers or ‘Employability’ Speakers Alumni

‘Widen Your Options’ Fortnight 19

School employability talks 34

Student society events 10

Event Speakers Alumni

Gala Dinner 1

Networking Events c.4

Flagship university lectures 1

Curriculum talks, etc TBC

Profiles

Recruitment

Fabulous alumni

Career success stories

Recording hours

Reflects and measures participation in

non-£ way.

Tracks who helps and acknowledge

their support

Breaking down hours

Travel

Preparation…

Activity…

How do we collect hours?

Estimate Ask!

Summary

Alumni can ‘stand and deliver’ in non-monetary

ways and still make an impact

Hours allows us to measure engagement and

show value

Questions?

Are hours the best measure?

Does time equal money?

Where do we go from here?

Thanks for listening and talking!

Stephanie AnagnostopoulosAlumni Volunteer Officers.r.anagnostopoulos@exeter.ac.ukTel: 01392 725003

Holly PetersonHead of Alumni Relationsh.peterson@exeter.ac.ukTel: 01392 723052

www.exeter.ac.uk/campaign