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Rotary Alumni Engagement Patti Johnson, Buffalo-Sunrise 7090 District Council Sept. 10, 2015
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Rotary Alumni Engagement Patti Johnson, Buffalo-Sunrise 7090 District Council Sept. 10, 2015
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emphasizing outreach to alumni of various programs like GSE Grant and Scholarship recipients youth programs and others. Doesn’t include former Rotarians per se… the folks that have left Rotary, although some alumni might fit that category. IDEA: some of these people may want to re-engage with Rotary: not necessarily as members, although that’s always good to see… but maybe as volunteers at your events, or mentors or speakers for your club. Maybe as donors… So who are these alumni?
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WHO ARE ALUMNI?
Interact, Rotaract, Youth Exchange, RYLA
New Generations Service Exchange
Peace Fellowships
Global Grant Scholarships
Vocational Training Teams (VTT)
District Grant Scholarships
Former TRF programs:
Ambassadorial Scholarships
Grants for University Teachers
Group Study Exchange (GSE)
Rotary Volunteers Program
Individuals who have experienced Rotary through various programs:
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ALUMNI STATISTICS
How many alumni are there?
Potentially 500,000 former program participants.
2015-16 RI database
286,000 alumni records
13,410 are Rotarians (4.6%)
54% interested in membership
18% volunteered with Rotary in past year
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Up to a half million alumni. RI has records on just over half that number. Fewer than 5% are Rotarians, although most expressed an interest in Rotary and a significant number volunteered with Rotary over the last year.
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FINDING ALUMNI – DISTRICT INFORMATION What resources do we have?
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Information on District alumni is available from RI. The latest info shows that almost 360 alumni live in our district. Probably not a complete list
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DISTRICT 7090 STATISTICS – ALUMNI RESIDING IN DISTRICT
Alumni by Program Group Study Exchange (1990): 178 (20 Rotarians; 11%)
Ambassadorial Scholarships (1951): 94 (1)
Rotary Peace Fellowships: 1
Vocational Training Teams: new
Rotaract (1999): 34 (1)
Interact (1996): 50 (0)
Rotary Youth Exchange: 2
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards: ?
Total: at least 359
Total Rotarians: 23 (6%)
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Highest % of current Rotarians comes from the GSE folks: all adults, all young professionals when they participated. I’d have hoped for a higher number of Rotarians out of the group of 94 Ambassadorial scholars… I’ll work on that. Rotaractors: only one Rotarian so far, but most of the clubs were started in the last 9 years so it might be a little early for some of them to become Rotarians. But I think that’s a group that we really need to keep actively engaged. The rest are, for the most part, kids or very young adults. We need to keep them involved as they move through school and beyond.
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BENEFITS OF ENGAGING ALUMNI
As Members
• Alumni are interested in acquiring and expanding leadership and
professional skills. They like to interact with other leaders (alumni!)
As Volunteers
• Alumni are volunteers and many show a strong interest in
international service.
As Speakers and Mentors
• Alumni are interested in connecting with a diverse group
of professionals and sharing their Rotary experience.
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As Members: Many alumni fall within a prime age range for joining Rotary and show a strong interest in membership. As Volunteers: Invite to upcoming service projects… They may have skills you need! As Speakers and Mentors: Ask alumni to speak at your club Connect a past program participant with a future one
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HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR ALUMNI?
TAKE ACTION
• Contact your alumni!!!
• Include alumni on newsletters and social media
• Include in service projects or Rotary Community Corps
• Encourage donations or fundraising
• Join discussion groups on My Rotary or LinkedIn
• Encourage scholarship applications and invite them to mentor
current scholars
• Encourage vocational training team participation
• Nominate alumni and alumni associations for alumni awards (i.e.
The Global Alumni Service to Humanity & Alumni Association of the Year Awards)
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This form shows which program participants were hosted in our District (i.e. incoming GSE or Youth Exchange kids). The next chart shows which clubs sponsored each alum.
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This file has some contact information for over 900 people who have been hosted or sponsored by a club in our district. That’s almost 70% of the total number of participants.
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Here’s what we can do. I can prepare a list like this of alumni sponsored by each club and get that info to your president and secretary. I’ll include contact info if available. If not, I’d ask you to see if any of your members know how to find these people.
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FINDING ALUMNI
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Rotary-
Reconnect-731/about
https://www.facebook.com/rotaryreconnect
Reconnect newsletter https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/news-
features/newsletters
Alumni webpage www.rotary.org/alumni
My Rotary
Alumni ages 13+ can update contact information
Alumni 18+ can use discussion boards
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Encourage alumni we reach to update their information on My Rotary Some Rotarians have mentioned that it is difficult to keep track of alumni because they move so much. There are new features on rotary.org to make this easier. The access on My Rotary are distinguished by age and security level. Alumni under age 13 cannot access My Rotary. Alumni ages 13+ can update their own contact information by updating their My Rotary Profile, automatically updating Rotary’s database, but if under 18, their information is not shared with the Rotary community and they cannot be in discussion boards. Alumni 18+ will have access to discussion boards and can connect with Rotarians and other alumni
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My Goals as District Alumni Chair
• Suggest the DG contact non-Rotarian alumni residing in our District,
inviting them to the District Conference. I will supply the contact list to
Kevin and Pene
• Encourage all clubs to contact their alumni and engage them as discussed
earlier
• Increase alumni registration on RI
• Set up District 7090 Facebook and LinkedIn sites
• Collaborate with AGs and District Chairs to find and engage alumni
• Hold alumni meet-and-greet events
• Establish a District 7090 Alumni Association
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Rotary Alumni Engagement
• Again, I am Patti Johnson, with THE Buffalo-Sunrise Club.
• I can be reached at [email protected] or at 716-830-6173
• If you have any questions or suggestions I would love to hear from you.
