My business is alumni and volunteer engagement consulting.
My clients are leaders who have identified their strategic direction, yet need support and guidance from an industry expert to implement their plans.
This work takes the form of project-based or interim/fractional contracts where I provide:
➡A road map and the driver (that’s me) for building or reimagining an alumni community
➡Constituent interviews and surveys
➡Volunteer management and operations, including nominations / appointments, awards, recognition
➡Program development and evaluation
➡Event strategy and production
➡Engagement metrics guidance and development
➡Content creation, including alumni profiles and volunteer descriptions
➡Support and guidance for emerging engagement professionals
Hire me when:
Your organization has hundreds of former employees or volunteers, but you don’t have an organized way of connecting with them or leveraging their new professional networks.
➡ I’ll institute an alumni network that will more than pay for its creation.
Your strategic plan includes programs you desperately need, but you can’t hire another FTE right now.
➡ I’ll develop, launch, and analyze new activities so you can confidently adjust your position descriptions and org chart according to what works.
You’ve just hired or promoted someone you know will grow into the job, but they need guidance, and you don’t have the bandwidth.
➡ I’ll get them up and running as their trusty, on-call advisor.
Your head of Alumni Relations is leaving and there’s no obvious internal candidate.
➡ I’ll lead the team while you find the right person.
You have a vacancy, and you just can’t ask other staff to take on more work while the FTE is out or HR is revising the description.
➡ I’ll plan the events, run the volunteer operations, write the communications - whatever’s needed to keep the trains on the tracks.
Your volunteers have great passion and ideas but you don’t have time to develop a strategic volunteer engagement strategy.
➡ I’ll create and run your nominations, onboarding, recognition, and awards processes.
You want an external expert to come speak with your team about alumni or volunteer engagement.
➡ I’ll work with you to punctuate the right points and get your teams thinking.