Episode 28: JMU Love - A Volunteer Engagement Revolution





James Madison University Alumni Staff

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Today on the podcast we are joined by Ashley Privott and Kevin Gibson of the James Madison University Association to talk about the volunteer engagement revolution they have started called JMU LOVE.

You can learn more about JMU Love at http://www.jmulove.com.  JMU LOVE is a movement to build alumni involvement now and in the future by developing Leaders of Volunteer Engagement throughout the JMU community — because involvement is at the heart of the Madison Experience.Send me feedback to paul.clifford@alumnipodcast.com. Please leave comments below or on the iTunes Music store.

The JMU Alumni Association — in partnership with host programs throughout the university — will provide alumni with Madison-based, certified volunteer opportunities that extend the JMU experience for graduates, benefit the university and strengthen ties between alumni and students.

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Episode 27: Social Media with Cornell's Andrew Gossen

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Our guest on today's podcast is Andrew Gossen.  Andrew is the Senior Director for Social Media Strategy in the Division of Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell University. He joined Cornell in early 2010 to spearhead the integration of social media and mobile technology into the division's strategic plan. Previously, Andrew spent eight years at the Alumni Association of Princeton University in a number of diverse roles. He sits on the CASE Commission on Alumni Relations, co-chairs the CASE Task Force on Social Media, and chaired the 2011 CASE Social Media & Community conference. Andrew holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton and a doctorate in social anthropology from Harvard University.

You can follow Andrew on http://twitter.com/#!/agossen

During the show Andrew mentions how Cornell is integrating video into their social web strategy, here is a link to their work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ra7ztGV7jA&feature=youtu.be

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Episode 26: Giving of Yourself with author of The Go Giver, Bob Burg

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Today on the podcast I am joined by best selling coauthor of "The Go Giver," Bob Burg.  Bob discusses his "Five Laws of Stratospheric Success.”

#1 The Law of Value

#2: The Law of Compensation

#3: The Law of Influence

#4: The Law of Authenticity

#5: The Law of Receptivity

 
 
 
 

About Bob  www.burg.com

Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s business person. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies and numerous direct sales organizations.

Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 – sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.

For years he was best-known for his book Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales which has sold well over 200,000 copies and is still going strong.

His national bestseller (coauthored with John David Mann), is entitled, The Go-Giver. A business parable that both touches hearts

and build bigger bank accounts, it shot to number 6 on the Wall Street Journal Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release and reached #9 on BusinessWeek. It’s been translated into 19 languages and has already soared passed the 200,000 copies sold mark.

He and his coauthor, John David Mann released a companion volume to The Go-Giver entitled, Go-Givers Sell More, which takes the Five Laws contained in the original book and applies them specifically to the selling process.

Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. A lover of animals, he is a past member of the Board of Directors for Safe Harbor, which is the Humane Society of Jupiter, Florida.

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Episode 25: What metrics are important in Alumni Relations--Mark Marshall

On the podcast Mark J. Marshall managing associate in Bentz Whaley Flessner's Minneapolis office and I discuss:

• Most effective measurements for successful alumni program
• Difference between program and event participation
• Alumni relations programs have a role in fundraising
• Making the case for alumni relations

 About Mark

Mark J. Marshall is a managing associate in Bentz Whaley Flessner's Minneapolis office. With over 20 years of development and alumni relations experience, he brings a strong background in major and planned gifts, development operations, alumni relations, annual giving, and campaign strategy to clients. He has a particular interest in strengthening development teams through coaching of leadership and team members.

 

 

Alumni Relations has been an integral part of Mark’s career. He has been a leader in alumni programming at several types of institutions including K-12 education, a major university and a small college. His career has included Marian Catholic High School in Chicago, The University of Minnesota Medical School, and William Mitchell College of Law. A firm believer in strengthening constituent engagement, Mark believes that we can strengthen our case for the profession by ensuring that we methodically impact our institutions.

 

Mark has been a frequent speaker at CASE, AFP, APRA, and other conferences around the country. He holds a bachelors degree from St. Olaf College and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. He is the author of a new blog called the Marshall Art of Fundraising : http://marshallartoffundraising.wordpress.com/

 

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Episode 24: Generating Revenue with CAMMP President -- Nebraska's Andy Washburn

Andy Washburn has been at the Nebraska Alumni Association in various roles for the past 10 years and currently directs the association’s operations and marketing.

He currently serves as the president of the Council of Alumni Membership and Marketing Professionals (CAMMP), and has presented at the Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE), the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and CAMMP numerous times on non-dues revenue programs, membership theory, membership program efficiency, managing your executive director’s expectations and strategic branding application.

Washburn holds two degrees from the Nebraska. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of journalism degree in 2000, where he was president of the college’s student advisory board. He completed his MBA in 2007, also in the top 5 percent of his graduating class.

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Episode 23: Gauging the Attitude of your Alumni with Rob Schoss

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Rob is a founding Member (1992) of Performance Enhancement Group, Ltd. (PEG), an organizational development consulting firm specializing in helping companies measure things that are often considered un-measurable. PEG works with companies and alumni organizations of all sizes and in all industries, measuring such things as customer satisfaction, employees' perceptions of organizational support, and the individual characteristics that are most required to fill a specific job or round out a given team.

Rob discusses the elements of a good alumni survey, the benefits to your campus and some interesting findings that have been revealed over 10 years and 150 institutions participating in the Alumni Attitude Survey.  He discusses the Paradox of Event Attendance and Equity of Degree (read more about this here).

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Episode 22: Running a Small Alumni Shop with Tyler Bowen of Southwest Minnesota State University

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Today's guest, Tyler Bowen, is the Director of Alumni Relations at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN.  Tyler joined the Alumni Association as director July 26, 2002. He is a 1995 Southwest Minnesota State University graduate in Hotel and Restaurant Administration and holds a Business Education degree from Winona State University. He completed his MS in Educational Leadership from SMSU in the Spring of 2008.

On the show we discuss his tips about running an award-winning, "small" alumni shop.  The challenges, opportunities and their many accomplishments on behalf of Southwest Minnesota State Alumni. 
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