Episode 15: Discussion with John Feudo, editor of Alumni Relations: A Newcomer’s Guide to Success,

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Today on the podcast I am joined by my colleague and friend, John Feudo.  John is the Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations at Boston College and is the editor of CASE's recently released "Alumni Relations: A Newcomer’s Guide to Success, 2nd edition". Feudo also led the production of the initial edition in 1999. Today we discuss alumni board management as well as the new book.

Check out the table of contents, yours truly wrote lucky chapter 13: Building a Regional Presence!

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Episode 14: SPECIAL REPORT: What impact does the new Credit Card Legislation have on your Affinity Card Agreements?

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Brian Flahaven is director of government relations and institutionally related foundations for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the professional association for advancement professionals at all levels who work in alumni relations, communications, and development. CASE’s membership includes 3,300 colleges, universities and independent elementary and secondary schools in 54 countries around the world. Brian directs CASE’s government relations initiatives and tracks federal, state and international legislative and regulatory issues of concern to CASE members.

Brian and I discussed The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act, H.R. 627), which Congress passed and President Obama signed into law in May 2009, includes disclosure requirements for college, university and alumni association credit card agreements.


Resources on this topic: CASE.org


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Episode 13: Using Data to Maximize the Potential of Your Alumni Program with Brian Bates

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Conversation with Brian Bates, Associate Executive Director of the San Jose State Alumni Association and current CAAE Foreman Fellow, about using data to maximize impact of limited resources.

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Episode 12: Alumni Board Management with USC's Scott Mory

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This episode is loaded with great tips, best practices and sage advice from the USC Alumni Association's CEO, Scott Mory.  Scott talks about managing a volunteer board of directors.  Tune in for great nuggets like "Own Your Board" and "Put a volunteer between you and your volunteers."  Enjoy!
If you like what you hear, you can read more of Scott's perspective on our profession in a recent posting as a guest blogger for Andy Shaindlin's AlumniFutures.com.


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Episode 11: Technology Conversation with Finalsite's Rob DiMartino

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 Rob DiMartino, a Director for finalsite, a web software and service provider for the Educational Community, is here with us today to share ideas on web communications for your alumni community. Prior to his decade with finalsite,  Rob worked UConn Athletics and The UConn Alumni Association as an innovator in web initiatives for outreach, engagement and communications purposes.You can learn more about Finalsite at http://www.finalsite.com/. You can follow Rob on twitter @robdimartino.

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