EnterpriseAlumni - Alumni Leadership Webinar Series: Recent Episodes
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Corporate Alumni Leaders and Industry Experts discuss a variety of topics around executing a successful and sustainable Alumni program.
EnterpriseAlumni invites leaders interested in understanding how to launch, engage and re-engage their Alumni communities to a series of webinars with global thought leaders and subject matter experts.
The series will highlight the key challenges, risks and strategies companies need to understand to ensure a thriving network that serves both the organization, its Alumni community and other stakeholders.
The moment of saying goodbye to an employee is a pivotal point in managing their transition into an alumnus - but should it really be a ‘goodbye’? Join us and guest speakers Alyssa Dominioni, Global Alumni Relations Lead at L.E.K. Consulting, and Steve Cadigan, trailblazer of global talent strategy and company culture, and author of Workquake. Together, we explore the importance of delivering the right message to departing employees at the right time, delve into the why’s and how’s of adopting a company-wide strategy to "retain the relationship", and think in terms of building a sustainable model for the future.
6453 ALUMNI launched as an alumni-founded network of former Nike employees and former Nike-sponsored athletes, and was designed to activate their connections around the world, help alumni access best-practice learning, and amplify a collective desire to do good.
Join us for an engaging discussion with network co-founder Jana Panfilio and fellow Nike alumna Micha Cooper-Edwards, founder and CEO of Soleil Space, who discuss how they use storytelling and alumni spotlights to engage, include and inspire its members as they transition from one stage of their careers to the next - and why everyone has a captivating story (even if you weren't in the NBA).
'Rebels of accountancy' Cooper Parry are not only one of the fastest-growing firms of accountants and business advisers in the UK, but also repeatedly make the list of the UK’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. Now they're sharing their unique approach to creating an engaging alumni brand that really stands out.
They've recently catapulted their alumni network into the spotlight, making it resonate with thousands of former employees and generating a substantial buzz within their professional community. Chief People Office and Partner April Homer shares insights into their journey - revealing the core values that guided their efforts, the inspiration that fueled their innovative approach and the meticulous steps taken to seamlessly integrate their alumni network as a natural extension of their existing brand.
Neuroscientist and best-selling author Dr Hannah Critchlow shares the ways collective intelligence might be applied through alumni networks.
As international law firm Bird & Bird celebrated 5 years of managing an alumni program, we spoke to Bianca Zinsheimer and Raya Blakely-Glover to hear about the challenges and learnings they encountered as it began, what was changed along the way, their focus today, and where they see the value of their alumni community for the future.
They also shared:
- How networks can genuinely provide value to alumni
- Managing engagement through events
- The long-term benefit to a company's brand
Successfully building an alumni community doesn’t just come from an impactful launch, but also finding the best ways to engage your alumni community continually. Listen to our conversation with Briana Lebel and Alex Horner from Activision Blizzard, which speed-ran their community growth, hold an average newsletter open rate of 80%, and are building a talent pool that’s proving itself a valued source of boomerang hires.
You will hear about:
- Maximising engagement not only during the launch of your platform, but consistently as it evolves over time
- Dynamic methods for identifying alumni who are interested in returning, and proactively engaging with potential boomerangs
- Elevating the brand via your alumni platform, and harnessing the power of employee advocacy to amplify your brand message
EnterpriseAlumni talk with the leaders at Northwell Health behind their Alumni Network and their internal staffing agency to hear about how they have launched a program to welcome retirees to return to work for short-term and long-term opportunities within and without Northwell. We discuss some of the anticipated benefits and the key learnings they experienced.
Thank you to our guest speakers:
Maxine Carrington, SVP & Chief People Officer at Northwell Health
Carolyn Doyle, VP, FlexStaff at Northwell Health
David Gill, VP, Culture & Experience at Northwell Health
Cheryl Davidson, AVP, Alumni Relations at Northwell Health
Organizations' talent acquisition efforts are being put under immense pressure due to record quit rates. They're not only competing against direct industry counterparts: they’re also up against an unknown number of companies hiring for translatable skills that transcend industry lines.
Our CEO Emma Sinclair MBE is joined by The Josh Bersin Company, who discuss the findings and implications for Alumni networks in their new report, The Definitive Guide to Recruiting: Human-Centered Talent Acquisition. We were also joined by BlackRock to hear about the benefits of their network for expanding their employer brand, bolstering their talent pools and generating business development prospects.
Thank you to our guest speakers:
Janet Mertens, Senior Vice President of Research, The Josh Bersin Company
Jordan Schmitting, Senior Research Analyst, The Josh Bersin Company
Jillian Caffrey, Global Head of Alumni Relations, BlackRock
LinkedIn founder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Chris Yeh join EnterpriseAlumni to discuss how to manage (and retain) your best employees.
Listen to this 1-hour webinar to learn how to successfully build an alumni community with Sallie Hinson, Global and US Alumni Network Senior Manager at PwC, who will share her decade-long experience along with Charles Severs, Managing Director of APAC and MEA at DLA Piper, and host Emma Sinclair MBE, CEO at EnterpriseAlumni.
Join this 1-hour webinar for an inside look at the first 90 days of launching a corporate alumni network. Hear from Jillian Caffrey, Alumni Network Manager at BlackRock, along with hosts Emma Sinclair MBE, CEO at EnterpriseAlumni and Phil Sanford, VP of Customer Success at EnterpriseAlumni.
Join us as CNBC Anchor Joumanna Bercetche interviews members of the Ukraine Business Consortium led by Emma Sinclair MBE, CEO at EnterpriseAlumni with Anna Jones, Co-Founder & CEO at RefuAid, Edmund King OBE, President at the AA and Sarah Roberts, Head of Talent at Mulberry to discuss access to employment for refugees.
Thank you to our guest speakers: Dr Erin Makarius, Associate Professor of Human Resources, University of Akron, Ohio; Dr Alison Dachner, Associate Professor of Management, John Carroll University, Ohio; and Philip Sanford, VP of Customer Success at EnterpriseAlumni. Listen to this 1-hour episode as Emma Sinclair MBE discusses with Professors Alison and Erin their new research on Corporate Alumni Programs and how to design them.
EnterpriseAlumni invites you to join this one-hour webinar with Emily Milsovic, VP of Business Operations at Illumina and Yvette Hansen, Director of Talent Acquisition Programs at Amedisys to learn why these NASDAQ-listed companies have put Corporate Alumni programs at the heart of their people strategy.
Join panelists Victoria McKenzie-Gould, Director of Corporate Communications at Marks & Spencer and George MacDonald, Editor of Retail Week, to dig into the challenges and opportunities for retail in 2022 and why M&S launched the M&S Family Alumni Network.