Boosting Alumni Engagement

Tips and Strategies Session!

Attend this session on enhancing alumni involvement and discover a variety of strategies to engage your alumni community. Receive expert tips, collaborate with colleagues, and share innovative ideas on how to involve your alumni more effectively. This session is designed to spark new ideas and provide you with the tools and insights needed to foster strong, lasting relationships with your alumni network.

Featured Speakers

Robin Callahan, CFRE, CEFL, CAP

For more than 25 years Robin has served in a variety of nonprofit roles in K-12 philanthropy, national association management, and community foundation philanthropy which have provided her with unique insights, and a wide array of tools and resources to help nonprofits and their leaders thrive. She and others on The Callahan Collaborative team facilitate virtual and in-person consensus-based conversations to develop strategic plans, facilitate engaging board and staff retreats and visioning sessions, and conduct board trainings. 

She helps nonprofits harness the transfer of wealth by starting or growing their planned giving programs. She also supports executive leadership transitions by conducting salary and benchmarking surveys, succession planning and leadership searches.  She led the Issaquah Schools Foundation (WA) for 16 years, and the National Association of Education Foundation (precursor to NAEF). She is an instructor in the CEFL Program and lives on the beautiful Puget Sound in WA state.  

Gail Rothman, CEFL

Over a 25-year career, Gail has helped nonprofit enterprises grow and develop.  Prior to joining The Callahan Collaborative as a Senior Consultant, Gail led the Decatur Education Foundation for 14 years and built it into a high-impact organization with $2 million in assets. Gail is passionate about coaching and supporting leaders and boards who seek to increase their impact and engage more deeply with their community. Among her areas of expertise: Organizational vision, creating and growing revenue channels, building  organizational capacity, developing programs and teams that get results, and facilitating board development and engagement.  Gail was part of the first cohort of the National Education Foundation Certification Program and previously served as the Chair of the NAEF Industry Leadership Council.  She is a frequent presenter at NAEF Conferences and is known for her authentic and highly collaborative leadership style. 

Schedule

12 PM ET / 11 AM CT / 10 AM MT / 9 AM PT

Registration

Member - $35

Non-member - $65