We’ve added 12 member referrals and 3 new participants to the ALL IN membership challenge since last week. Welcome Christine Plantenga, Brett Benyo, and Nicholas Gray! We now have 54 memberships on our leaderboard. Keep them coming! A great way to get started with the challenge is to purchase a gift membership for someone you know. IU Alumni …

We’re coming off a great weekend in Bloomington! A big thank you to our volunteers on the Executive Council and Board of Managers who joined us this weekend for meetings and so much good discussion. Thank you! We also celebrated our Distinguished Alumni Service Awards (DASA) this weekend in a beautiful ceremony in Alumni Hall. …

This year, on Tuesday, December 3, IU will participate in the national day of giving called #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday is a national campaign to make the Tuesday after Thanksgiving the philanthropic equivalent of Black Friday or Cyber Monday. It is an opportunity for IU alumni to collectively make a difference. We invite you to join …

We’ve added six member referrals and two alumni volunteer participants to the ALL IN membership challenge since last week. Welcome Lewis Jones and Anne-Marie Farrow! As of Nov. 4, 2013 we have 37 member referrals. We need your help to get to our goal of 1,660 by June 30, 2014! Don’t forget, we are offering …

As we have done in recent years, we are hosting YOU, our alumni leadership, for a special day to celebrate you and your dedication to IUAA. We invite you to come to Bloomington for Homecoming on Nov. 2! We have a block of tickets set aside for purchase (includes drinks and hot dog for each …

We are four months into our ALL IN membership challenge. To date, a total of 31 members have been referred. Kyle King currently leads the challenge with 11 members. Other alumni volunteers on the leaderboard are Alexa Johnson, Nancy Hamblin, and Dwight Kunkel. Way to go, volunteers! “I have found it easy to help build …

Alumni events are a great opportunity to recruit and recognize members! During your event, set up a membership table (this can be part of your registration or welcome table). Encourage attendees to join or renew at the discounted event rate of $40 (regularly $50) as they check in. Another great time to ask attendees to join …

There are several ways to leverage your alumni events to grow membership. Here are some things you can do even before your event begins: Start with offering a discount to members of at least 20 percent or $5, whichever is higher. For example, at Hoosier Village tailgates, members pay $15 for the buffet, while non-members pay …

Does this sound familiar? It’s probably the number one question you receive when approaching an alum at one of your events about joining the alumni association. How do you come up with a quick, effective answer before losing them to the hors d’oeuvre table? In short, joining the IU Alumni Association is a great way to …

We all know the saying: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. A big goal, such as the ALL IN membership challenge, can be like trying to eat an elephant. And while big goals are great, they can also be overwhelming. Breaking them into several, smaller goals can make them more manageable. We’ve …

Thank you to everyone who is participating in the ALL IN membership challenge! To reward you for your efforts, we have some fabulous prizes lined up for you! Participants who recruit at least one member between July 2013 and June 2014 will receive an IU gift bag, which will include one of our exclusive “IU …