Gene Tempel, IU Foundation
J T. Forbes, IU Alumni Association
“Good to Great”University Advancement: IUF and IUAA Working Together
From the past to the present
• It all started with a fire• Long and intertwined histories• Friend (or fun) raising versus fund raising• Complementary functions
Forces bringing us together
• President McRobbie’s challenge
“For IU to achieve its goals of excellence,
our alumni must become
more deeply connected and engaged
in the life of the university.”
IUAA’s challenges and opportunities
Challenges• Reduced Revenue• Increase Involvement
Opportunities• Unified and integrated involvement strategy• Demographic, technological and global changes• Passionate and loyal alumni willing to help
Our Strategic Purpose: Mobilize IU Alumni to help themselves, each other, and Indiana University
IUF’s challenges and opportunities
• Challenges• Reduce budgets• Increase giving
• Opportunities• One development team• Ramp up • Outstanding customer service
The President’s advancement challenge
“Expand and enhance essential volunteer,
philanthropic, and other support for the
Principles of Excellence
among IU’s alumni, faculty, staff, students,
and friends throughout Indiana, the
nation, and the world.”
The Four I’s of Advancement
• Identify• Inform• Involve• Invest
Importance of engagement
"Because here I know what I am doing.
Here I contribute. Here I belong. Here I am a
member of a community.“
~ Peter Drucker
Healthier! Happier!
“Volunteering makes the heart
grow stronger.”
~ Corporation for National and Community Service
The ties that bind …
Ways we are working together
• Volunteer engagement• Marketing• IT• Events
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors”
“Indiana, we’re all for you!”
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