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of alumni need not be expensive and the return on your investment can
be considerable. We begin by
providing an online home, help you as you communicate the network to
past and present employees, subtly stimulate and moderate the
discussion, and later we can provide offline events.
Your former staff benefit from a
seasoned human relations specialist, with many years business
experience, used to supporting people in transition, nurturing new
businesses, and mentoring senior executives.
For more advice and a simple quote, call
Graham Wilson on 07785 222380
today.
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We help you to decide on a
suitable name for the network, establish its target membership,
and the extent to which you wish to control membership
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We identify links with
existing initiatives and agree on ways of integrating these, and
we agree an initial structure for the online forum.. |
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We research suitable
domain names and, once you have agreed to one of these, we
register it for an initial two years. |
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We create dedicated space
on our host server, protect it, and set up a remote back-up. |
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We prepare the initial
forum structure and membership protection. |
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We work with your internal
communications team, or their agents, to devise an effective
promotional campaign, prepare suitable
media and ensure, as far as possible, that copy is
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Once 'live', we monitor
the forum and promptly respond to requests for membership - each
new member is welcomed and given advice on how to get the most
from the Alumni Network. |
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As discussions appear we
nurture them, responding where appropriate, obtaining answers
where possible, and providing advice within our general areas of
business and psychological expertise. |
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Companies support
their Alumni network to aid recruitment, extend their influence, build
loyalty and trust, and acquire market knowledge. |
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If agreed with you
beforehand, we will post company information supplied by
yourselves, or obtained ourselves from published sources, to
stimulate discussion. |
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Again, if agreed with you
beforehand, we will post details of positions available, or
similar information. |
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Each month, we will report
basic statistics for you to measure the usage of the Network.
When relevant, we will feed-back significant issues identified
from the threads for you to address. |
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Alumni Networks are
independent of the founding organisation - this is why they are
so cost-effective, and you have to accept a degree of lack of
control over them. We act as your representatives by promoting a
positive image and approach to the business, in order to be
effective, we will respect boundaries established by the Network
though we will report these to you. |
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As the Network begins to
develop, we will identify off-line opportunities to extend it,
and we shall review these with you where appropriate. Some firms
support these events and activities either directly or by
sponsorship; others prefer them to be self-financing and
self-organised. We will agree your preferences and the extent to
which you would like us to provide support when the time
arrives. |
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Managing an Alumni Network
is a long-term commitment, and we will help you to develop the
resource. We hope that we shall enjoy a long and successful
working relationship for many years and we shall try to advise
you as technology and Networks evolve. |
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Should you decide to
migrate the Network for whatever reason, we shall cooperate
fully and achieve this in the most cost-effective and timely
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