{"id":5584,"date":"2018-08-14T10:57:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aluminati.net\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:04:54","slug":"liverpool-partners-with-aluminati-to-lead-innovation-in-global-alumni-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aluminati.net\/liverpool-partners-with-aluminati-to-lead-innovation-in-global-alumni-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool partners with Aluminati to lead innovation in global alumni engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2017, the University of Liverpool had a global community of over 135,000 contactable alumni (including 11,500 graduates from online programmes), 33,000 students on campus, 10,000 online students, and 6,000 staff.<\/p>\n

The Alumni Relations team at the University had a strategic focus to support and enhance brand and reputation, employability and student experience. As part of this, one of their goals was to develop an effective volunteering management process in order to\u00a0offer meaningful volunteering initiatives, increase the number of volunteers as well as enhance their experience, and to showcase their work and the impacts.<\/p>\n

The University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Management School had established and been managing 40 global, professional and academic groups, which help the team to facilitate networking amongst\u00a0their alumni community, whilst keeping graduates connected back to Liverpool. Groups are led by senior volunteers\/alumni ambassadors working alongside the Alumni Relations team, helping to enhance the University\u2019s reputation and generate good will.<\/p>\n

The team recognised they needed to identify and focus on relevant and priority groups,\u00a0whilst\u00a0supporting the ongoing expansion of their global community, which was growing at a rate of 10,000 graduates year on year. In speaking with\u00a0their group leaders it was clear to Liverpool that they needed a new solution and online platform to manage their networks and increase engagement. From a discussion with Aluminati, they\u00a0realised that there may be an opportunity to combine this through their new Aluminate platform, Liverpool Connect, with Aluminati\u2019s new proposal for developing a Groups module.<\/p>\n

Aluminati were keen to work alongside the University of Liverpool and the University of Warwick, to bring an online solution that would not only help build stronger relationships internationally and motivate network activity, but that would also\u00a0assist institutions\u00a0in:<\/p>\n