The purpose of international exchanges and programming is to build the knowledge, skills, and capacity to address critical global issues in the lives of the participants. Yet it is very common that alumni of international exchange programs become silo-ed in their communities after they return home.

However, through new digital opportunities, a few organizations are exemplifying innovative ways to re-engage and leverage alumni. This event seeks to highlight these creative ideas and strategies.

HOW

The first session will be a panel moderated by World Learning and will feature three speakers who will highlight their organization’s strategies.

For the second session, the US Department of State’s Alumni Engagement team will showcase their brand new network for alumni of programs sponsored by the US Department of State and share strategies and challenges associated with its development.

Attendees are welcome to attend one or both of the sessions, and of course the coffee and snack break!

FORMAT

1st Session (45 min.) featuring:

Mr. Eric Kuto, Mobile Developer, Ashoka

Ms. Erica Burman, Director of Communications, National Peace Corps Association

Mr. Aaron Pratts, Vice President of the Board of Directors, Fulbright Association, National Capital Area Chapter (NCAC)

Coffee and Snack Break (15 min.)

2nd Session (45 min.) featuring:

Ms. Lisa Barton, Alumni Outreach Coordinator, Office of Alumni Affairs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State

TAKEAWAYS

We hope attendees will:

1) Develop new ideas or strategies to leverage and engage their alumni, so that their participants can be better enabled to make lasting impact in their communities.

2) Come away with the seeds for new relationships within the growing international education and exchange field.

3) Gain knowledge on how they can benefit from the new US Department of State alumni platform.