Alumni Publications
by Laura Voskamp
1. Centennial
1.1. Cover describes "for alumni & friends"
1.2. Feature on campus bees/infrastructure
1.3. Peppered with quotes from grads
1.4. Includes calendar of events
1.5. Uses yumpu.com for publication
2. Dartmouth
2.1. Lots of alumni profiles
2.2. Focus on grads of the past 10 years
2.3. Very high quality writing
2.4. Lots of short pieces w/graphics/photos
2.5. Writing by journalism students
2.6. Informative articles by experts, esp. professors and coordinators
2.7. Includes classifieds section about local community
2.8. Culinary alumni sharing recipes from their restaurants!
2.9. Reads like a traditional blog
3. Clusters
3.1. Health, Human Services, Social Development and Public Safety
3.2. Cross-Cultural Understanding
3.3. Bio-Economy & Agri-tech
3.4. Advanced Manufacturing and Business Automation
3.5. Creative Communication and Social Economy
3.6. International Business, Progressive Trade & Transportation
3.7. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Development
3.8. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math
3.9. Hospitality and Destination Development
4. Paperlit
4.1. Use existing Wordpress as CMS. Content lives on web and app
4.2. Interactive content + digital reflow capable
4.3. Optimized for tablet/mobile users
4.4. Doesn't seem to be any viable competitors in the space
4.5. Resources and case studies for educational clients
4.6. Can embed audio - great podcasts coming from 91x!
4.7. Cross-audience communication. A Loyalist College app for everyone from prospective to alumni.
4.8. Push notifications!
5. Additional Ideas
5.1. Young Alumni Features
5.2. Makers & Entrepreneurs
5.3. Future Alumni: Where are they going? (Destination)
5.4. Organize by clusters
5.5. Regional tie-in - mapping campuses and resources in between them (AFVC, private schools for children, etc.) ??
5.6. Grads to Follow: alumni with popular online channels.
5.7. Interactive polls
5.8. "Only in Quinte" unique community events on/off campus
5.9. Looking ahead to 2020: Programs that wouldn't have existed 20 years ago?
6. Sheridan
6.1. Shared online in blog format
6.2. "Grad to Watch" spotlights
6.3. Grads write their own stories about what they do
6.3.1. i.e.: "How to help your company survive a cyber attack" by IT Security Grad