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Each year, ALC features nearly 50 keynotes, workshops, and seminars. Handouts and presentations from a sample of the conference offerings are listed below. Email alc@mit.edu for any presentations or handouts not on the list.
ALC 2022
ALC 2022 Keynote: Professor Deb Roy SM ’95, PhD ’99
Learn about the Institute’s work in the design and use of technology for social good, and how you might apply it to your role as an MIT volunteer.
Featuring: Professor Deb Roy SM ’95, PhD ’99, Director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication.
ALC 2022 Keynote: Rosalind Picard SM ’86, SCD ’91
Discover how smart technologies can be in service of better human health, and explore new insights that can help keep our minds healthy and happy.
Featuring: Professor Rosalind Picard SM ’86, SCD ’91, Codirector, Advancing Well-Being Initiative, Faculty Chair, MIT Mind+Hand+Heart.
Alumni Leadership Conference 2022 Institute and Association Update
Learn about the Alumni Association’s and the Institute’s exciting new programs, and initiatives during a discussion with MIT provost Cynthia Barnhart and Alumni Association president Stephen Baker.
Fireside Chat with Provost Cindy Barnhart
Learn about the Alumni Association’s and the Institute’s exciting new programs, and initiatives during a discussion with MIT provost Cynthia Barnhart and Alumni Association president Stephen Baker.
Fireside Chat with Chancellor Melissa Nobles
Explore present-day MIT student life and learn about the Institute’s philosophy of supporting students inside and outside of the classroom.
ALC Learning Session: MIT Alumni Better World Service Initiative
Learn more about the MIT Alumni Better World Service Initiative, which connects MIT people working to make a better world through their volunteer efforts across climate and sustainability, human health, STEM education, social justice and equity, and more. Part networking site, workspace, project aggregator, and storytelling platform, this alumni initiative is supported by the association and volunteers like you.
Session Slides (PDF)
ALC 2019
- Alumni Association Update from President R. Erich Caulfield, SM ’01, PhD ’06
- A Better World In Focus
- A Quick Guide to Creating Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation-Inclusive Environments
- Digital Marketing with Accessibility in Mind
- Educational Council Training
- Encompass Trivia
- MIT Without Borders
- Refresh Your Website in 30 Minutes
- Regional Chair/Vice Chair Workshop
- Regional Programs: Organizational Success
- Stories from the Firehouse
- Take Me Back to Tech: Tech Reunions Training
- Tech Reunions A-Z
- Using Career Principles in Volunteer Roles
- Keeping Recent Alumni Connected to MIT
ALC 2018
- The Cardinal and Gray Connection
- Clubs and Groups in Focus
- Clubs and Groups: You Say Data, I Say Data
- Combating Bias On and Off Campus
- Don’t Stop the Party: Keep Your Class Engaged Between Reunions
- Everything You Want to Know about Planned Giving
- From Brass Rat to Bronze Beaver [Part 1]
- From Brass Rat to Bronze Beaver [Part 2]
- How to Engage Young Alumni
- Institute and Alumni Association Update [Part 1]
- Institute and Alumni Association Update [Part 2]
- The MIT 24-Hour Challenge: To Infinity and Beyond!
- Nuts and Bolts: Fundraising in your Reunion Year
- Product Showcase: Take Your Pick!
- Prospect Management Tool-ing
- Red Jacket Ready: How to Prepare for Your 50th Reunion
- Signs, Swag, and Centerpieces: Event Planning
- Solicitor's Guide for Fundraising Volunteers
- Strength Training: Invigorating Your Club or Group
- Surprising, Insightful, and Quirky: Alumni Association Storytelling
- Take Me Back to Tech: 2019 Reunion Planning
- Technology Help Center
ALC 2017
- The After Party: Keeping Your Class Engaged
- Corridor: Spring 2017 issue
- Dollars and Sense: Fundraising Basics
- Getting to “Yes!”
- Innovating Inclusion
- Membership Models
- Navigating Encompass: Tips and Tricks
- Pathways to Leadership
- Planned Giving .001
- Social Synergy: Email and Social Media Marketing
- Strengthen Your Leadership Muscles
- Take Me Back to Tech: 2018 Reunion Planning
- Web Skills Workshop: Crisp, Clean, and Up-to-Date
- Young Alumni Forum
ALC 2016
- Annual Fund Volunteer Training
- Class Officers Lunch and Training
- Class Officers Webmaster Training
- Clubs, Affinity Groups, and Regional Volunteers Luncheon
- Clubs and Affinity Groups: Building a Sustainable Volunteer Pipeline
- Educational Council: EC Training Session
- Encompass: Product Highlights and Road Map
- Encompass: Volunteer Panel
- Educational Council: EC Training Session
- The Evolution of Tech Reunions
- Organizing a Successful 2017 Reunion
- Use MIT’s Multimedia Tools to Make Your Event Better
- Young Alumni Panel: How MIT Helped Me Succeed [Part 1]
Young Alumni Panel: How MIT Helped Me Succeed [Part 2]
ALC 2015
- Alumni Association Update from President and Chair John Chisholm ’75, SM ’76
- Opening Conference Keynote: Professor and Maker Czar Martin Culpepper SM ’97, PhD ’00
- Planning + (Programming x Promotion) = Participation
- Organizing a Successful Reunion
- Instagram and Photography Tips, Part 1
- Instagram and Photography Tips, Part 2
- Boosting Membership with Encompass
- Management for the Future: MIT Sloan Initiatives
- Banking, Insurance, and Taxes, Oh My!
- MIT Annual Fund Volunteer Training
- Class Officers Lunch and Program