Event Ideas
Spark Your Event Brainstorming
Looking to build your club's event calendar? Here are suggested themes from an Alumni Leadership Conference workshop on clubs programs. Use these ideas as a springboard—the possibilities are endless! You can check out what other clubs are doing on the Clubs events page.
Ideas for small-to medium-sized clubs
- Newly admitted students reception
- Company/plant/facilities tours
- Toast to IAP
- Faculty broadcasts
- Wine tastings
- Student summer send-offs (returning students and incoming freshman and parents)
- Lecture series
- Musical performances and concerts
- Dine-arounds
- Hikes and bike trips
- Holiday parties
- Happy hours or cocktails
- Events with other schools—especially Ivy Plus institutions
- Summer events—cruises, zoo, picnic
- Enterprise Forum satellite broadcasts (three times a year)
- Other Enterprise Forum events
- Museum and art gallery visits
- Local alumni speakers
- Sport tournaments—golf, softball, skating, etc.
- Movie nights
- Book clubs
- Family-oriented events
- Tech awards (created by the club for local distribution)
Ideas for large clubs
All of the above, plus…
- Welcome-to-the-club event
- Annual dinner and networking meeting
- Event featuring current MIT students
- Volunteer thank you events
- Event with an MIT faculty speaker
- Patrons/benefactors-only event
- Job fair for volunteers
- Career events
- Community service
- Seminar series
- MIT10 events (recent graduates)
