MIT Insights Forum
Your Community. Your Insights. Your Impact.
The MIT Insights Forum is an exclusive think tank designed to help shape the MIT alumni experience.
The MIT Insights Forum in Action
The MIT Insights Forum is a small, randomly selected cross-section of alumni who are called upon by the MIT Alumni Association to share their thoughts on a wide range of topics and initiatives that matter to their alumni community.
MIT Insights Forum members are a representative sample of alumni across ages and academic disciplines at MIT. They are invited to participate in confidential online surveys sent by the MIT Alumni Association at least four times a year.
Information gleaned from the MIT Insights Forum helps the Association understand what is most meaningful to you, our alumni—what MIT traditions you value, what you need in your lives today, and how we can strengthen your connections to the MIT community.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How can I join the MIT Insights Forum?
This is an invitation-only opportunity. Every two years, the MIT Alumni Association empanels a new MIT Insights Forum using a random selection process. If you receive an invitation from the MIT Alumni Association to join the MIT Insights Forum, that will be your one opportunity to join because you will be asked only once to participate.
If I’m selected for the MIT Insights Forum, what will I need to do?
You will be asked to participate in a short 10- to 15-minute survey quarterly during your two-year MIT Insights Forum membership.
What is the MIT Insights Forum surveying process?
You will receive an invitation to participate in a survey. The email invitation will have a link directing you to the survey. You can either complete the survey immediately or take it at a later time. The closing date for the survey will be included in the email notification you receive.
How will my privacy be protected?
Your responses are always kept confidential and are used only in aggregate with those of other participants. Your name is never given to anyone, and you will never receive any follow-up contact as a result of participating in surveys (unless you indicate otherwise). For more information on MIT’s privacy policy, go to www.mit.edu/privacy.
How do I report a technical problem?
Please include a description of the problem you encounter or a copy of any error message you receive. You can email us at insightsforum@mit.edu.