Making Connections Service Guide

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Making Connections

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Making Connections has a long tradition as a career-networking Page | 2

event that brings together students and Trinity alumni to explore
questions about career fields of interest, graduate school and internship
experiences. That illustrious tradition continues in a new form of
networking for a cause.

Your alumni chapter has the opportunity to utilize the Making
Connections platform in a different way by partnering with a community
organization. The goal of this endeavor is to create more meaningful
interactions by easing the way for students to interact with alumni.
Community involvement is an easy way to start a conversation around a
task. It’s hard not to be comfortable while sorting cans together at a food
bank or visiting seniors at an assisted living home or painting a wall at a
school.

Utilize this guide in your planning of your Making Connections event. It
will help you determine:

 Intended Participants
 Number of Participants
 Date and Time
 Theme and Focus
 Logistics
 Marketing

Intended Participants

The goal of Making Connections is to connect alumni and students but you

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want to attend and what their needs may be.

 Who do you envision as participating in the event?

 Will your site accommodate alumni who have children? Can it be a

child-friendly event?

 Will your site accommodate adults with mobility needs?

Number of Participants

 How many volunteers will the site accommodate?
 Is there a minimum number of volunteers needed for the project?
 What types of tasks will the volunteers be engaged in?
 Do you have to provide a firm number of volunteers ahead of time?
 Are there multiple projects to engage in at one site?

Date and Time

 What is an ideal date for the event?
 What other events are happening in the city that may interfere with

participants’ availability or pose problems with traffic?
 When will the volunteers have to arrive?
 Will there be adequate parking?
 How long is the project expected to last?

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partner?

 Has the date been confirmed with the alumni executive board for
the chapter?

Theme and Focus

 Does your event have a theme or focus on a specific area of need in
the community?

 Does anyone on the board have connections to specific
projects/organizations that could host the group?

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