AIESEC Alumni within the Asia Pacific Region

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AIESEC Alumni within the Asia Pacific Region

• Presented by
• AIESEC Singapore Alumni

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Content

• AIESEC Alumni groups in the AP region
• Cross Border initiatives Case Study 1
  Bilateral Visits
• Cross Border initiatives Case Study 2 Regional
  Meets
• Cross Border initiatives Case Study 3 - Community
  Projects
• Towards a regional network

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AIESEC Alumni groups case studies (by AIESEC
member chapters)

• Australia
• China (PRC)
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Taiwan
• Thailand

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Australia Alumni network

• No official national alumni group
• Alumni are involved in our LCs and regions
• Organising celebration events for alumni for the
  40th anniversary in Sydney and Melbourne in
  May/June and the official launch is scheduled in
  October/November
• MC currently working on a quarterly stakeholders
  newsletter to update alumni on AIESEC activities
• Current Alumni coordinator
• Lilian Chu,
• National External Relations Director,
• AIESEC Australia

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China (PRC) Alumni network

• New AIESEC Chapter
• Officially, we invite alumni to join our NLDS,
  National Congress and official dinner every year
• About 50 of alumni remain active after they have
  graduated, by attending AIESEC events and keeping
  updated by AIESEC or sometime offering help to
  AIESEC.
• Plan to have mentorship between members and
  alumni in future.
• Update alumni by newsletter every month
• Alumni egroup for communication purpose
• Current Alumni coordinator
• Chris Chow (MC)
• Tina Li (MC)

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Hong Kong Alumni network

• No official alumni group
• a core team of alumni and MC officer as OC TEAM
  of setting official alumni group up
• MC, LC and Alumni are coming together to set up
  the official body
• Aim to have mentorship program between alumni and
  AIESECers
• Current Alumni coordinator
• Catherine LEUNG
• External Relations Executive of AIESEC in HONG
  KONG

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India Alumni network

• No official national alumni group
• Alumni are involved in our LCs and regions
• LCs are updating their Alumni through news letter
• Alumni are invited for general body meetings,
  conferences, learning events, dinners,
  anniversary celebrations, trainee parties etc
• Set up official community on aiesec.net called
  India Alumni, the Alumni are updated through this
  
• Long-term plans on Alumni Development in India
  are
• AIESEC IN INDIA Alumni Hall of Fame
• International Alumni Congress in India
• Alumni as Board Of Advisors in every LC and MC
• Current Alumni coordinator
• Nakul Sharma
• Business Development and Alumni Coordinator
• AIESEC IN INDIA MC 2003-04

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Indonesia Alumni network

• no structured alumni group.
• Usually each LC has their own mailing list and
  communicate alumni who are still on the mailing
  lists through that.
• The LCs sometimes organize alumni gatherings for
  alumni.
• There are a couple of alumni from the early 90s
  still in contact with us. no contact of alumni
  older than that.
• long term plan will be to make it structured and
  facilitate the communication of alumni in the
  country as a whole .. not in the LC basis.

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Japan Alumni network

• OBAIESEC(pronounced o-ba-sec)
• Objectives of this Association are to keep the
  relationships among the members even after
  graduation, that were established through AIESEC
  activities, with pursuing the spirits of AIESEC,
  as well as to deepen international friendship and
  understanding
• Three of OBAIESEC member are the member of
  Advisory Counselor of AIESEC MC. Two are the
  member of Board of Directors of AIESEC LCs. Many
  other members have been supporting AIESEC with
  the donation and traineeship opportunities

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Japan Alumni network (contd)

• Activities of OBAIESEC
• 1)       Database management of members address
  other contact information and publish a member
  list (first one was published in 1968 before
  that time, it was published by each LC)
• 2)       Salon de AIESEConce a month gathering
  (8 years), in Tokyo, Osaka Nagoya
• 3)       Newslettertwice a month (8 years)
• 4)       Homepageupdating news, event, bulletin
  board, members address, etc.
• 5)       Golf Outingtwice a year (in Spring
  Autumn) (23 years)
• 6)       Seminar Forumlecturers are mainly by
  the members
• 7)       General Meeting once a year (since
  established in 1965)
• 8)       Lastly, but the most important one is to
  support AIESEC
• Current Alumni contact
• Webpage Address www.obaiesec.net
• E-mail info_at_obaiesec.net

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Philippines Alumni network

• Objectives bring together the alumni and know
  how AIESEC has affected their direction in life
  Utilize them for partnerships Let them know how
  they can give back and contribute to AIESEC
• Only a small number of alumni are still in touch
  and those who are really contribute to the AIESEC
  local committees
• Last year , had a get together for the alumni to
  celebrate AIESEC Phils. Anniversary and hope to
  do it every year
• Seminars in which they can participate as
  resource speakers and for training and
  mentorship4. how do you finance the association
• Mostly our tracked alumni are in the extreme
  years ( earliest AIESECers and the most recent
  ones)Most are already heads of corporation/NGOs
  and in the area of marketing and trainingOn the
  average, only 3-5 of the alumni are tracked per
  LC.6.
• have a new position in the National Support team
  alumni coordinator, who will push for
  initiatives to bring back our alumni. Track more
  alumni who can help us revive AIESEC in other
  regions and areas in our country. Mostly plans
  and strategies for supporting the LC they came
  from

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Singapore Alumni network

• Registered with the registrar of societies in
  Singapore in 1979, with a formal constitution and
  other legal aspects.
• Objectives have a central body to keep track of
  alumni contact info, coordinate alumni activities
  locally and liaise with overseas alumni
• Facilitate AIESECers search for alumni help by
  pointing out to them who to approach for what
  kind of help.
• Alumni have shared management exchange
  experiences, and advised on specific skills such
  as marketing, reception, legislation, secretariat
  etc.
• Also act as one of the balancing point to
  facilitate smooth transition from year to year,
  and to ensure the well-being of the organization
  in the long run

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Singapore Alumni network (contd)

• The alumni committee is elected once every 2
  years. Anyone who has been an ex-AIESECer or
  ex-trainee of AIESEC Singapore can be elected
  into office.
• Regular activities include an Annual General
  Meeting, monthly social gatherings sports
  gatherings, Chinese New Year gatherings, and
  blood donation drive
• Current Alumni coordinator
• Angeline Ang
• President, AIESEC Singapore Alumni

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Taiwan Alumni network

• AIESEC Alumni Club,AAC, was formed by a group of
  graduated AIESECers , who hope to maintain 
  relationships amongst alumni, strengthen the
  alumni network and give it more value add.
• AAC Mission Fun and Relax with Old Friends.
  Useful for AAC Members and Current AIESECers.
  Create More Close Interactions between AAC
  Members. Gather Alumni Still with AIESEC in
  Mind to Become AAC Member.
• AAC Membership Sponsor Member, Annual Member,
  Student Member
• AAC started regular monthly talks, a monthly
  social gathering on last friday of every month,
  and year end big scale gathering. In December
  2001 , a X'mas party was held in Taipei Youth 
  Activity Centre that attracted many oldies to
  turn up. Other services available include email
  service, online payment of membership fee, online
  shopping
• Current Alumni contact
• www.aiesec.org.tw

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Thailand Alumni network

• no official AIESEC Thailand Alumni Association.
•  used to have informal alumni meeting by
  gathering some of former MC team in year 1996
  ,1997,2000,2001 and 2002 with current MC team to
  discuss about roles of alumni to support AIESEC
  Thailand ,especially focusing on financial topic
  by proposing current MC to organise alumni meeting
   .
• There're more than 30 alumnus that AIESEC
  Thailand can approach  .Mostly we have database
  of recent graduated alumni .For early year we can
  only attract some of active alumni since
  1968,most of them were MCP and MC.
• The alumni contributes by assisting in National
  Leadership Development Seminar,   chairing Member
  Committee Election, and act as Advisor for AIESEC
  Thailand association
• Some alumni also  supports the MC in area of
  financial sustainability to find more
  opportunities for them to raise more fund or
  subsidy from corporate,alumni and BOA.
• To reach AIESEC alumni in Thailand, you can
  access through aiesec.net community, AIESEC
  Thailand discussion list - TH-VOICE_at_lists.aiesec.n
  et and direct phone/e-mail from current MC.

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Summary of case studies

• Some observations of similarities and differences
  of alumni groups in various chapters

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Summary of case studies

• Not every chapter has an official alumni group,
  though there is a trend of this picking up. (e.g.
  Hong Kong starting one, some Australia alumni are
  interested to start too)
• Those without official alumni group has active
  alumni in individual LCs, and alumni network are
  usually managed by an officer in MC.? there is a
  central point of contact internally.
• Contact person (for externals to contact)
• - often changing ? this might pose a problem for
  the AP network.
• - for groups whose contact point is the MC, can
  we be ensured someone in the MC is in charge of
  alumni every year? (preferably a fixed portfolio)
• - some groups have a consistent generic email for
  others to contact them (e.g. Japan, Singapore)
  rather than email of individuals from the alumni
  committee/MC

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Summary of case studies(contd)

• Database
• - varied in size. (Japan has the largest 6000)
• - most have difficulty reaching out to older
  group (except China which is new and has records
  of almost all its alumni)
• ? how to reach out to other alumni not in the
  loop? (Singapore uses the universities alumni
  publications. Taiwan has a search old bone
  competition)
• Dissemination of information
• - mostly electronic (email, mailing lists,
  e-newsletter, webpage)
• - info is disseminated at general meetings/
  annual gatherings too.

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Summary of case studies(contd)

• Activities
• - Most groups aim towards organizing regular
  gatherings, such as a monthly gathering. This is
  a good sign as alumni from other chapters can
  visit each other more easily by dropping by one
  of these activities when they happen to be in
  that city.
• - Activities tend to be mostly social business
  networking in nature. Malaysia has an established
  charitable activities programme and India has a
  job seeking activity for their alumni.

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Summary of case studies(contd)

• Link with AIESEC
• - Alumnis involvement and relation with current
  AIESECers is varied. Most work quite closely
  together through mentoring systems dialogues,
  but some are more focused on activities for
  alumni alone (e.g. Taiwan?)
• ?who should take the initiative Alumni or
  current AIESECers?
• - Contribute back to AIESEC in various forms
  advise/ BOA (e.g. Australia, Singapore), mentor,
  training, traineeship, financial support
• - from personal sharing by some groups, some
  alumni dont want to have anything to do with
  AIESEC. They just want to meet fellow alumni.
  ?why?

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Summary of case studies(contd)

• Recognition of alumnis contributions
• - New Zealand has its own Hall of Fame. India is
  thinking of setting one up too.

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Existing Cross Border initiatives
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Case Study 1 - Bilateral Visits

• AIESEC Alumni in one region visits the Alumni in
  another region
• 4-10 people as a Tour group
• Objective
• To extend the Alumni network beyond ones country
• Establish formal ties between both Alumni
  Association
• Example
• Singapore -"BRIDGE" (Bilateral Relations
  Initiated and Developed through Global
  Expeditions).
• Study Tour

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BRIDGE(Bilateral Relations Initiated and
Developed through Global Expeditions)

• Identify a specific country every year
• Gather a minimum of 4 Alumni people group
• Contact the Country Alumni representative
• Fix specific goals to achieve during the visit.
  For example
• Attend specific Alumni country in host country
• Exchange contact details with Alumni officials
  and AIESEC MC co-ordinators

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Case Study 2 Regional Meets

• Examples
• International Alumni Congress
• AIESEC Alumni Asia Pacific Congress 2004
• GAMMA (Global AIESEC Meets for MCP and AI)

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AIESEC Alumni Asia Pacific Congress

• Align AIESEC Alumni meeting with APXLDS
• Objectives
• Meet for Alumni within the region
• Friendship building
• networking opportunities - provide platform for
  collaborations
• Set up a framework for Alumni to work together
  within the AP region
• ( made up of AP alumni, other region's AIESEC
  alumni who r working or living in AP region,
  anyone interested to network with the alumni in
  AP)

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AIESEC Meet-up ( an online community)

• www.aiesec.meetup.com
• AIESEC Alumni and Members Worldwide. So far, 256
  have signed up.
• Thursday, April 1 _at_ 700PM (1st Thursday of
  every month.)

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About Meetup

• Meetup is an advanced technology platform and
  global network of local venues that helps people
  self-organize local group gatherings on the same
  day everywhere. Meetups take place in up to 612
  cities in 51 countries at local cafés,
  restaurants, bookstores, and other local
  establishments.
• global, monthly "Meetup Days" for almost any
  interest group.
• To keep it running, Meetup earns money from
• - Establishments that pay to be listed as
  possible Meetup venues (MVPs).
• - Users that sign up for Meetup.
• - Organizations that want special services to
  help strengthen their community.
• - Sponsors that have relevant messages for Meetup
  chapters (text ads only).

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Case Study 3 - Cross Border Community Projects

• Alumni who have special interest in certain
  community issue work together to address a
  social/community issue
• Example
• KALVI EDUCATION FUND

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KALVI EDUCATION FUND

• Kalvi Education Fund is an educational assistance
  fund initiated by a group of volunteers who
  contribute a nominal sum, which is used to assist
  poor students in receiving their education in a
  proper manner.
• Currently, the program is supported by a small
  group of volunteers from Singapore, Malaysia,
  India, Indonesia, Germany and Australia.
• The recipients are about 40 primary and secondary
  school students from a village in Pudukottai
  District, Tamil Nadu, India. The assistance
  offered is in the form of educational materials
  such as books and stationery as well as paying
  for the school and exam fees.
• Volunteers
• Fund Manager, Thanneermalai Lakshmanan
  (Malaysian)
• Asst Fund Manager, Senthilnathan Krishnamoorthy
  (Indian)
• Donors include Susanne Eichler (German) Rene
  Schneider (German) Betty Wangsawidjaja
  (Indonesia) David Wherry (Australia ) Stephan
  Willms (German)

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