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Alumless is a bi-weekly talk show produced by Chris Marshall Advancement Consulting. In each episode, host and Vice President Ryan Catherwood and CMAC Founder and CEO Chris Marshall discuss the latest issues facing alumni and donor engagement professionals working in higher…
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When a college closes with Mackenzi Huyser (opens the original)
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Trinity Christian College closed its doors this summer. Ryan Catherwood and Chris Marshall sit down with Mackenzi Huyser — Trinity's VP for Advancement and Chief Academic Officer, and a Trinity graduate herself — for an honest, moving conversation about leading advancement and alumni engagement through a closure. How do you keep fundraising after you've announced the end? What do you owe donors, students, and alumni in the final chapter? And why do so many people suddenly want to hold onto a tan
When the membership model works with Reggie Bustinza (opens the original)
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The field keeps saying dues models are dead — so why does Penn State run the largest successful dues-paying alumni membership in the world? Join Ryan and Chris live with Reggie Bustinza, the new AVP for Alumni Relations and CEO of the Penn State Alumni Association, as he reflects on his first weeks leading an 820,000-strong alumni community. We'll get into why the membership model still works at Penn State, what it takes to keep it relevant for a new generation, and how an entrepreneurial mindse
Next level alumni engagement metrics with Caltech (opens the original)
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Ryan hosts a panel with three members of the Caltech advancement team — Mario Peraza (AVP, Alumni Relations & executive sponsor), Andrew Chang (Director of Advancement Analytics & the data scientist behind the model), and Mark Longo (Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives & project SME) — on how they built Caltech's next-level alumni engagement scoring model and dashboard, and how the team actually uses it every day.
Engaging a global community of alumni with Nicole Kempton (opens the original)
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Ryan and Chris sit down with Nicole Kempton, Director of Alumni Engagement at Imperial College London, to reflect on her first year in the role. Nicole shares how she's turning sky-high alumni pride into real connection across a community of 270,000 in 200+ countries, what's genuinely different about advancement in the UK versus the US, and how a "science for humanity" mission and a design-thinking mindset are reshaping her team's work. Presenting sponsors for Season 4: Protopia, AlumniQ, Richmo
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