Pam Rickard shares best practices for building a vibrant, fluid community, one relationship at a time. Regardless of size, demographics or geography, we can build the most meaningful alumni programs that serve us, our organizations, and our greater...
l walks us through how can we make programming easier when we choose to engage our local communities and BD Teams? When we engage the community and our BD Teams, we create opportunity for our alumni to feel a part of a bigger community.
Fay Zenoff, Recovery Strategist, presented on the evolution of the medical intervention model of treating addiction and offer a different orientation for working with clients to ground their recovery in a forward-looking, wellness lifestyle — rather...
Know how to make the ask: Helping alumni improves all aspects of their life. It makes perfect sense for them to give back. Here we discuss when to ask, how to ask, and the tools to support the effort and gain momentum in your mission.
During this virtual collaborative, we discuss the current environment of seclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving best practices. Members and non-members share observations regarding specific populations, changes in group dynamics in a...
In this virtual collaborative lead by Nikki Soda of TPAS and NAATP, we share ways to increase attendance and engage alumni at addiction treatment programs across the globe. We discuss successful ways to first transition clients to alumni, types of...
Alumni services can play an important part in continuum of care after discharge. What roles should alumni services play in post-treatment care? How soon should the outreach begin? What’s the best way to connect?
When setting up an alumni group, ask “what is its purpose?” Make it relevant for your alumni and be consistent with your mission philosophy. Our discussion takes on planning committees and the messaging platforms used, including the checklist of...
How do you respond when patients or alumni are openly negative about their rehab experience and refuse to be contacted? Do you cease all communication? What is the best way to continue contact with alumni? How can we make sure the patient-alumni...
One of the challenges of an alumni program is to keep in touch with former patients over long periods of time. Although staying connected can be important for their long-term recovery, some alumni disappear from sight after a while or cease to...