Strategic Planning for Alumni Services

Jim Geckler, Harmony Foundation CEO, shares the multiple benefits of a successful alumni program and ways it can better engage with a treatment program overall.

Alumni services are often the first point of contact for those who have discharged from a program and require additional support. Individuals may reach out in distress and we may not feel we have all the answers. Jaime Gibbons will present what we...

In this workshop, Kevin Zundl presented on how to give your alumni program focus and become more intentional in its value:

* Aligning alumni program and treatment program
* Defining goals
* Getting creative

Leonard Bade shared how to build an effective alumni volunteer network including:

* Privacy concerns
* Getting clinical buy in
* Involvement with staff
* Engaging of out of state alumni as volunteers
* Guidelines and standards

In this virtual workshop, RaeEllen Ellis discussed the importance of boundaries, ethics, coping with grief and loss, as well as strategic time management for those in the alumni professional role at an addiction treatment center. She shares ways to...

In this virtual workshop, Kevin Zundl moderates a panel of Recovery Coach trainers - Emili Barbour, Michael Maassel, Ryan Miller. We go deep into what goes into the 30 hour initial training, different certification bodies, and what it takes to...