IHS Alumni International kicks off with Board Meeting in the Netherlands

'Linking Urban Professionals' initiative shares ambitions and ideas

On a windy weekend at the end of May, the six board members of IHS Alumni International assembled for a dedicated weekend of brainstorming, prioritizing plans and sharing views and opinions on the development of the network for Urban Professionals. Please join us on a report of this dense meeting and share your ideas with the board of IHS AI.

This report summarises the work carried out during the IHS AI board meeting held in The Netherlands from the 28th to the 31st of May, 2010. But it also represents a concrete proposal to what IHS AI can be; from firmly organising the foundations, to project alumni into a worldwide and promising future, and with them, the IHS as a world leader training, research and consultancy institution. The mutual IHS AI – IHS beneficial relationship that this plan wants to create is clear; we firmly believe that if IHS AI successes in connecting alumni and provide a platform to develop professional, academic and social services, will be redundant to IHS image, worldwide recognition and at the end, marketing results. In the same regard, if IHS successes in providing a quality training, research and consultancy; it will be beneficial to all alumni in terms of visibility, recognition, and at the end, better jobs. It is therefore, a win – win relationship, but we need each other to success.

The challenge now is how to convert these beautiful ideas into actions and results. Obviously, the action plan presented here moves forward into that direction; however we need help. As said before, we appreciate support and financial contribution from the IHS; but perhaps even more important, we need help from the more of 7,000 IHS alumni around the world. With the support of IHS Alumni Relation Office; the board of IHS AI with 4 people ‘working’ on voluntary basis, believing in the concept and the potentials of IHS AI. But the board will not get very far just by ourselves; the board appreciates the participation, engagement and contribution of the alumni in the plans outlined here. Alumni can start with making themselves visible, by contacting the IHS alumni relations office, update their details and become active members; also they could join in the social and professional networks: Facebook and LinkedIn, for a more instant and permanent communication. After that alumni could join the local IHS alumni association, or connect the local contact person and try to move things forward; and if there is not any local contact person, take the initiative and become that person by starting the formation of the Local IHS Alumni Association. At the end, the only way to make local a global association as ours, is through local actions. The IHS AI board will do every effort to support these initiatives.

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More information on the IHS AI Board Meeting.

Thursday, 15 July 2010