| Approach | Example (s) |
A | Align activities with AA goals | Professional conduct of re-union and shared responsibilities in SI common projects |
B | Best Ex-Co/Members ratios for reach | SIS had achieved 1:40 Board:Member ratio i.e. 25 Board Members to reach out to 1087 members |
C | Communicates up, down and across batches | Batch representatives for better batch communication
Country manager with official letter of appointment for country specific program |
D | Developmental growth objectives | SIT had extend the SSEAYP to local youth with a unique Thai Youth Ship Program |
E | Engage members as resources persons | A practice widely deployed among AAs, some as councillors, resource persons, fund raisers. |
F | Financial management helps | Good budgeting scheme is useful for program planning and budget control |
G | Global reach with strong local touch | SIT had extended her Thai Youth Ship to ASEAN and Japan alumni members
SIM promote environmental friendly eco-tourism under SI Travel Network |
H | Host SIGA at lowest cost possible | Cost moving between US$160 to US $ 200 excluding airfare |
I | Involvement maximum people | SIT had a big 42-members committee to reach out to her members
SIM and IYEO both having State and Prefecture branch structure |
J | Joint project for international visibility | Project rainbow love and other social-community help project |
K | Keep documentation alive to share | Deploy proven SOP and documents to SI portal for sharing |
L | Lead by example | Selection and good orientation training of EPYs to run Alumni leadership position
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M | Motivate volunteers - available means | Award scheme includes : OBSC, Chairman Reception Committee, Chairman SIGA Organising Committee,
Year Representatives, Facilitators, NL, Nomination for National awards, SSEAYP STAR award |
N | National day visit to ambassador | Regular visit to ambassadors by local EPYs, especially during national day celebration events |
O | Operates with proven best practices | Adoption of good management practices |
P | People – Action – Performance matrix | Assign talent to his/her best ability |
Q | Quality control with measurement tools | To develop quantifiable objectives
A opinion survey was conducted during SIGA Malaysia 1994 |
R | Reward those who works | See list of SI Award Winner since 2000 |
S | Secure gov support /partnership | Facilitated by the IYEO and supported by consistent work of AAs, the Alumni representatives are now attending the
Same SSEAYP yearly planning conference with governmental officials |
T | Tailored programme with family theme | SIGA were organised with a family touch
SIB empowered their Foster family committee with well updated data-base
SSEAYP 25th Anniversary organised with the theme on Family and love |
U | Use human/social capital for mileage | Inviting prominent EPYs to support AA’s project, financially occasionally |
V | Vision – Mission strategies | To be developed in consultation with management experts / members |
W | Work the talk in winning support | A must have golden rule of alumni leadership |
X | Cross batch/national loyalty | Many batch/cross batch anniversary event were organised overseas |
Y | Y Younger batches participation - observers | Children Arts competition 1998 in conjunction with SSEAYP 25th Anniversary
Bambom Net-worker project focus on children of EPYs |
Z | Zoom in focus key result areas | AA should bear in mind the SI purposes in the design of activities:
1 Provide opportunity for the reunion of former participants in order to realize our desire to promote lasting friendship, understanding and goodwill;
2 To help in the development of the activities of all the Alumni Associations through the exchange of information on a regular basis;
3 To contribute to society by planning and managing joint projects that respond to social needs;
4 To engage in activities that will generate funds to enable the achievement of the purposes stated in this article. |
