Background Material for December 7 Conference Call - Alliance for ...

networking. I could see how roundtable discussions around certain topics, rather than job type. Also, my
role did not fit very neatly into any of the groups.
A very good idea, but wish it would have been a bit more structured with a designated leader at each table
with a list of questions for the group to take turns answering. I think the conversation defaulted a lot to
basic getting-to-know-you conversation, which is also good. But might have been able to get even more
out of it by sharing thoughts on specific topics or even just sharing challenges/successes, etc.
I think the intent was good - put people in by group so that they can network, but one of my colleagues
table had 7 people from the same school and no one spoke to her. Find a way to either do assigned seating
or encourage people to sit with others not from their own school. Some icebreaker games would also help
so people are forced to talk to each other.Also get board members out there and have them each sit on
different tables. I was disappointed by their lack of involvement in trying to help facilitate the networking.
There were alot of new faces at AIM this year and it helps when someone is more outgoing, like a board
member should be, to engage in conversations and make new members more comfortable. That’s what will
help draw in new members and help them stay on.
Great new idea. Well executed.
I enjoyed having the tables set up by role. It was a great way to network and have focused conversations.
The featured speaker was very good but the introductory speaker was not (the President). The topic was
about problems and not really specific about solutions.
AIM Special Interest Group Meetings
Chief Administrative Officers
Brain L. David, Co-Moderator
Patty McCarroll, Co-Moderator
Presentation
Content
5.50 from 10 responses
5.92 from 13 responses
Session and Individual Speaker Comments:
This is always helpful.
The room was huge and the acoustics terrible. I couldn’t hear parts of it, depending on where the speaker
was sitting. What was said was helpful, and I’m sorry I missed parts of it.
These have historically been my favorite sessions. It was interesting there was a group of very jr
administrators that dominated the discussions which was good for them to learn but it meant that I didn’t
get as much out of it as I did in previous years.
Although the dynamics (an extremely large circle) has inherent challenges (hearing others), overall, it
allowed us to engage a bit more.
These are always interesting.
Not much content
Did not get quite as much out of this as I have in the past. Wish we would have stuck to suggested topics a
bit more, at least to start out.
Great conversations on very relavent issues. Well run - topics that were general for all institutions (public
and private) were discussed and those too focused were not lingered upon.
Financial and Research Administrators
Akankshi A. Arora, Co-Moderator
Jennifer L. Dickey, Co-Moderator
Presentation
Content
5.63 from eight responses
3.45 from 11 responses
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