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Bosch Alumni Network - Driving Change

This publication provides an overview of the people, projects and topics within the network. It showcases its diversity and potentials and outlines opportunities to get involved.

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Number of users on<br />

boschalumni.net.<br />

June 2017 100<br />

January 2018 2,300<br />

May 2018 3,050<br />

August 2018 4,350<br />

October 2018 4,620<br />

<strong>Network</strong> members are spread<br />

all across the world.<br />

Here are three steps to get<br />

you started!<br />

“A Tool to Turn Abstract Ideas into Reality”<br />

Jörg Gläscher is a German photographer and alumnus of the program<br />

“Crossing Borders.” His photo project “In the Name of the People” searches<br />

for the visual essence of public service and explores questions such as<br />

“what is a state?” and “who are the faces behind it?”. While he was working<br />

on it, he turned to the network for support on boschalumni.net. Read his<br />

user story here.<br />

1<br />

Register on the platform!<br />

2<br />

“I was looking to follow state officials, mayors,<br />

judges and police officers world-wide<br />

during their daily business for two or three<br />

fellow alumni and some were a great fit<br />

for my project. Almost all of the responses<br />

challenged and pushed my ideas for the<br />

Search for and<br />

days. I knew that members of the <strong>Bosch</strong><br />

project and I have already travelled to pla-<br />

connect with other<br />

<strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Network</strong> are spread across the<br />

ces such as Georgia, Greece or Indonesia<br />

network members!<br />

world, so I posted a note on the „live feed”<br />

with the help of network members. I am<br />

Photo: Jörg Gläscher<br />

3<br />

Come up with innovative ideas<br />

and turn these into concrete<br />

projects with the support of the<br />

<strong>Bosch</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>Network</strong>.<br />

of the online platform and asked whether<br />

somebody knew any indi viduals who fit the<br />

project criteria and whom I could shadow<br />

for a few days.<br />

The response was fantastic! Within a few<br />

days, I had received many replies from<br />

hugely grateful to everybody who helped<br />

me out and the boschalumni.net for being<br />

such a great tool to turn abstract ideas<br />

into reality.”<br />

17

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