By Megan Hoyt (‘12), Assistant Director of Alumni Personal and Career Development at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC Our employees and our workplaces are struggling right now. We are all managing heightened emotions associated with uncertainty and feeling the looming sense of prolonged isolation or […]
The Wake Forest alumni network is strong and robust with active WAKECommunities and interest-specific affinity groups in cities across the country and globe. But how can you make the most out of these great connections? In this Harvard Business Review article, author Dorie Clark […]
During Homecoming weekend 2019, we asked alumni how they went about finding mentors, advisers, friends, people, and a community to support them in their personal and professional lives. Learn from their reflections below!
This past summer, our Alumni Personal and Career Development Center team launched a week-long challenge on our @LifeAfterWake Instagram account to #findyourpeople. In this challenge we provided five simple action items that you can take over five days to strengthen your network […]
What makes a community thrive? How does a community go from ordinary to extraordinary? Drawing on excerpts from her new book, Get Together, How to Build Community with Your People, this First Round Review interview with start-up community manager and author Bailey Richardson highlights […]
An affinity group, sometimes referred to as an “employee resource group,” can be very beneficial in the workplace to bring people together around common interests or goals. Whether you are interested in pulling together a group for women, the LGBTQ community, or people of color, […]
In this article by Caroline Forsey, “being an ally means working to develop empathy towards another group’s challenges or issues — and, ultimately, creating a culture in which that group feels valued.” Get tips and resources to help you be a more effective ally […]
Wondering how you can connect with other Deacs in your current city? Check out this video featuring Megan Hoyt (’12) and Tiffany Waddell Tate (’07, MA ’11) and learn about WAKECommunities and how you can get involved!
By Allison McWilliams (’95), Assistant Vice President for Mentoring and Alumni Personal & Career Development, Wake Forest University We all need personal and professional networks, a community of engaged, supportive friends, colleagues, advisors, and wise counselors who can provide support, guidance, feedback, access to connections […]
Creating community means developing intentional relationships and connections with people. And, it means setting effective boundaries with your time, your capacity, and your availability. Easy to say, but often not so easy to do. In this short and powerful video, author, speaker, and researcher […]
