A Live Session Built Around a Big Idea
Register for our first Agora on May 26th at 12 pm ET — (Free for all subscribers and members)
From Identity to Infrastructure: Building “Miner Nation” at UTEP with Alumni Storytellers
Speaker: Sydney Bertram, Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications and Engagement
In this session, we’ll explore how the University of Texas at El Paso built Miner Nation as a unifying engagement framework that connects students, alumni, and supporters through shared pride and purpose.
Sydney will unpack how alumni “contributors,” operating like freelancers, have strengthened Advancement communications by expanding digital touchpoints and content creation. More importantly, she’ll show how scalable participation models —and Miner Nation Contributors (MNCs) with donor experience — are turning affinity into sustained engagement, and ultimately, into pipeline.
What the Agora Is
The Agora is our live gathering space. But it’s not another webinar.
Each session is designed to do two things:
Surface a bold idea
Create meaningful connection around it
We start with a 15–20 minute TED-style presentation
Then we shift into 40–45 minutes of active conversation. You’ll be placed into small, rotating groups to talk, react, and connect.