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The Illuminate Consulting Group (ICG) is an international academic consulting firm advising the leadership of teaching and research institutions, foundations, and public agencies on strategic development issues. 

We invite you to learn more how our experience and thought leadership in academic development issues can help your organization.

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Newsticker November 2008:

• ICG contributed to two sessions at the CEC Annual Conference in Montreal from 22 to 25 November:

• ICG delivered a session on An Introduction to Marketing and Recruiting in Online Communities.
  

• ICG delivered a session on A Primer to Advanced Network-centric Recruiting and Marketing.

• ICG contributed to two sessions at the CBIE Annual Conference in St. John's from 1 to 5 November:

• ICG contributed a session on International Education: Strategic Responses to Online Communities & Platforms.
  

• ICG contributed a session on How Alumni Networks can Help to Drive Internationalization.

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Newsticker October 2008:

• Dr. Rainer Haarbusch, a long-time ICG Academic Advisory Board Member, joined ICG full-time in late October.  Based in Munich, he will represent ICG in Europe and the Middle East. 

• The Chronicle of Education interviewed Dr. Daniel J Guhr, ICG's Managing Director, on Obsession with Rankings Goes Global in its 17 October issue.

• ICG contributed a session on How Online Communities Change International Education at the AIEC (IDP) Annual Conference in Brisbane from 6 to 10 October.

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Newsticker September 2008:

• ICG contributed to two sessions at the EAIE Annual Conference in Antwerp from 10 to 13 September:

• ICG chaired a half-day workshop on Building an International Alumni Network with presenters Lou Alexander (MIT), Ian Moore (Coventry and CASE Europe Alumni Track Chair), and George Hackstette (Goettingen).
  

• ICG chaired a session on Web 2.0, Alumni, and International Student Recruiting with Stuart Boag (Education New Zealand), Lou Alexander (MIT), and Rainer Haarbusch (LMU Munich).

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Newsticker August 2008:

• ICG contributed to three sessions at the CASE Europe Annual Conference in Brighton from 25 to 29 August:

• ICG delivered a session on What do Alumni Really Want? How Well do You Know Global Behavioural Trends?
  

• ICG chaired a breakfast session on Success Strategies for Directors Managing International Alumni Relations Programmes - The Long Term View.

• ICG chaired a session on The Online Community Agenda: How to Get the Most From the Web run by Ben Fitch (Oxford Brookes University).

• The Australian interviewed Dr. Daniel J Guhr, ICG's Managing Director, on Learning Web 2.0, or Gen-Y Speak on 20 August.

• ICG contributed to three events at the Education New Zealand Annual Conference in Auckland between 6 to 8 August:

• First, ICG delivered a workshop on Web Best Practices.
  

• Second, ICG co-chaired an all-NZ session with the Ministry of Education on International Alumni Networks.

• Third, ICG presented in the High Growth Markets session together with Fiona Morris (JWT), Tim Rogers (IEC), and Scott Wade (LTM).

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Newsticker July 2008:

• ICG's new Academic Advisory Board Member, Andy Shaindlin, hosted the alumnifutures think tank meeting in New York City on 16 July following the CASE Leadership Summit.  Dr. Daniel J. Guhr participated and spoke on The challenge to institutional alumni relations - Why moving to a network-centric, fluid approach is imperative to stay relevant.

• ICG contributed to three events at the CASE Leadership Summit in New York from 13 to 15 July:

• First, ICG presented with co-presenters Andy Shaindlin (Caltech) and Louis E. Alexander (MIT) in a session chaired by Christopher Thompson (CASE) on Community and Affinity in an Online World.
  

• Second, ICG co-chaired a workshop with Christoper Thompson (CASE) on Online Communities, Institutional Strategy and Advancement: What the Future Holds.

• Third, ICG held a Roundtable on the Future of Alumni Relations with representatives from higher education institutions and solution vendors.

• During July, ICG became home to three new Academic Advisory Board members:

• Max Senges, who recently obtained a Ph.D. from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona and now works as a US-based knowledge entrepreneur.
• Andy Shaindlin, the Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association and author of the widely read blog www.alumnifutures.com.
• Lou Alexander, the Director of Alumni Education at the Massachusetts Intitute of Technology (MIT), and a frequent contributor to CASE and other international education conferences.
  

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