FGLI Conference support

The Legacy of FGLI Conferences

Student-organized FGLI conferences like 1vyG, AL1GN, and the Stanford FLI Conference have served as springboards for grassroots campus FGLI movements. These platforms have played instrumental roles in inspiring FGLI students to action. In sharing stories of adversity and survival across campuses, attendees have realized how similar their experiences are and gained the knowledge and social clout to challenge the status quo in their own institutions. Their renewed belief and thirst for change have given rise to book-lending libraries, food pantries, meal sharing initiatives, and class confessions pages. Attendees of the first-ever 1vyG Conference at Brown in 2014 are now leaders of national organizations such as FLIP National and EdMobilizer. They now drive institutional change as some of the most vibrant alumni of their institutions. In 2018, we sponsored and put together the conference apps for the Penn 1vyG and AL1GN conferences respectively. These apps brought a higher level of engagement – attendees were able to view profiles of fellow attendees and share experiences about their work in the bulletin; alumni seized the opportunity to offer advice and recruit students for their companies. We therefore present below a more detailed breakdown of how the conference apps made these two conferences much more engaging.

2018 Penn 1vyG Conference

The 2018 Penn 1vyG Conference was convened by EdMobilizer and organized by Penn First, a chapter of FLIP National. The conference held Feb 16-18 attracted nearly 600 attendees including over 100 administrators.

CONFERENCE APP USAGE DURING CONFERENCE

  • 65% of attendees used the conference app
  • 3,062 attendee profile views
  • 4,149 session views
  • 1,062 messages sent/received
  • 117 business cards/contact info exchanged
  • 2,864 sponsor impressions
  • 150 messages in bulletin

CONFERENCE APP USAGE AFTER CONFERENCE

  • 3,550 more attendee profile views
  • 3,569 more session views
  • 62 more messages sent/received
  • 16 more business cards/contact info exchange
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AL1GN 2018 Conference

The AL1GN 2018 Conference was convened by AL1GN (Alliance for the Low Income and First Generation Narrative) at George Washington University from March 23 -25. It was organized by GWU’s First Generation Student Group. The conference attracted nearly 200 attendees from over 15 institutions.  

CONFERENCE APP USAGE DURING CONFERENCE

  • 93% of attendees used the conference app
  • 976 attendee profile views
  • 657 session views
  • 566 messages sent/received
  • 75 business cards/contact info exchanged
  • 34 messages in bulletin
  • 12 photos shared

  CONFERENCE APP USAGE AFTER CONFERENCE

  • 1,418 more attendee profile views
  • 403 more session views
  • 10 more messages sent/received
  • 3 more business cards/contact info exchange
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CONNECTING THE FGLI COMMUNITY BEYOND Conferences

To connect the first-generation and low-income community beyond conferences, FLIP National launched its Portal last Fall. The Portal features committees and their accompanying workspaces, a member directory, job board, video library, member benefits area and events space. It also supports email marketing as well as polls and surveys. It is our goal to make sure all stakeholders including first-generation and low-income students, alumni, faculty, staff and administrators constantly collaborate to address the issues facing the FGLI community. We hope that you will join the host of change makers already collaborating over this Portal.
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