Latin American Leadership Academy

Olivia Colón
Meghan Conroy
Anne McHugh
How might we...
Build a sustainable network that facilitates
engagement among the Latin American Leadership
Academy alumni and fosters continued leadership
development and collaboration amongst their
peers?
Survey Results
How many people that you met in LALA are you still On a scale of 1-10, how effective do you think LALA
in contact with? is at facilitating meaningful, long-term connections?

Average Answer= 8.7 Average Answer= 7.9

Are these connections mostly… Would you see yourself using a LALA specific
networking platform (like a LALA app or a website).
Our Recommendations- An Overview
I. Online Connections
II. Voice-to-Voice
III. Face-to-Face
 “ I would love to have a

Online Connections platform for LALA where

1) Networking Platform - #LaLinked
we would be able to
contact other young people
who also participated and
share ideas, opportunities,
and get to know each

2) Social Media other.” - João Víctor Silva

“I think that we can have a

3) Tracking platform that connects all
students from different
bootcamps… and develop
an ‘after program’ online
experience.” Cecilia Luz

It is a good idea to create

and feed a YouTube
channel with “LALA
Experiences” and videos to
show people, in a more
effective way, what LALA is
all about” - Rogério Moura
http://www.lalinkednd19.com
Social Media
Can improve their marketability of LALA through increased social media
presence and branding

Can use the stories and other features of #LaLinked as social media posts

Social media alumni are currently using to stay connected:

● WhatsApp (100%)
● Facebook (82.4%)
● Instagram (82.4%)
Tracking Progress & Achievements
FII model: families track family income, savings,
education, social capital exchanges, and health

LALA model: alumni track academic achievements,

leadership positions, volunteering hours, spending
habits, social capital exchanges
 “Schedule online meetings

Our Recommendations: Voice-to-Voice

with LALA alumni where
everyone would prepare a
5 minute presentation
about something relevant.
The opportunity would
drive interest for 2 reasons:
Regular conference calls (1) it would have high
potential of contributing
with our personal and
This is a resource for alumni to share information, give professional development;
(2) we’d get the opportunity
advice, and network further to get feedback on our
presentations and the way
we presented it.” -Lucca
The agendas of the meetings can be determined by the Custódio
alumni themselves via an organizing body “I think we should develop
webinars/ skype meetings
LALA can use this as a resource to gather information from to talk about our own
projects and means to
their alumni and delegate work development them” -Cecilia
Costa da Luz
 “There is nothing like face

Our Recommendations: Person-to-Person

to face communication...
LALA should organize a
gathering event between
all their members so we
get the opportunity to
Annual reunions meet all the other
incredible leaders.” - Bryan
Souza
Research on what has worked in networking
and maintenance of alumni connections with
I truly believe that at least
African Leadership Academy as well as one annual [reunion] with
discussions with a former employee of ALA the alumni community
revealed that planning periodic in-person would be a great chance to
reunions was the best way to keep the students keep the fire lighted.”
in touch both pre-event and post-event. If we Klethon Santos
can implement this same method with LALA
students it will bolster their interactions leading “Promote workshops so
up to the reunion and then facilitate continued alumni students can meet,
share experiences, and
communication afterward
“recharge” all hope and
knowledge gained from the
bootcamp they were in.” -
Maria Teresa
Alumni Board
In order to ensure the upkeep of the LALA’s social media platforms and
conference calls, the work could be delegated to a board or volunteer alumni

Alumni who are willing to donate their time and are enthusiastic about the
future of LALA can apply to be on this board

This structure would have the end users in control of the various networking
outlets
Projected Impact
Online Platform
Yield

Person-to-Person

Voice-to-Voice

Difficulty of Implementation
Thanks for listening!
Questions?