Managing Director Dr. Beverly Y. Upton believes a new
initiative called H.I. Connect will enable Haggai Institute to
deliver even more effectively on its mission.
Dr. Beverly Y. Upton,
Managing Director
Alumni now
routinely share
and pray
together using
social media,
and as I write
these words,
we have
active alumni
associations in
107 nations.
Three years ago, I talked to some
of the leaders going through
international training.
One said, “I am passionate about
going back and using what I have
learned, but I am afraid that I am
going to lose the fire.” Another said,
“I don’t want to lose my connection
to those I have been with and what I
have learned.”
We see an opportunity to deliver on
the vision and mission of Haggai
Institute in ways that simply were
not possible even 10 years ago.
Haggai Institute is now a global
community of leaders – one
consciously working together to
provide, to fund, to employ, and
to pass on the unique and lifechanging experience of H.I. training.
Haggai Institute’s policy for training
leaders was to do so “with no strings
attached.” By that, we mean we
simply trusted them to go back,
train 100 others, and share the
Gospel as the Holy Spirit led them.
That is why we have appointed
Dr. Joey Chuaunsu to the new
position of Director of Alumni
Relations and are currently working
to launch a new, Web-based service
for alumni called H.I. Connect.
But the leaders I met wanted more.
In the wake of the information
technology revolution, they were
determined to keep supporting
and encouraging one another.
They wanted convocation to be the
beginning of their relationship with
Haggai Institute, not the end.
H.I. Connect will do exactly what it
says. It will connect the H.I. global
community together in pursuit
of our shared vision for world
evangelism.
Alumni now routinely share and
pray together using social media,
and as I write these words, we have
active alumni associations in 107
nations. Changes have happened
at home, too. Increasingly, our
donors want to know what happens
to the leaders they sponsor and
ask for stories and data that show
the effectiveness of the training
program.
It will connect alumni to each
other through secure social media,
peer support networks, affinity
groups, and alumni associations.
It will connect alumni to faculty
podcasts, ministry resources, and
best practices. It will also keep
alumni connected to their goals by
providing informal structures of
support and accountability.
And perhaps most importantly, it
will provide donors with a constant
stream of survey information from
alumni, allowing us to capture our
impact in numbers, as well
as through stories about
their work.
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