OWConnect

OWConnect The new way to connect and engage with the Old Westminster community

www.owconnect.com

More information on how to access your exclusive alumni network through your phone or tablet, can be found on the main site: www.owconnect.com

“A recent leaver contacted me ahead of an interview at Deloitte a month or so ago through OWConnect. We met for coffee prior to the interview and she got the job. I think she had found it very easy to reach out to people and it worked perfectly!”

In October of last year, we were thrilled to launch OWConnect

OWConnect is our exclusive, online alumni platform where OWW throughout the world can keep in contact with each other and the School, become involved with the various groups and societies that are within the Old Westminster community and get to know the OWW who are in their region or industry. This website is the central hub for all Old Westminster communications, information and news, so sign up!

What can OWConnect do?

Careers and Mentoring: Connect directly with fellow OWW at the click of a mouse. Search registered alumni by name, careers, locations, leaving easily with a simple booking system.

year etc.

Groups and Societies: Join any OW society, house society or group by simply indicating your interests at registration. Each group/society joined.

can then post their own updates, photographs and information. All groups are easy to see, allowing for greater knowledge of what opportunities are available for you to get involved within your Westminster community.

opportunities within the platform. You can also post your own job adverts, allowing fellow Old Westminsters to apply directly. Social Media: See all that the School is posting on its various social media channels, in one central location.

Events: Register for events quickly and

Album: Share your photographs from events, gatherings or your school days.

Directory: Search the network for OWW in your local area, somewhere you’re travelling to or somewhere you’re moving to. You can also invite your own OW connections (from Facebook and LinkedIn) to the platform, if they have not already Jobs: Search for new career

Give Back: OWConnect provides a simple way to give back to the School, either through volunteering or philanthropic donations.

This incredible network is also available through your mobile device, with the OWConnect app able to be downloaded through the GooglePlay and Apple App stores.

It is wonderful that so many OWW have already joined the network and started to make their own connections within it – over 1600 of you have registered, which is phenomenal! The Elizabethan Club and the Development Office were elated to learn from Graduway, the company which builds and operates the site, that www.OWConnect.com is the fastest growing alumni website that they have helped to create! It is proof that our Old Westminster community is one of the most engaged alumni networks in the world, outperforming other educational institutions such as Harrow School, Wellington College, University College London and the University of California, Los Angeles.

OWConnect is a new platform and it needs you to make it a success – sign up and start using it today!