Get Involved in Excelsior’s Rope Team Activity

Get Involved In Excelsior’s Rope Team Activity 

There are many ways to engage with content, learn from others, and contribute your ideas to Excelsior’s Rope Teams. Read on to learn how you can get involved today! 

  1. Ask Questions: Let us know if you have any questions, if you would benefit from any clarification about the rope teams or their platform, or if you would like to connect with the Center for Social Justice. Go to the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the corresponding rope team page and submit your question. We will be delighted to follow up with you.  
  1. Share Feedback: Let us know what is working as well as what we can improve in the rope team(s) that interest you. Go the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the corresponding rope team page and share your feedback and ideas. We are looking forward to your input! 
  1. Participate in Rope Team Activity: Exciting, ongoing opportunities and activity will be happening in each identity/allyship and career rope team. Check out the opportunities and events available in your rope team(s) of interest, such as the bi-monthly conversations scheduled for each rope team. 
  1. Communicate with participants in your rope team(s) of interest: Click on the “Communicate with participants in this rope team” button in the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the page. You will be redirected to the corresponding group in Excelsior Connects where you will be able to post content or engage in conversation with members of the group. 
  1. Recommend Content: You are likely to have connections or know of opportunities, resources or experiences relevant to the rope team(s) that mater(s) to you. Go to the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the corresponding rope team page(s) and recommend content relevant to participants of this rope team(s). 
  1. Write a blog: Share your knowledge or thoughts on a topic related to your community(ies) of interest or share and comment on the knowledge or thoughts of someone else. To do so, visit your rope team(s) of interest, go to the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the page, and recommend your blog.  
  1. Tell Your Story: Visit your rope team(s) of interest, go to the “Explore & Contribute” widget under the blue navigation bar of the page, and complete the “Share your story” mini-survey so that students, alums and other community members can learn about your journey and about the advice you have for members of the rope team(s) that matter to you.  
  1. Become a Rope Team Community Connection: All identity/allyship and career rope teams will feature “community connections” for its participants to network. If you are interested in supporting students and alums in your rope teams of interest, create or revisit your  Excelsior Connects profile and select the rope teams that interest you. Your choices will feature your Excelsior Connects profile in the corresponding rope team(s).  
  1. Co-Lead a Rope Team: Exciting, ongoing opportunities and activity will be happening in each identity/allyship and career rope team. Opportunities to co-lead aspects of the rope team(s) that interest you, in a way and at a level sustainable to you, are always available and needed. Contact the Center for Social Justice if you are interested in this. Below are examples of ways in which community co-leadership could look like, based on your interest and availability (you could do one, a collection or all):  
  • Rope-Team Co-Leadership Examples:
    • Meeting monthly to brainstorm community opportunities or enhancements. 
    • Participating or co-leading the community’s 1-hour bi-weekly conversations. 
    • Reviewing and recommending community page content. 
    • Encouraging community members to tell their story or to be featured as a community connection. 
    • Supporting the design and/or planning of a community event. 
    • Other…