Alumni Café
Alumni Café monthly on Wednesdays online! There will be interesting topics, questions and discussions. A text article will be published about the event as well. Welcome to join!
The purpose of the Alumni Café is to offer Metropolia alumni and students a recurring meeting to exchange information and network, as well as a good opportunity to discuss interesting topics in different fields. A new theme is chosen every month, and a free-form discussion takes place between alumni and students.
Alumni Café program
- Initial greeting
- A short introduction to Alumni Relations
- An alumni (or other) speech
- Joint discussion, Q&A
- Written article after Alumni Café
Schedule
Wed 23.4.2025 at 9-10 am online.
"Gentle Marketing and an Entrepreneurial Attitude"
How to grow a business by personal development
– Creating authentic and inviting marketing communications through inner work"Join the event at this link (please note the event is held in Finnish)
- Speaker: Alumna Nea Ahlroth, Creative Director and Communications Strategist
- Nea is a visual communications and Gentle Marketing entrepreneur whose journey into design thinking began over ten years ago in Thailand while studying architecture. She has been able to examine human-centered problem solving from the perspectives of architecture, visual design and communication — combining creativity, empathy and practical implementation.
- Description:
- What would marketing sound like that doesn’t feel like a chore, but a gentle way to become visible as yourself?
- What if an entrepreneurial attitude doesn’t necessarily mean starting a business, but a way of approaching your own work, life and growth?
In this Alumni Cafe, we dive into the world of Gentle Marketing and Entrepreneurial Attitude – without pressure, and with a big heart. Nea talks about loving entrepreneurship – about how work can be self-fulfilling and entrepreneurship a tool for fulfilling your life’s mission.
Come and get practical tips and tools! We will conduct a Brand Persona exercise that will help you clarify your own professional self – whether you are an entrepreneur, a student or on the verge of a new career.
Welcome to explore what the visibility of your image looks like!
If you would like to receive materials related to the event in advance in your email, please register by April 16th here.
- Wed 11.12. at 9-10 am. "Recycling - what and how households recycle and how recycling can affect not only the reuse of materials but also energy production and its self-sufficiency." Joint the event at this link
- The Alumni Café will be organized by the School of Smart and Clean Solutions in cooperation with the School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering. The speaker is Chili Laurila, Metropolia alumna and expert in energy and environmental technology.
- The Alumni Café will be organized by the School of Smart and Clean Solutions in cooperation with the School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering. The speaker is Chili Laurila, Metropolia alumna and expert in energy and environmental technology.
- Wed 23.10. from 9-10 a.m. Business alumna and Metropolia employee Natasa Anttila talks about the topic: Digital security from the University of Applied Sciences – what kind of digital security competence should tomorrow's alumni have? " Joint the event at this link
- Over morning coffee, you will hear Natasa's career story and news from a national cyber security education development project. Natasa explains how Metropolia is involved in developing a safer digital everyday life for everyone and training top experts to ensure cyber security. You will also be able to update your skills according to new requirements. Natasa would also like to hear what is the message alumni send to current students: what kind of digital security competence should tomorrow's alumni have?
- Over morning coffee, you will hear Natasa's career story and news from a national cyber security education development project. Natasa explains how Metropolia is involved in developing a safer digital everyday life for everyone and training top experts to ensure cyber security. You will also be able to update your skills according to new requirements. Natasa would also like to hear what is the message alumni send to current students: what kind of digital security competence should tomorrow's alumni have?
- Wed 11.9. at 14-15 "The role of culture in the sustainability crisis – a problem or part of the solution?" The lecturer was Antti Huntus from Taike - Arts Promotion Centre. The first Alumni Café was organized at the Arabia campus.
Welcome to join!
Metropolia's Alumni Team
alumni [at] metropolia.fi (alumni[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Articles
11.9. at 14-15 "The role of culture in the sustainability crisis – a problem or part of the solution?"
Metropolia's first Alumni Cafe was organized September 11, 2024 at the Arabia campus. Arts Promotion Center's Special Advisor Antti Huntus lectured on the topic The role of culture in the sustainability crisis - problem or part of the solution? The role of culture was discussed through, among other things, the UN's sustainable development goals and recent cultural unrest.
The lecture was also part of the program of Metropolia's Helsinki Design Week. In the beginning of the lecture, Metropolia's alumni activities were briefly explained. The lecture was followed by alumni and culture students on site and via stream. The inspiring lecture was also available on YouTube two weeks after the presentation.
23.10. from 9-10 a.m. "Digital security from the University of Applied Sciences – what kind of digital security competence should tomorrow's alumni have? "
Metropolia's second Alumni Café was organized online by the School of Business and School of ICT on 23 October 2024. Business alumni and current Metropolia´s specialist Natasa Anttila talked about "Digital security - what kind of digital security skills should tomorrow's alumni have?
During her talk, Natasa Anttila elaborated her career story and her experiences with information security during her career. She clarified concepts related to information security: there are digital security, cyber security, information security and data protection. All these aim at protecting our basic security. Natasa stated that in the digital world even the best means of protection do not bring complete security, but the digital world requires everyone to be constantly alert, manage risks and have a tolerance for risks. Artificial intelligence increases speed and dangers, but also brings protection.
Natasa Anttila also presented the upcoming national cybersecurity development project, in which Metropolia is involved. At the end of the Alumni Cafe, there was time for discussion.