Author Archives: Alumni Channel

School Profitability: Benefit from The Endorsement of Alumni

Set Up an Active Alumni Association to Stay in Touch with Your Grads

Career schools are discovering the impact of Alumni Associations. Gainful employment rules have many requirements that can be solved by Alumni Associations. You’ll be able to stay in touch with your grads to find out where they are working and possibly their earnings. Grads can help to increase enrollment, retention, and job placement. You’ll see a return on investment. And your school will stand out from your competition. Continue reading →

FREE! New Facebook Research | Idealware

In February 2011, Idealware distributed a survey to over 500 nonprofit professionals already using Facebook as part of their communications mix, and the results are in. Through an online survey, telephone interviews, and case studies, we now provide an update to the research from our Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide to answer your burning questions, including:

  • How much time should you spend on Facebook?
  • Where can you expect to see success?
  • How are other organizations using Facebook?

via Idealware.

Successful community college alumni programs | Community College Enterprise

As state funding for community colleges continues not to keep pace with programming needs, more community colleges are taking the initiative to seek funding from private sources. Four-year colleges and universities have tong used alumni programs as major outside sources of funding. Since a high percentage of today’s students embark on their higher education experience at the community college, it is natural for more two-year institutions to begin alumni programs. Based on in-depth interviews with directors of successful community college alumni programs, this article suggests ‘best practices for community colleges that are considering the development of an alumni program. It offers practical and relevant ideas for practitioners and institutional leaders, including changes being planned in existing programs to ensure continued success.

Successful community college alumni programs | Community College Enterprise | BNET.

Fundraising helps school activities | MyCentralJersey.com

Alumni Channel is mentioned in this article about education foundations and fund raising.  The more school funds are cut, the more sophisticated fundraising needs to become, said Heather Robinson, the executive director of Partnership in Philanthropy. The days of tricky trays and golf tournaments have evolved into grant writing, major individual donations and alumni endowment funds, much like a public university or college, Robinson said.

“Usually, you pay $80 for an alumni directory because you’re feeling nostalgic, and it’s out of date before it’s even published. Then it collects dust on the shelf,” Smith-Fleres said. “The online directory can be constantly changed so it’s up-to-date and alumni can connect with each other. The education foundations support the alumni website, and the alumni support scholarship funds through their class reunions and other events.”

Fundraising helps school activities | MyCentralJersey.com.

Alumni News, Updates, Webinars – May 2011

Hello Alumni Relations folks, it’s Alumni Channel. Have you missed us? 

Spring has definitely sprung at Alumni Channel!

We’re excited to be connecting back to our mailing list subscribers with fresh ideas on connecting with alumni. You can expect to hear ideas from us more frequently going forward…but, not too much – just on a monthly basis. Continue reading →

Getting Started with Email Fundraising $40 | Idealware

Idealware, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, provides candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.

Fundraising via email requires an understanding of a number of different elements – designing an email campaign, writing an email, avoiding spam filters, broadcast email tools, online donation tools, and more. We’ll walk through what you’ll need to know to design your own email fundraising campaign.

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Alumni Channel to Exhibit at APSCU, June 6 – 8, 2011 – Booth 1135

APSCUAlumni Channel is exhibiting at the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities 2011 Annual Convention & Exposition in Texas June 6-8, 2011.   See us in Booth 1135. Schools we work with (The Chef’s Academy, Institute of Audio Research, Sullivan University, Spencerian College and the Sullivan College of Technology and Design) are all members of APSCU. Continue reading →

Do You Need a New Donor Management System? A Step-by-Step Decision Making Workbook | Idealware

Without an effective system to track donors and other constituents, you can spend too much time just trying to figure out who to contact and miss out on many fundraising opportunities.  But switching to a new system can be time consuming and sometimes costly.  So how do you know if you should switch, or stick with what you have? The Do You Need A New Donor Management System workbook, in PDF format, by Idealware, will help you decide.

Do You Need a New Donor Management System? A Step-by-Step Decision Making Workbook | Idealware.