Author Archives: Alumni Channel

Ann Arbor Alumni site connects district with graduates and friends | AAPSNews

All are welcome to visit and register at the new Ann Arbor alumni website, which has started to take off since its soft launch last fall.

Organizers at the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation, which makes the site possible, say although the site is still developing, they’re putting the word out so that anyone with an interest in district can find it, sign up and begin networking and finding their long-lost friends.

Ann Arbor Alumni site connects district with graduates and friends | AAPSNews.

Newsweek’s Annual List: The Best High Schools in America – Newsweek

NEWSWEEK studied more than 1,000 top schools to determine the best of the best: the ones producing kids ready for college—and life.

Congratulations to our clients on making the list:  High Technology High School (Lincroft, NJ), River Dell Regional HS (Oradell, NJ), and Leonia High School (Leonia, NJ).

Newsweek’s Annual List: The Best High Schools in America – Newsweek.

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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