Author Archives: Alumni Channel
Offer a Service: Yearbook Sales to Alumni
Do you sell old yearbooks to alumni?
From Tracy Crowe Jones ’94, Director of Alumni Relations for Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO:
All of our old yearbooks are housed in my department. We sell them for $15. There isn’t much of a profit, but it does cover shipping and bring in a little extra money to the alumni association. We sell them more as a service to our alumni than as a profit-making endeavor. On our alumni website we have a list of the years for which we have leftover yearbooks so people know ahead of time if what they are looking for is available. If a yearbook is not available I often point the alum to eBay. You can save a search on eBay and get notification when something with your search parameters is listed. Almost weekly I see at least one of our older yearbooks on eBay.
New! Add Twitter to your Alumni Channel Website
We are happy to announce that Alumni Channel now works with Twitter!
Try these new features on for size:
- Members can now make their Twitter account visible on their profile (just edit profile)
- You can make your organization’s Twitter account visible on your home page
We actually now support all the most popular social networking applications in the same way (Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn too). To see how your organization’s account would be showcased, see http://demo.schoolalumnisites.com for an example of these icons (see the area just to the right of the message board heading).
Posting links on Facebook
If you ever type a web address in Facebook, always include the http:// so Facebook knows it’s a link and makes it clickable.
Alumni Channel to Exhibit at 2010 NCEA Convention & Expo, April 6 to 8, 2010
Convention Center, Minneapolis, MN
April 6 to 8, 2010
Booth: 523
NCEA Convention Central – National Catholic Educational Association
Catholic School Administrators Association of New York State (CSAANYS) Conference
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Marriott Hotel, Albany, NY
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NYS Coalition for Independent and Religious Schools (NYSCIRS) Conference
November 16 and 17, 2009
Marriott Hotel, Albany, NY
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Themed Young Alumni Mixer
Check out this summary of California State University, Long Beach’s Themed Young Alumni Mixer that should provide plenty of ideas for everyone . . . Continue reading
Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Use Twitter and Flickr
This webinar provides a general introduction to Twitter.com and Flickr.com and will demonstrate how nonprofit organizations can successfully use both Web sites to increase their organization’s website traffic and visibility on the Internet.
The webinar will also demonstrate click-by-click how to successfully set-up accounts on both sites, discuss best and worst practices, showcase some cutting-edge micro-fundraising campaigns on Twitter, and feature nonprofit organizations that are excelling in their use of Twitter and Flickr.
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 10am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hours
Individual Price: $40 per person
Read more at http://www.diosacommunications.com/webinars/twitter/october272009.htm
Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit
by nonprofitorgs
As the Web goes mobile, so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. Social Media is definitely going mobile. Listed are three mobile strategies that your nonprofit can start experimenting with and considering for 2010. Continue reading →