Membership clubs and organizations are all the rage. Brands like Netflix®, Weight Watchers®, Crossfit® and a myriad other businesses are adopting a membership or subscription strategy to grow their businesses. According to Robbie Kellman Baxter’s best-selling book, The Membership Economy, businesses that embrace the membership model are finding success by building lasting relationships, using member networks and developing benefits with high value as a way of enhancing loyalty and boosting engagement.
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Are education institutions in denial about their alumni engagement?
Engagement leads to giving, and one of the best ways to engage alumni is through in-person events. Whether your school’s events are large or small, frequent or rare, there are some great ways to ensure that you are engaging your alumni base. Here are 5 ways to improve alumni engagement with events: 

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Alumni Channel, a web provider of online alumni communities for schools and other non-profit organizations, announced today that St. George’s Primary School Alumni Society of Nairobi Kenya, is relying on the company’s online community solution to develop closer relationships with its alumni.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Alumni Channel, a web provider of online alumni communities for schools and other non-profit organizations, announced today that Winebrenner Theological Seminary of Findlay, Ohio, is relying on the company’s online community solution to develop closer relationships with its alumni.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Alumni Channel, a web provider of online alumni communities for schools and other non-profit organizations, announced today that St. Mary Chardon School of Chardon, Ohio, is relying on the company’s online community solution to develop closer relationships with its alumni.