Author Archives: Alumni Channel

Our Lady of Mercy Academy Alumnae of Newfield, New Jersey, Relies on Alumni Channel’s Online Alumni Community Solution to Connect with Alumni Across the World

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Alumni Channel, a web provider of online alumni communities for schools and other non-profit organizations, announced today that Our Lady of Mercy Academy Alumnae of Newfield, New Jersey, is relying on the company’s online community solution to develop closer relationships with its alumni. Continue reading →

The Big Three: MySpace, YouTube and Facebook (in that order!)

Some of your alumni use MySpace. Some of your alumni use Facebook. Some of your alumni use both, but for different reasons – and the vast majority of them all watch videos that have been uploaded to YouTube. That said, if your alumni association wants to launch and integrate a successful social networking strategy with your Web 1.0 communications (website, e-newsletter, and “Donate Now” buttons), then your association needs an organizational presence on all of the Big Three. Continue reading →

New Features for Alumni Channel’s Online Communities

Customer satisfaction is our number one goal and we’re proud to have a superb client satisfaction rating over the last ten years.  Listening to our clients’ needs has help Alumni Channel develop the offering we have today.  Recent requests by alumni and clients that have been built into our communities include:

  • Profile linking support for Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn
  • Support for traffic analysis of your community through Google Analytics
  • Group/class pages
  • Private/public links
  • Expandable/collapsible news items
  • Job board/applicant tracking system
  • Missing member directory
  • Deceased member directory
  • Custom site header graphic
  • Fee-based membership management
  • New file manager with image thumbnails
  • Custom e-mail footer for outgoing system messages
  • Printable membership cards

Want to learn more about each of these new features?  Continue reading →

Organizations Go ‘Online’ with Alumni Channel to Connect with Alumni and Constituents

The last three months have been busy for Alumni Channel with the development and launch of several new online membership communities for schools, non-profits and other organizations::

  • Cape May Technical School, Cape May County, NJ
  • Oklahoma Christian School, Edmond, OK
  • Arkadelphia High School, Arkadelphia, AK
  • Little Servant Sisters Country Fair and Polish Festival, Cherry Hill, NJ
  • First Consulting Group (FCG) Corporate Alumni Community
  • Chattanooga School for the Arts & Sciences, Chattanooga, TN
  • Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken, NJ
  • St. Theodore Guerin High School, Noblesville, IN

Want to learn how each is using Alumni Channel to reach their constituents? Continue reading →

Your online community should be a drug

Martin Reed – Blog Author from CommunitySpark.com

Starting a new online community is a huge challenge. Not only do you need to attract visitors and convert them into members, you also need to ensure they return to your website frequently and get involved.

Never think that once a visitor has become a member of your site, your work is done. You need to ensure that every person that visits your site will remember it. By keeping your site in their minds, they are far more likely to return and get involved. Continue reading →

Hidden Value of Corporate Alumni Networks

IPR Strategic Business Information Database June 1 , 2003

Former employees will be an increasingly meaningful and valuable part of an organization’s human capital – a fact that many, if not most, companies ignore. It used to be that former employees were either retirees or marginal performers whom had been let go, so it was natural not to focus on . .  full article.

Corporate Alumni Relations: The Basics

Have you heard? Educational institutions are not the only ones pursuing alumni relations. Corporate alumni relations continues to grow as an industry. What is it? Private sector firms maintaining communities of former employees – communicating with them about changes in their old firm, mining their networks for business referrals, and sometimes recruiting them back at the executive level.  Full story >>>