E-mail is still huge when it comes to communicating and getting your message delivered. Here are some thoughts / ideas / actions from schools on how each has successfully captured graduate e-mail addresses for their databases. Not all ideas will work for your school, but perhaps you can find something that does. Continue reading
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Google Wallet Ushers in a New Era in Online and Mobile Fundraising for Nonprofits | Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog
On August 1, Google quietly launched Google Wallet for the Web – and the technology has the possibility of transforming online and mobile fundraising as we’ know it. Described simply, donors can sign up for a Google Wallet account, enter and save their credit card information, and then donate to any nonprofit (or purchase from any online store) that has a Google Wallet merchant account with only two clicks of a mouse (or two taps on a tablet). Continue reading
“Friends of Archbishop Ryan High School” Relies on Alumni Channel’s Online Alumni Community Solution to Connect with Alumni Across the World
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – October 18, 2012 – Alumni Channel, a web provider of online alumni communities for schools, associations, and other non-profit organizations, announced today that the alumni group, Friends of Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia, PA, is relying on the company’s online community solution to develop closer relationships with its alumni. Continue reading
Is Mobile Giving for You? [Idealware]
How does mobile giving work? Is it likely to be useful for your organization? This diagram, originally published in NTEN’s Change Journal, walks you through the steps to get started, a mini case-study, and helps you think through whether mobile giving is likely to be a useful part of your fundraising mix.
Click here to view the diagram.
License: Copyright Idealware. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License
Effective Alumni Fundraising Webinar (9/25/12) and Others
Our friends at the National School Foundation Association have put together a seminar series, and later today they are offering:
Effective Alumni Fundraising
Description: A workshop designed to assist listeners apply key aspects of the very successful college and university model of fundraising to the K-12 environment Seven activities K-12 foundation and or school personnel can practice to obtain financial support from your alumni are covered. Attendees also learn that once identified, converting alumni to major donors for your school or district is important for not only you but to the alumni as well. Continue reading
Welcome Aboard New Schools
We’d like to welcome the following organizations to the Alumni Channel family of online communities:
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Lindale ISD Alumni Association, Lindale, Texas
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EF International Academy Alumni Association
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Rudolf Steiner School, Kings Langley Old Scholars, Kings Langley, UK
Visit alumnichannel.com for a complete list of all our customer communities.
When Giving Online is Not Ideal | Idealware
When Giving Online is Not Ideal | Idealware.
As fundraisers we dream about the new frontier of online giving as a potential golden ticket for reaching younger or more tech savvy donors. Driving everyone to give online, in monthly installments, is all the rage. But what happens when a donor wants to give $1000 or more? Is there potential negative organizational impact in accepting large gifts online?
Email is Not Dead. Here’s Proof . . . » Effective Student Marketing
According to the infographic below from attachments.me, email is not dead! To tell you the truth, it’s alive and growing.
Here are a few highlights:
• 3.3 billion = Total number of email accounts worldwide
• The number of email accounts beats instant messaging and social networking accounts in sheer numbers:
– Number of social networking accounts = 2.7 billion
– Number of instant messaging accounts = 2.7 billion
• $40 for every $1 invested = ROI of emailing marketing in 2011
Here are more statistics to prove that email is not dead: Continue reading
Successful New Launch: EF International Academy Alumni Association
Check out the latest addition to the Alumni Channel family, EF International Academy Alumni Association (http://alumni.efacademy.org). EF International Academy is part of EF Education First, the largest private educational organization in the world, with headquarters in Switzerland. EF IA provides private high school programmes, including A-level and International Baccalaureate Diploma programmes. As part of the high school experience abroad, EF’s students immerse themselves in the British or American culture while becoming global citizens.
New Jersey Catholic Schools’ Marketing Council Workshop
Network with fellow Principals, Pastors, Marketing and Development Professionals from Catholic schools across New Jersey and learn new ways of marketing your schools.
Learn how Alumni Channel is helping Catholic secondary and elementary schools at the New Jersey Catholic Schools’ Marketing Council Workshop.
April 24, 2012 Camden Catholic High School, Cherry Hill
April 25, 2012 Mother Seton Regional High School, Clark
8:15AM—1:00PM