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Are institutions leveraging their alumni to their full potential? Here’s how they can

University Business

Alumni love their school , and they regularly show it by contributing greatly to their alma mater’s fundraising campaigns. “When a school actually works with their alumni, it allows the programs to highlight their success organically. “Alumni can provide a well of applicants,” she says.

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The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software

Creatrix Campus

The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software. With graduates finding alumni networks as a doorway to success with beautiful career options, a place to network, and give back, HEIs have started focusing on building alumni management software that benefits this new era of the mutually beneficial alumni network.

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Avoiding Staff Turnover and Strengthening Your Annual Giving Program

EAB

Through over 10 years of partnership with EAB, Miami University has tested innovative digital strategies and reinvigorated traditional initiatives, all while avoiding staff turnover and keeping pace in a competitive and changing fundraising environment. Here’s why you should renew your commitment to annual giving anyway.

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5 Focus Areas for Campus Presidents Amidst Decreasing Trust

Campus Sonar

Alumni aren’t receiving perceived reciprocal value from their alma mater nor bought into why their dollars matter. Do you have the right experts in place to drive prospective students to admissions, move them through the awareness to admit process, and generate value for alumni through fundraising? Trying to increase giving?

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Things have changed—has your Annual Giving strategy?

EAB

But in doing that, you may be missing unique opportunities to earn donations outside of alumni majors. Instead of spending endless hours on hiring a position with historically high turnover , schools are hiring industry experts to help with annual giving campaigns. For the sake of segmentation, labels are easy.

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Why advancement employees leave (and how leaders can fix it)

EAB

From advancement to enrollment to student success , thousands of leaders in the industry are looking for ways to fill roles or restructure just to maintain operations. Blogs Why advancement employees leave (and how leaders can fix it) By Brad Shafer Recent turnover in higher ed is historic and expansive.

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A Beginner’s Guide to AI in Annual Giving

EAB

You can use a tool like ChatGPT and provide it with your campaign plan (donor segments, fundraising goals, institution information, etc.) This is where it’s critical to bring in industry professionals to edit and supplement AI’s content creation. Say you want to develop a new email series for your Calendar Year-End campaign.