Best Practices

Here are some best practices in alumni relations that we have gathered to help schools with small alumni shops. These best practices are implemented successfully at our partner schools with some great results. We hope you can find something interesting here!

A lot of our partner schools have asked us the same thing over the last two years. Why don’t small shop alumni teams have their own solution? If their challenges are unique why shouldn’t the solutions be? That is exactly what we have been doing for the last two years with some great results with more than 200 partner schools.

At Almabase, we understand the challenges advancement teams face with the advent of technology and social media. We want to be as useful as we can to help you navigate this journey and make the best use of modern technology. We will also provide some best-practices from various institutions across the country who are doing a great job in various fields.

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Year-End Giving Infographic: Secrets that Inspire Donors

It’s true, 25-35% of giving takes place between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. And MobileCause is spilling the secrets and tools every school and nonprofit needs to develop their most successful multi-channel,...

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#GivingTuesday Infographic: Campaign Planning Tips

Get ready for #GivingTuesday with a plan from MobileCause that guarantees to win over the hearts and minds of all your supporters with proven strategies that will help drive awareness and attract new donors to your...

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Strategies to increase open rate of your emails to Alumni

Have you faced challenges in making your Alumni open your emails? Here are a few interesting learnings we can take from the World of Marketing, who also experience a similar challenge though in a different context....

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How-to? : Write emails your alumni love!

Does sending out periodic e-mails to your Alumni an important part of your job? If yes, congratulations you are among the 46 % of the schools who have recognized the need for this. An alum on an average receives 16...

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7 Proven School Fundraising Ideas

Fundraising is a necessity for any school to support its educational activities. It seems you can never fundraise too much or accept too many donations, but you don’t want to bore your supporters with the same...

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Making your alumni webpage more effective

You have realized the importance of having a web presence for your school and created a school website. All your stakeholders (prospective students, current students, parents, faculty and alumni) visit the website...

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3 Practices for a Successful Modern Day Reunion.

With the advent of ‘millennials’, alumni engagement had taken on a whole new meaning. They are the first digital natives, they are social, and the largest generation in the history. Their affinity for technology...

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Raising over $250k in one day, SI Prep increases their Giving Day donations by 80%!

WHO St. Ignatius College Preparatory (SI) is a private, Catholic preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1855. CHALLENGE On their second annual Giving Day, SI aimed to...

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7- Effective Online Giving Practices

Here are two main reasons why Online Giving is the best place to invest your time and talent. It is the hottest form of giving right now – Online giving in Education sector has risen by a staggering 12.3 %...

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How to update alumni information

“You’re only as good as the data you keep” has become a modern day mantra in many industries. It has certainly been true for alumni relations for decades. But the challenge here is big. Your alumni change...