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Leveraging Your Archives for Planning Unforgettable Alumni Reunions
Looking to plan an unforgettable alumni reunion event? This article discusses how to leverage your archives to enhance your alumni events. From personalised messaging, to creating immersive experiences, you can add authenticity and encourage engagement, making your next alumni reunion more memorable and meaningful.
Upcoming Webinars: August 2024
Welcome to our August webinars! This month, we are excited to present two enriching sessions designed to deepen your understanding of the powerful connections forged through shared history. Discover how these collective experiences can drive development and learn innovative strategies to reconnect with lost alumni, fostering a stronger, more engaged community.
Launching your new university or school digital archive
Read our comprehensive guide to successfully launching a digital archive for your school or university, emphasising strategies to promote engagement and community building.
Creating Impactful Alumni Stories: A Guide to Compelling Content
Discover how to craft compelling alumni stories that celebrate achievements, inspire current students, and showcase your institution's impact.
Our guide offers strategic insights to create authentic and engaging content that resonates with your entire community.
Upcoming Webinars: July 2024
Welcome to our July webinars! Join us for two insightful sessions to explore the profound impact of collective experiences, and how the past can empower you to build and strengthen relationships with your alumni community.
How to Turn Your School or University Archives into a Dynamic Social Experience
Discover how to transform your school or university archives into engaging social experiences. Our latest article explores digitisation, compelling content curation, and how to leverage technology to unlock the full potential of your institution’s history.
The Power of Facial Recognition in School Archives
In the evolving landscape of alumni engagement, institutions are increasingly turning to innovative solutions to deepen connections with their past students, teachers, and their wider community. One often-overlooked tool in achieving this is the integration of facial recognition features within your school digital archives.
Discover how this technology can revolutionise alumni engagement - making it wasier than ever to reconnect with past students and strengthen community bonds.
Upcoming Webinars: June 2024
Join us for our June webinars! This June, we're diving into the theme of 'lost alumni'—the valuable members of your community you may have lost contact with. Discover innovative strategies to extend your digital outreach, reconnect with these alumni, and strengthen bonds with those who can't always participate in person.
Moving Goal Posts: What the Recent LinkedIn Changes Mean for Your School or University
Recently LinkedIn made an update as to the way URLs/links are displayed on the platform. We discuss what this means for your school or university - and your digial strategy moving forward.
Maximising Engagement on Your Alumni Community Platform: Strategies Beyond Sign-Ups
You launched your alumni community platform with a bang, gaining hundreds of sign-ups in no time. But now, activity has dropped, and sign-ups are dwindling.
😕 Familiar story?
Discover how to reignite engagement and keep your alumni coming back in our latest article.
Upcoming Webinars: May 2024
Welcome to our May webinars! This month, join us as we delve into the untapped potential of your institution's history and discover how to harness the power of shared memories to drive advancement.
Is it even worth posting to social media anymore?
Social media has transformed the way institutions connect with audiences globally. Yet, as schools, colleges, and universities aim to nurture their alumni relationships, is relying on these platforms still the best approach?
Discover the vast potential and pitfalls of social media for alumni engagement in our latest article.
Engaging Young Alumni in the Journey Down Memory Lane
At SocialArchive, we frequently emphasise the influential force of nostalgia and its potential to foster deeper engagement within your alumni network.
In this blog post, you'll discover how harnessing nostalgia can deepen engagement with the younger members of your alumni community! 🎓⭐
Upcoming Webinars: April 2024
Welcome to our April webinars! This month, we're delving deep into the realm of data-driven development, exploring its potential in uncovering valuable insights about your alumni. Additionally, we'll be discussing how to leverage your institutional history to propel future development initiatives.
Social Media without the Social Media
In the realm of alumni engagement, social media platforms provide unparalleled reach but come with a host of challenges—declining usage, mounting privacy concerns, and even uncertainties like the longevity of platforms (consider recent discussions about the potential national ban of TikTok in the US).
In our latest article, we delve into the necessity of embracing a nuanced approach; supplementing social media efforts with other innovative engagement strategies to ensure lasting connections and meaningful interactions with your community.
Feature Update: Automated Redaction
Are you interested in harnessing the power of nostalgia but worried about sharing certain content from your archives in the process?
SocialArchive harnesses the latest technology, allowing you to benefit from making your history part of your engagement strategy, without sensitive information or concerns around data protection holding you back.
Find out more about our redation features here.
Upcoming Webinars: March 2024
Welcome to our March webinars! This month, we're diving into powerful strategies that leverage your history to enhance engagement within your community. Plus, we're providing you the opportunity to learn effective outreach techniques to reconnect with those alumni you may have lost touch with.
Tapping into the Power of Nostalgia: Why a Social Archive is the Answer
Discover how nostalgia can be harnessed as a powerful tool in fostering enduring connections with alumni.
In this article, we delve into the transformative impact of social archives on alumni engagement within educational institutions.
Upcoming Webinars: February 2024
Our February webinars have arrived! This month we will be covering how the power of your history can help drive your development and advancement goals. What’s more we will also be covering how to reach out and connect with those you may have lost touch with.
Don't miss out! Take a moment to mark the dates on your calendar and secure your spot by registering now.
Future Proofing Alumni Engagement – A Discussion on GDPR Compliance & Redaction Tactics for Schools & Universities
In the rapidly evolving landscape of alumni engagement, there has been a transformative shift towards digital interactions. As institutions harness the power of technology to connect with their alumni, the need to navigate the intricate web of data protection regulations, especially the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), has become paramount.
This article explores the imperative of future-proofing alumni engagement with a particular focus on GDPR compliance and the strategic use of redaction tactics.