We hear it time and time again, community colleges don’t have the manpower nor the budget to track and engage alumni. Often, the reason alumni aren not getting tracked is simply due to the common misconception that these alumni don’t feel tied to their community colleges and are therefore unlikely to get involved in any way. Well, we have gathered plenty of relevant data to the contrary that suggests community colleges might want to reconsider reaching out to their alumni. [1

Finding lost alumni is a priority for many alumni departments, and understandably so. The more alumni that you identify, the greater your pool of prospective donors. Traditionally, lost alumni are considered those whose contact information including mailing address, email, or telephone number are unknown. In general though, lost alumni may also be those who aren’t being contacted – either because the institution doesn’t have their updated contact information or because the st

Have you ever considered how much money is spent on gifts at a single celebration? Between close family members and well-intentioned friends – maybe $1000, $2000, more for a big milestone? A new fundraising trend is making it possible for individuals to transform their celebrations into a meaningful way to celebrate their special day. Celebration Donations! In lieu of gifts, hosts request that their invitees make a donation to celebrate their milestone with a thoughtful contr

At first glance, social media is an extremely attractive tool in 2017. The average person spends about 2 hours a day on social media – an impressive amount of time that seems to be increasing year on year [1]. So, of course you should be interested in what your alumni are doing on social media. What better way to learn more about them, right? Not necessarily. We recently had a customer from a prestigious institution share that their department didn’t want to get too involved