Essential Features of an Alumni Data Management System
To manage your alumni data effectively, you’ll need a Database Management System (DBMS) or CRM with a set of features that can handle the complexity of alumni data and engagement.…
Manage your alumni data seamlessly
Having a strong alumni relations program for engagement and/or fundraising means connecting with and understanding your alumni. This means collecting and keeping up-to-date information about your alumni from their name…
Finding Your Way — Belonging
[I have been trying new things and, specifically, posting on Medium. com. You can find this post and others at kathy-edersheim.medium.com] You know what you are looking for and you…
Community or Network: What’s the Difference?
(As published on Medium.com https://kathy-edersheim.medium.com/community-or-network-whats-the-difference-ac844f9beb08) Communities and networks (of people) are closely related concepts in that they describe how you connect to other people. Both are important. The differences between…
Alumni Relations for Community Colleges
Here is a video that provides guidance on starting and building a robust alumni association for community colleges to support the institution and the alumni. (You give us 22 minutes,…
7 Questions About Your Member Experience
When you are interested in joining a community or increasing your level of involvement, you want to make sure that it is the right place for you.
8 Ways to Foster Member Loyalty
Each organization and its community are unique based on the purpose and the membership. Yet there are some “universal truths” that need to be recognized so that the entity will grow and thrive.
5 Elements for Leading to Community
Where there is a group of people, there is leadership. Always. The corporate CEO, the mission-driven NGO leader, and the sports captain are recognized leadership types responsible for achieving a specific goal.
Time to Find Community
How can it be that we live in a hyper-connected world with virtually instantaneous communication with anyone anywhere, yet we often feel lonely or isolated?
To E- or not to E- ?
Strategies for collaborating and community building are being put to the test as never before.