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22 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Schools Alumni on Facebook

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Schools have a unique opportunity to build their Facebook following and stay connected with alumni due to the captive audience and deep relationships that are built with students, families and faculty. Get “Likes” from Students & Families. The best time to build that relationship is while they’re a student at your school.

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A Simple 6 Step Plan for Creating a Facebook Page that Works

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— We already know that Facebook is crushing it and that schools have an incredible opportunity to use the platform to deepen relationships with families, students and alumni. Include your students. Famous or well know individuals/students. News / Important info for students/families. Show off your campus.

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Top 5 Social Media Tactics Every School Should Implement

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Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Independent schools, private schools and K-12 schools have all found great benefits from using the Facebook platform to engage with students and families.

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The #1 Reason Nonprofit Websites Fail and How to Fix It Immediately

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Using the previous example of a parent accessing a student’s records, it would also be in the interest of the student to access their current assignments. Once key tasks are identified, you’ll find that many of your audience groups share common tasks.

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How Independent Schools Can Embrace Online and Offline Worlds

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Finally, schools are beginning the journey of creating one voice, one line of communication, one central source of information…and therefore establishing one true view of each individual you serve – from prospective students, students, parents, faculty, alumni, board members and beyond.

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Revenue, Retention and Reactivation: Findings from the 2011 Index of Higher Education Fundraising Report

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Students and alumni, particularly Gen Y, are not interested in “snail mailing” you a check. And finally, is you site visually enticing? In short – is your website locked in as one of your alumni’s “favorite” sites?”. It should be. Make it easy for them to give. Therefore, what other ways are you giving them to donate?

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The Aunt Mabel Effect (a lesson from Digital Leap)

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She could be a volunteer, board member, student, alumni, patron, email subscriber, event participant, or website visitor – you name it. If the answer is no, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to develop stronger relationships and build a larger network of supporters. So what can you do today? 2: Ask her to share her story.

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