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10 Key considerations for your platform investment
Is your community fulfilling a need, but missing out on true engagement? Do you have several solutions that fulfill different needs - one to manage events, another to fundraise, and still another for your directory? Bring it all together with 360Alumni’s single solution that does it all.
Whatever your situation, 360Alumni will make your community our priority, keeping alumni informed and engaged wherever they are. Our team is dedicated to helping colleges and universities stay relevant to their alumni - at all ages and stages of life!
Whether your school is just establishing an alumni community or launching a capital campaign, the benefits of connecting early and nurturing meaningful connections among your alumni benefits everyone.
In addition to best-in-class software, 360Alumni provides personal direction tailored to your goals, from strategic guidance to tactical execution of fundraising campaigns.
For nonprofits, it's important to find meaningful ways to keep your members, volunteers, and donors engaged. Your goals are not just to maintain support, but to cultivate it and nurture the network effect of goodwill. That's why our software and client support come together in a simple yet comprehensive solution that empowers those in your network, creating a strong and connected community.
Providing personal direction tailored to your needs, 360Alumni supports you in reaching your goals. Our fundraising capabilities are seamlessly integrated with groups and events to build engagement, nurture organic leadership, and advance your organization towards its goals.
You provide valuable resources for your members, but sometimes retaining them can be a challenge. Competing for attention with social media, free online professional development, and niche organizations targeting your members can be tough, but not when you partner with 360Alumni. 360Alumni’s community engagement platform is designed specifically to maximize all your member touch points.
360Alumni works with you to optimize your existing member relationships and provide even greater value and enhanced networking opportunities. Our integrated tools take your engagement efforts to the next level, and deliver measurable results.
From homecoming weekend to an intimate fundraising dinner, manage your event from start to finish right in your member community. 360Alumni empowers you and your volunteers to organize events large and small, whether virtual or in person.
Customizable tickets
Interactive discussion board
Interactive attendee list for users
Built-in payment processing
Unlimited attendees
Add events to any calendar
Soften the ask and create a unified member experience. Run fundraising campaigns large and small right in your online community where members are already engaged.
Real-time progress meter
Log externally received donations
Donor recognition wall
Giving history
Discussion boards on every campaign
Native e-commerce - never leave the site!
Keep your cohorts, chapters and other affinities together in one location. 360Alumni connects groups to your member database and makes it easy to distribute engagement and email list maintenance responsibilities among your volunteer leaders.
One home for all your groups
Invite users to create or lead groups
Empower volunteers to update member data
Interactive discussion board
Post news, documents, videos & more
Promote upcoming events within a group
Instantly search your member database by dozens of filters, and choose to see your results on a map or in a list view. Saved searches let you instantly access custom lists for messaging, group or event invitations.
Comprehensive member profiles
Unlimited standard and custom fields
Search directory by any field
Create & save contact lists for messaging
Interactive member map
Instant access to user's profiles & social media pages
Give your members the ability to share opportunities and unlock the true potential of your network. 360Alumni’s flexible solution lets you customize the types of opportunities to post, whether full time, fellowships, or even available for hire.
Post internships, volunteer opportunities & more
Easy search tools & filters
Cross-post from groups to the job board
Customized job notifications
Daily or weekly digests
Apply from within the community
360Alumni’s mentorship feature lets you cultivate meaningful relationships with a light touch. By running your mentorship program in your online community, you maximize exposure to the program and increase engagement outcomes.
Organic approach without formal matching
Weekly mentorship digest
Discussion board on every post
Boost engagement with mentorship & alumni database in one place
Search & filter by keyword or status
Friendly, inclusive user experience
Centralize your engagement and membership workflow. Invite members to pay their dues right in your community portal, where all their engagement happens.
Collect dues for all your membership programs
Automated renewal reminders
Unlimited membership levels
Let members stand out with membership indicators
Built-in payment processing
Record offline membership payments
Included with your 360Alumni subscription is a fully integrated email marketing platform to help you drive engagement, promote events and even communicate with external groups such as prospects or parents.
Send up to 50,000 emails per quarter for free
Automated email campaigns
Delivery & engagement metrics
Build segments based on dynamic criteria
Synchronize lists created in 360Alumni
Create web pages to share additional content
360Alumni was created to build community. We will work hand-in-hand to bring your members closer.
With best-in-class capabilities that rival many standalone solutions, 360Alumni's all-in-one engagement and fundraising platform brings value to your alumni at all ages and stages of their lives.
Event Management
Fundraising
Groups
Map & Directory
Job Board
Paid Memberships
Mentorship
From homecoming weekend to an intimate fundraising dinner, manage your event from start to finish right in your member community. 360Alumni empowers you and your volunteers to organize events large and small, whether virtual or in person.
Customizable tickets
Interactive discussion board
Interactive attendee list for users
Built-in payment processing
Unlimited attendees
Add events to any calendar
Soften the ask and create a unified member experience. Run fundraising campaigns large and small right in your online community where members are already engaged.
Real-time progress meter
Log externally received donations
Donor recognition wall
Giving history
Discussion boards on every campaign
Native e-commerce - never leave the site!
Keep your cohorts, chapters and other affinities together in one location. 360Alumni connects groups to your member database and makes it easy to distribute engagement and email list maintenance responsibilities among your volunteer leaders.
One home for all your groups
Invite users to create or lead groups
Empower volunteers to update member data
Interactive discussion board
Post news, documents, videos & more
Promote upcoming events within a group
Instantly search your member database by dozens of filters, and choose to see your results on a map or in a list view. Saved searches let you instantly access custom lists for messaging, group or event invitations.
Comprehensive member profiles
Unlimited standard and custom fields
Search directory by any field
Create & save contact lists for messaging
Interactive member map
Instant access to user's profiles & social media pages
Give your members the ability to share opportunities and unlock the true potential of your network. 360Alumni’s flexible solution lets you customize the types of opportunities to post, whether full time, fellowships, or even available for hire.
Post internships, volunteer opportunities & more
Easy search tools & filters
Cross-post from groups to the job board
Customized job notifications
Daily or weekly digests
Apply from within the community
360Alumni’s mentorship feature lets you cultivate meaningful relationships with a light touch. By running your mentorship program in your online community, you maximize exposure to the program and increase engagement outcomes.
Organic approach without formal matching
Weekly mentorship digest
Discussion board on every post
Boost engagement with mentorship & alumni database in one place
Search & filter by keyword or status
Friendly, inclusive user experience
Centralize your engagement and membership workflow. Invite members to pay their dues right in your community portal, where all their engagement happens.
Collect dues for all your membership programs
Automated renewal reminders
Unlimited membership levels
Let members stand out with membership indicators
Built-in payment processing
Record offline membership payments
Included with your 360Alumni subscription is a fully integrated email marketing platform to help you drive engagement, promote events and even communicate with external groups such as prospects or parents.
Send up to 50,000 emails per quarter for free
Automated email campaigns
Delivery & engagement metrics
Build segments based on dynamic criteria
Synchronize lists created in 360Alumni
Create web pages to share additional content
Email Marketing
360Alumni is dedicated to innovation, providing a powerful, easy-to-use member engagement platform for your virtual community.
Digital communities powered by 360Alumni bring people closer within any organization, large or small.
Higher Ed
Stay relevant and cultivate support by unlocking your community’s potential
High Schools
Establish and cultivate a thriving community for life
Nonprofits
Strengthen your community of like-minded supporters
Membership Organizations
Attract, connect, and retain more members
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Celebrating all our alumni, not only those with their “names in lights,” is a key goal for our community. The support, tools and customization that 360Alumni provides is making that goal a reality.
Ryan Dejak, Director Alumni Relations
I wholeheartedly recommend 360Alumni. The customer service is exceptional. The platform is powerful and is constantly enhanced, often in response to requests and feedback from clients. The staff at 360Alumni are professional, responsive, and all-around great people!
Dawn Earl, Wheaton Academy
360Alumni delivered a wonderful, centralized hub that connected the Puksta Foundation’s alumni and scholars across five university campuses. The platform provided operational efficiency, allowed us to reduce our operating budget despite growth, and prepared us structurally for the future.
NiChel Mulstay, Director of Operations, Puksta Foundation
The customer service is excellent! The client success team are attentive and supportive. We have a monthly call to help me think about how we can better use the platform to achieve our goals. The whole team is eager to help clients (big and small) and is always open to receiving feedback.
Natalia Rodriques, Princeton in Asia
We really love your technology. We’re building things constantly. I’m getting everyone to use the site in the office. We're running emails through Emma three days a week. And the service is outstanding.
Joseph Carlos, Morehouse College
The platform is great and we're starting to ramp up events on campus using 360Alumni's events feature. Our customer success manager is incredibly amazing - I love every time I get to talk with her. Overall, we're very happy! Everything is going really, really well
Grant Hubbard, Orr Fellowship
360Alumni is a one stop shop for everything our organization does when it comes to alumni relations. It's a point of connection where value is transferred from current members to alumni and vice versa.
Jason Ward, Curtis Institute of Music
360Alumni has helped us build out the resources we offer to our alums by making it easy to post jobs they would be interested in, map where alumni currently reside, and communicate important information to them.
Robyn Wardell, FoodCorps
360Alumni has become an invaluable partner and extension of our Alumni Association. The added bonus is the platform lets us combine our efforts with other Barlow organizations to provide ongoing value to alumni.
Mary Mahony, Alumni Association Board Member
360Alumni has allowed me to connect with alumni and establish our first alumni relations platform at our community college.
Lisa O'Leary, Antelope Valley College
I wholeheartedly recommend 360Alumni. The customer service is exceptional. The platform is powerful and is constantly enhanced, often in response to requests and feedback from clients. The staff at 360Alumni are professional, responsive, and all-around great people
Dawn Earl, Wheaton Academy
Celebrating all our alumni, not only those with their “names in lights,” is a key goal for our community. The support, tools and customization that 360Alumni provides is making that goal a reality.
Ryan Dejak, AMDA
The customer service is excellent! The client success team are attentive and supportive. We have a monthly call to help me think about how we can better use the platform to achieve our goals. The whole team is eager to help clients (big and small) and is always open to receiving feedback.
Natalia Rodrigues, Princeton in Asia
“We really love your technology. We’re building things constantly. I’m getting everyone to use the site in the office. We're running emails through Emma three days a week. And the service is outstanding."
Joseph Carlos, Morehouse College
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