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Alumni Development

18 Ways Alumni Networks Can Use Social Media

Facebook for college admissions: Alumni social networks

I haven’t even graduated yet, and I’m already received dozens of e-mail suggesting that I join my school’s alumni network–all of which I regard as spam and send to the trash. As a current student, even I know that alumni donors are extremely important being that they are a huge source of financial support.

An Interview with Ann Zanders from BRCC

Facebook for College Admissions: Baton Rouge Community College

This mother’s day weekend, I decided to take the time to interview my mother, Ann Zanders, to learn more about her role in Institutional Advancement at Baton Rouge Community College. Below is the transcript of our chat.

Facebook Connect, and Why Higher Ed Must Do More

Facebook in Higher Education: Facebook Connect Diagram

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Seth Odell, a Media Relations Assistant at UCLA, specializing in digital media marketing. He also blogs at AsMediaChanges. In this video, he takes a look at how Facebook Connect is being utilized by various colleges and universities and exploring new ways to use it.

Engaging Alumni Using Social Media

Engaging Alumni Using Social Media

In a Mashable article that was recently published, called “10 Ways Universities Are Engaging Alumni Using Social Media”, a number of colleges and universities were highlighted for their social media efforts. Schools were selected for different uses of strategies and tools to reach and engage the alumni community, and the same three seemed to show up repeatedly: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.