Viburnix Mobile App helps your Alumni Association grow

Just when alumni associations thought that they had succeeded in their motto of tapping their alumni online, online interaction went to the small screen – MOBILE. If you think that you are alone then let us tell you that there are a number of institutions, who are struggling to offer their alumni easy ways to stay connected irrespective of the technology advances. A recent study revealed that mobile internet usage has surpassed more highly monetized desktop internet usage in May, 2012 in India.

Now, is the Perfect time for your institution to consider the use of mobile apps and technique to get in touch with your alumni where they are. Viburnix Alumni mobile app puts the power of the world-class alumni network in the palm of your hand. The free application is available for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and it allows your alumni globally to access all kinds of information about your institution and the alumni association. Some of the features that this alumni app offers: 

• Search : Search for your fellow alumni

• Nearby : See which of your fellows are in your vicinity

• Events : Read about the latest happenings at your Alma M@ter

Alumni portal and alumni mobile apps for universities act as a vital element in the branding, communication and reach along with augmenting the alumni engagement. So if you don’t have a mobile app for your college, it is the right time to get it.

Contact us at info@saviance.com for innovative alumni apps that will help your alumni association grow.

Top Management Institutes prefer Saviance’s Viburnix as Alumni Network Solution

Strengthening bonds with alumni results in more and more referrals to your institute, but this alumni management can be costly and time-consuming effort. Understanding the significance of alumni network management, Saviance Technologies brings its flagship product – Viburnix for institutes that wish to leverage their Alumni Network. Viburnix – alumni management software offers the most critical features that your alumni need to be in constant contact with one another, and presents to you a platform to communicate key information to them. This alumni system helps you create value for your institute as well as for your alumni community online.

Social networking, alumni database and donations are amongst some of the numerous benefits that Viburnix has to offer. Some of our successful implementations of Alumni relationship management solution in the past include: Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), The Harvard Club of India, The Global Wharton India Mentoring Network and The British School to name a few. To highlight: Our recent client acquisition includes Premier Management Institutes of India.

All of these institutes had the same yet a unique goal when they came to us and that was, ‘A comprehensive alumni portal to reach out to their entire past and current student community and engage them with the current updates and happenings at their Alma mater.’ We provided all of our clients with many Social Networking features like Blogs, Discussions, Photo Galleries and Events. We created an Alumni Portal design as per their requirements using our Alumni Product – Viburnix. The successful implementation resulted in substantial benefits for both the alumni and the institute.

Many more such success stories have made Viburnix the best solution when it comes to “alumni” and any association with it. 

Alumni Associations: Leveraging Intangible Assets

Saviance Technologies has announced its next Alumni Leadership MasterClass to be held on 23rd August, 2012. This class focuses on various topics that will help the attendees set up an alumni office for their institution and successfully run its operations. The most important thing that these associations must remember is that alumni of an institution are always ready to give back to their almamater but all they need is a right channel to contribute. Taking this into consideration one of the topics to be covered in the MasterClass will showcase how alumni associations can harness the power of “Social media”, as a channel of engagement.

This blog briefly highlights how various Universities/Institutions are engaging their alumni using social media. There have been various studies and surveys conducted in the past and following are some of the common conclusions drawn, when it came to Universities and use of social media for alumni engagement.

•    Connecting and Collaborating with students
•    Reaching alumni where they are
•    Providing mediums and channels for information distribution
•    Alumni generated content
•    Guiding and helping alumni get jobs
•    Marketing Alumni Associations
•    Fundraising

Ever evolving Technology has definitely changed the way how communicate and social media is one-stop-shop for alumni association that help them connect, communicate and collaborate with their alumni.

Alumni Leadership MasterClass

Thursday, 23rd August, 2012

The Palms Town & Country Club, Gurgaon

Understanding and Leveraging Your Alumni Today

Alumni engagement is being seen as an emerging trend across universities, colleges, schools and corporate houses in India. We as pioneers and innovators in providing technological automation of the alumni relations office and having seen the growth in alumni engagement, believe the Alumni office as a core function of an Institute in today’s global environment. The focus of this MasterClass will be to effectively highlight the benefits of leveraging & engaging with your institute’s alumnus on a day-to-day basis.

Facilitators

Kaushik Bellani

Chief Executive Officer, Saviance Technologies – Alumni of DPS and IMT Ghaziabad

Joseph John

Advisor, South India & Sri Lanka, Saviance Technologies Graduate of CASE Alumni Relations Institute, INSEAD, Singapore

Key Take Aways

Unique MasterClass providing descriptive sessions on:

•Managing the alumni planning & engagement activities

•Benefiting from technology in communicating with global alumni of an institute.

•Sessions by faculties who are graduates of an Alumni Relations Institute organized in Singapore and who have an in-depth understanding of handling alumni office as well as supporting the technological needs of the office.

•To better utilize the existing relationship with your alumnus and how should you engage them actively on a regular basis.

•To gain a holistic view on building a strong and influential alumni network by running a fully functional alumni office in an institute.

•Integration with social media.

 

 Who Should Attend?

•Directors / Deans of Educational Institutions

•Alumni officers / faculty facing challenges in engaging their alumni on a routine basis

•University / College / School faculty planning an Alumni office in the near future

•Alumni relations staff who would like to maximize their relationship with the alumni and are facing challenges in engaging them pro-actively.

 

For more info, Kindly Visit : Saviance.com, Viburnix.com

 

I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past - Viburnix

We are the creators of our own destinies! Having said that I would like to also mention the fact that no matter whom we are or what we do, we will always have traces of our friends imbibed into us.
Now arises the critical question. How on Earth do you keep a track on all your friends’ life events! The monotonous life we lead today has forced us to stop and think back about all those carefree school and college days. Reliving those precious moments is now not only a dream but a hard and kicking reality.

Viburnix is the one stop answer to all your queries. You get to cherish all those moments via this platform. This is a cost efficient way to remain in touch with our batch mates. And for the corporate officials it is probably the easiest way to be in touch with their illustrious alumnae. 
Viburnix – alumni community offers a wide range of opportunities. It includes an advanced alumni directory, you could even participate in discussions, post articles just in the same manner you could do at school and college. Requesting for guest lectures, asking for mentorship, posting for jobs, collaborating with alumni chapters, organizing an event, updating contact information, sharing pictures and many more. The most famous features of this alumni software are the Facebook Connect.

“Viburnix gives schools, colleges, universities and corporate a unified communication and collaboration platform.

It enables them to leverage their national and international reputation to create a climate of engagement and benefaction necessary to building a vibrant alumni community while building their brand identity.”

For further consultation you are welcome to visit the website http://www.viburnix.com/

Alumni Leadership Masterclass - Mumbai

Venue : New Bridge Business Centre,
1st Floor, Parinee Crescenzo, C38 & C39, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400051
Saturday – 17th March 2012          Time – 9.30am to 5.30pm

Alumni Engagement is being seen as an emerging trend across universities, colleges, schools and corporate houses in India. We as pioneers and innovators in providing technological automation of the alumni relations office and have seen the growth in alumni engagement, believe the Alumni office as a core function of an Institute in today's global environment. The focus of masterclass will be to effectively highlight the benefits of leveraging & engaging with your institute's alumni on a regular basis.

Key Takeaways

Unique Masterclass providing descriptive sessions on managing the alumni, planning alumni engagement activities and benefiting from technology in communicating with global alumni of an institute.

•Sessions by facilitators who are graduates of an Alumni Relations Institute organized in Singapore and who have an in-depth understanding of handling alumni office as well as supporting the technological needs of the office.

•To better utilize the existing relationship with your alumnus and how should you engage them actively on a regular basis.

•To gain a holistic view on building a strong and influential alumni network by running a fully functional alumni office in an institute.

Who Should Attend ?

•Directors / Deans of Educational Institutions

•Alumni officers / faculty facing challenges in engaging their alumni on a routine basis

•University / College / School faculty planning an Alumni office in the near future

•Alumni relations staff who would like to maximize their relationship with the alumni and are facing challenges in engaging them pro-actively

Only 25 seats. Kindly rush your nominations to enable us to block your seats.
Please note that the nominations will be confirmed only after receipt filled registration form.

For registrations, & details please contact:

Amitava Sharma Roy, Senior Business Manager
Saviance Technologies, amitava.roy@saviance.com/ +91-77-9839-0088

Aditi Sharma, Business Development Executive
Saviance Technologies, aditi@saviance.com / +91-98-7147-6971

NOTE: Registration fee can be paid through online payment gateway available on the registration page on http://www.saviance.com/events  or a cheque in favour of Delhi Management Association.

Objectives of an Alumni Network

An alumni network can be simply referred to as a group of the alumni of an institute or an organization. Alumni networks are generally informal and the members of the network manage it themselves. The main purpose of the network is to help the members to make and renew contacts with each other for personal as well as professional reasons.

An alumni network maybe organized on the basis of a region, on the basis of a discipline or faculty or on the basis of similar interests that alumni members share. Whatever be the basis of organization, there are several objectives that all alumni network have.

One of the major objectives of such a network is alumni engagement. The networks aim at enabling the alumni to stay in touch with each other and their institute. This ensures that the alumni members actively participate in the group activities for the benefit of the network as well as the institute. By using this network, the alumni members can look to their institute for continuing professional education whenever necessary. It also helps the members to share views and needs and also organize social and professional activities for the institute. The alumni members can also offer voluntary assistance to the ongoing events of the institute via the network.

The networks which are formed using Viburnix fulfill all the above said objectives and enable the members to stay connected.