VIBURNIX - Alumni Engagement

Alumni engagement is clearly an emerging trend across Universities, Institutes, Colleges and Schools in India. We as the pioneers in the field of Alumni relations believe that your Alumni office should be at the core function of your organization. In the global environment, it is imperative to bring together the alumni of your institute to harness the power of Alumni relations while building your Brand.

With a sharp focus on providing innovative, affordable and scalable solutions for Educational Institutions, our software product ‘Viburnix’ (www.viburnix.com) has taken the lead in this area.

Some of our prestigious clients include Faculty of Management Studies (University of Delhi), Birla Institute of Management Technology, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, IIT Delhi Department of Management Studies, Harvard Business School (OPM39) and IIM Ahmedabad.

The elegantly designed alumni portal can be integrated with your existing website infrastructure requiring minimal change management. This amazingly flexible system will offer a look and feel that suits the identity of the institution and helps build a powerful brand image.

For Further Details, please contact Ms. Aanchal Mehra – Program Director at aanchal.mehra@saviance.com, Phone No. : +91-9899762265.

VIburnix Certified Alumni Adminstrator Program

We are happy to extend an invitation to you for an exclusive Viburnix Certified Alumni Administrator Program on December 8th Saturday, 2012 at Gurgaon.

This Program helps Alumni Administrators and Alumni Cordinators to increase their competitive edge while demonstrating their commitment to advancing their professionalism and interests in the field of Alumni Relations. Additionally, this certification program provides you with access to many resources and benefits, such as the membership on the Alumni Leadership Community Portal and online training updates. Explore the benefits of certification—and start your journey to attaining the dream of gathering your alumni-flock under the wings of your brand Alma Mater! For more info visit : www.Viburnix.com

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/