Futuristic Alumni Management Software – What It will be Like..

Managing an alumni association is a complex task these days. Physical endeavours are rapidly being replaced by computerized procedures. The most common tasks being assigned to computers these days are maintaining –

•    Member lists segregated year and discipline wise
•    Region wise mailing lists for newsletters and event notification
•    Periodical updating of lists, member profiles and employment information and
•    Managing communications like mails, emails and SMS

Over the years the process of alumni management has become too complicated. They are today the principal point for exchanging ideas, discussing a wide range of national/international issues, employment, families and deciding career related issues.

Typical software like spread sheets, database managers and document programs are not adequate considering the vast amount of data that has to be handled. What is needed is dedicated alumni software that will perform most functions intuitively. It has to be user friendly so that even those who are not experts at using computers can benefit from it.

Here is what futuristic software for managing alumni will be expected to have –

•    Handle videos and audio file
•    Be cloud use compatible
•    Receive email communication
•    Send automated email to members
•    Chat, forum  and blog post features
•    Likeability with social media like Facebook and LinkedIn
•    Group discussion features
•    Abuse prevention management abilities
•    SMS integration for effective management
•    Newsletter creation features…and others

Software for managing alumni association will be ideal if they are capable of being used for disseminating information and for organizing guest lectures. In addition they should also be capable of creating a large repository of knowledge base in the form of essays, news clips, and more.

Use Alumni Software to Manage Your Groups With Ease

It’s very important that students have a common group to connect with and exchange information in their academic year. It can help them explain and resolve questions relating to their subjects and projects. The group can serve as an influential platform to help students organize events and extracurricular activities, and showcase their talents to their seniors and faculties.

Every school, college and organization has an Alumni. And every major activity that takes place in the community can play a influential role in the decision-making of the management, which heads the Alumni. To keep things organized and optimize the efficiency of the Alumni, it is important that every school, university, and organization has an Alumni Association.

Before setting up Alumni software, you might want to learn how Alumni software can help you simplify your tasks:

• Easy to manage groups - Basically, Alumni software makes it easy to manage your growing list of community members. Any activity or exchange of information is easy to track using the software.
• Saves a lot of time – The moment you enter an information, it will be stored automatically by the Alumni software. Thus, it becomes easy for you to check for details like calendar of events, birthdays of team members etc.
• Improve communication – It’s easy to set up an Alumni website with a customized template. Each Alumni website comprises of some standard sections such as News, Photos, Calendar, comments and more. Alumni website comes with an array of interactive tools to help improve the communication among group members.
• Collect funds – Collect donations, get new sponsorships, and allow volunteers donate for your group events online. Alumni Software helps keep track of who has paid and who has given checks and all of that.
• Alumni members enjoy benefits like confirming their attendance and managing their personal information including their contact details, email address and birthday details.

Reconnecting, Recapturing and Reliving – Alumni Association of BIMTECH

Alumni association of Birla Institute of Management Technology wanted to design a more innovative, engaging and modern online center for its alums. They were able to launch their alumni online network with Saviance Technologies robust Viburnix solution to create cutting edge alumni software. This software included alumni online directory, association pages, event and reunion pages etc.

Some of the engagement options offered by the solution for alumni association include: Events – alums can search for various upcoming events as well as create new events. Careers – Alumni can search and post various jobs. Online Giving – Options to contribute and donate online is another highlight of the system, they can also give back to their alma mater by opting in for Guest Lecturer or by signing in for a Mentorship program. Different options for Group Networks allow alumni to connect not only to their peers but also to their seniors as well as juniors who share same interest. Members can look out for their peers by a variety of descriptors. And many more such features are available.

All these with centralized login for all alumni, to update their information as well as connect with their institution. Viburnix provided BIMTECH with an alumni software that presented them with some key online technology features such as CMS to maintain and update information about the institute; Advanced Email option that makes communication with members easier; events registration and calendar to schedule and invite alumnus for events.

Alumni Portal for a Management Institute

Saviance Technologies has to its credit the implementation of Viburnix – alumni portal for its client – a premier management institute. They proclaim that their greatest asset is their alumni. Keeping them connected to the institute is the main objective of their alumni association.The client approached Saviance to develop a comprehensive alumni online community to reach out to their entire alumni community since 1954 and inform & engage them with the current updates and happenings at their Alma Mater.

Viburnix is a solution developed by us keeping in mind the needs of the client. It has all the features incorporated to manage and involve alumnae such as advanced alumni directory, events, newsletters, knowledge base, gallery etc. The software also has an admin panel that assists the institute to upload the data very easily. Now their site showcases all the information in an organized pattern to their entire student community and provides those opportunities to give it back to their alma mater.

This portal has made our client reconnect and reinforce their relation with their alumni. It is now a single-point contact for both the institute and its students where they get all up-to-date information about the happenings at the campus. Students are leveraging this platform to interact with their illustrious alumnus.

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Easily Connecting Alumni with their Alma Mater

Viburnix – Alumni Management Software is a platform that connects alumni directly with their alma mater. This connection increases the engagement of alumni in the organization and opens doors to new opportunities and relationships. On one hand, where organizations are striving to revive and maintain alumni relations, there are a lot of challenges in doing so. There is a continuous need of maintaining up-to-date information and regular contact required.

Saviance Technologies alumni software Viburnix addresses the concerns of these organizations. This alumni portal has a lot of key features that offer flexibility for the organization and keep their alumnae hooked. The solution is customizable and scalable, so there can be features added to it as per the need of the alma mater or alumni association. It provides a forum for the alumni associations to exchange ideas on academic, cultural and social issues of the day.

Members can join the portl from online and maintain their own contact data. Integrated CMS allows organizations on saving the cost of printing and mailing, by publishing newsletters and articles on the web. Alumnae calendar allows members to know about Events happening. There is an option to upload pictures to the repository so that they can be shared with other members.

Viburnix – Alumni Software in short is a platform that promotes a constant emotion of belonging to the alma mater among the Alumni by being in regular contact with them.

On its way to become #1 Alumni Management Software - Viburnix

Alumni Association and the alumni are the strengthening pillars of any organization. Saviance Technologies created Viburnix - alumni portal specifically for the alumni, with an aim to inform, educate and entertain the alumni in the next phase of their life with their association with their alma mater. Viburnix – alumni software provides a platform for them to collaborate and communicate their knowledge with their fellow alumni and current members, irrespective of their geographical location.

This alumni software system provides a vital bridge among organizations alumni association members, and between the organization and the alumni association. Main objective behind the design of this alumni online portal was to bring about camaraderie among diverse alumni members through a common goal of supporting alumni communication and collaboration; socializing and giving back in form of knowledge sharing.

Some of the benefits of Viburnix – alumni management software are that it allows alumni to make and cultivate contacts. They can communicate with other alumni by email, chat, Facebook connect etc. Alumni associations have discussion forums giving them the opportunities to exchange information with each other. The alumni organizations can raise contributions and donations directly using Viburnix. All this and that too with just one-click, the alumni can self-manage their profiles.

Viburnix is fast becoming the #1 alumni management software with some of the clients being British School, Jaypee Group, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management studies, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Harvard Club of India, Wharton Club of Delhi, Miraites Association, Inmantec and Birla Institute of Management Technology to name a few.

Viburnix – One-shop-stop for Alumni Association

An Organization’s alumnus association is one of its most valuable assets in terms of its potential financial, strategic and social contribution towards the integrity and longevity of the institution. This can be achieved only by being connected to its alumnus. Understanding the importance of staying connected to each other, we at Saviance Technologies have structured alumni portal software which is well equipped to let organization’s connect, build credibility and expand upon alumni associations.

Viburnix – alumni community offers a sea of options, including an advanced alumni directory, participate in discussions, post articles, request for guest lectures, ask for mentorship, post for jobs, collaborate with alumni chapters, organize an event, update contact information, share pictures and many more. The most famous features of this alumni software are the Facebook Connect and Data Visualization.

Facebook Connect allows alumni to share their posts, event details, pictures and videos on Facebook with a unique ‘connect’ feature. Data visualization is a graphical representation of information. The main aim of this module is to display the location and information of alumni members across the globe and information about their engagement on the alumni portal.

With Viburnix – alumni portal, every alumnus has one-click access to the events and news that are of interest to them. This alumni software recreates the ties between alumnus and their Alma Mater. Based on the principles of communicate, collaborate, socialize, control and giving back, the alumni portal software is living upto all of these and many more.