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We understand you have a fiduciary responsibility towards your institution to consider all options before picking the best alumni management software. Almabase is the world’s most loved alumni management software. Want to know why?
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Why do customers love Almabase so much?
Our founders started the company to make education more accessible to everyone. That mission is our measure of success, so we provide a dedicated alumni success consultant to work closely with every single one of our customers and ensure they are succeeding. We exist to transform your alumni program in a way that creates value for all stakeholders. We win when you win.
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Read OnThe top reasons why universities & schools prefer Almabase over Graduway
First, we’d just like to give a quick nod to the team at Graduway. They’ve built a great product to help institutions create an online community for alumni, and a great sales team. There are features that are different between the two products and we can get into that in more detail, but let’s go through the top reasons educational institutions use Almabase over Graduway.
Similarity #1: All-in-one solutions
With both Almabase and iModules you need to just maintain one contract and one relationship to cater to all your alumni engagement and fundraising needs.
Similarity #2: Software plus consulting
With Almabase, as with iModules, you get not just a software solution but also the expertise to help you drive your alumni programs forward and improve engagement.
There are similarities in features that are offered by the two solutions and a few differences, and we can get into those details, but let’s go through the top reasons educational institutions use Almabase over iModules.
Reason #1
Alumni Engagement ≠ Social Networking
A private online network for alumni is an important part of a good alumni engagement program but that isn’t all. Almabase is a truly holistic approach to alumni engagement, providing you the tools to run any program - chapter management, class agent programs, directories, surveys, email newsletters, affinity groups, mentoring programs, virtual and in-person events, career guidance programs, and more.
Almabase helps you create programs that your alumni benefit from wherever they are, whenever they want, and then measure engagement across all these programs. Almabase is the Swiss Army knife for alumni engagement programming, not just a social network.
Reason #2
A product that drives participation vs enabling participation
Picture this. You build another Facebook, with all the features it has, but none of the people. Would it be useful? Certainly not! For any community to be successful, it’s not just about allowing your members to connect but to truly create reasons to drive their participation. Almabase has been built from scratch with participation in mind. From your alumni success consultant to built-in gamification elements, Almabase drives more people to your programs. Whether it is to drive more virtual engagement, to increase attendance at events, to inspire more volunteerism, or to drive more donors to fundraising campaigns, Almabase is the go-to for schools and universities.
Reason #3
#1 Alumni management software for Blackbaud shops
Almabase has worked closely with product teams at Blackbaud to develop ways for Almabase to talk to Blackbaud. Our seamless integrations allow you to connect Almabase with Raiser’s Edge, Raiser’s Edge NXT, and BBMS in an unparalleled way. Our integration allows you to:
- Sync alumni contact and profile information
- Update event registrations in bulk
- Process gifts easily
- Process payments via your existing BBMS account
Want to see what your peers are achieving with Almabase?
How the College of Idaho doubled its homecoming event participation in 2 years
$25,000
generated in event revenue
How Archbishop Riordan High School leveraged peer-to-peer fundraising to grow Giving Day donations
550%
Increase in donations
in 1 year
How Mercy High School Burlingame keeps its Raiser's Edge database updated automatically
95%
up-to-date alumni records
How The Master’s Seminary maintains an updated alumni database with an automated process
100%
up-to-date alumni records
When it comes to Graduway alternatives, Almabase is #1
Let’s talk about how we can drive
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