As one of the top 20 largest healthcare management firms in the United States, COPE Health Solutions has a huge responsibility of maintaining its brand image. In order to achieve this, the organization showcases the outstanding achievements of its alumni, through its Alumni Spotlight program. With a multi-format approach of using both text and video, they are able to build their brand image and also engage alumni effectively.

With QuestBridge alumni spread all across the United States and their limited exposure to each other, the institution knew that it had to focus heavily on bringing its alumni together to be able to create a close-knit network and foster lasting connections. With the implementation of ‘Dinner with QuestBridge Strangers’ program, the nonprofit has successfully organized 29 sponsored dinner parties across 19 US states, bringing together 350+ alumni in less than a year.

Despite strong ties with its alumni, Punahou School faced challenges in fostering a thriving digital community exclusive to its alumni. Due to a lack of dedicated spaces exclusive to the school's alumni community, Punahou alumni struggled to discover and network with fellow alumni. The school aimed to create a thriving digital community for its alumni to drive self-serve engagement, network with relevant peers for career guidance, and connect with alumni independently, without contacting the school.

Boyd-Buchanan was tasked with building a digital-first alumni community from the ground up that is packed with value for its members. Simultaneously, they wanted to inspire engaged alumni to give back to the school. To tackle these challenges, they made Almabase the one-stop shop that provided alumni with all the tools to effortlessly stay updated on school events, connect with peers, and seamlessly donate. Their first-ever giving day hosted on Almabase was a smashing hit—they surpassed their giving day goal by 201%.

Thomas Aquinas College witnessed great success through their Alumni Giving Weekend 2021. They were aided by the support of more than 600 alumni donors to smash their fundraising goal by 142%. By leveraging modern gamification elements on their fundraising page and an alumni-centric engagement strategy they drove success to their Alumni Giving Weekend 2021, which helped solidify their position among the top institutions in the country with the highest alumni donor participation rates.

During a year when universities could no longer rely on traditional in-person alumni engagement initiatives, The University of Texas at El Paso successfully brought its alumni community together digitally via its alumni-centric approach. By automating its database update process facilitated by Raiser’s Edge NXT and social sync, the university was able to capture updated alumni information. The University successfully drove 3X alumni membership amidst the pandemic by implementing a robust alumni-centric engagement strategy.

With a small team overlooking alumni functions for over 9000 alumni, Northwestern Health Sciences University found it challenging to keep its alumni database updated and drive consistent engagement. Additionally, the pandemic prompted the university to rethink its alumni programming with alumni at the center. The University leveraged the Almabase & Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT integration to update its alumni database while successfully engaging alumni digitally.

Like hundreds of institutions adhering to social distancing norms amidst the pandemic, Misericordia University went completely virtual for its Annual Homecoming in 2020. Keeping the health and safety of its community as the utmost priority, the Misericordia Alumni Relations Team planned a series of virtual alumni-centric engagement initiatives throughout the day and also encouraged members to donate in support of their beloved students. The university successfully transitioned to a Virtual Homecoming format, finding creative ways to drive high participation and provide value to alumni.