Online Communities for Higher Education

Keep your alumni connected and involved

how to select membership software: guide

By delivering a complete online member community that's focused around connecting your prospective students, parents, current students, teachers, staff and alumni – your institution finally has a safe online home where you can facilitate authentic conversations without the risk of damaging or embarrassing content. Plus our membership websites are so dynamic you can create unlimited online groups for students, teachers, parents, staff, alumni or any other group you need to reach. You can offer connections based on geographic regions, proposed majors, start year… whatever structure best meets your needs!

With YourMembership.com you can create a private online community focused around your school's brand that captures valuable member data through our robust membership management features. You can also rest assured that your data is real, reliable and accurate. Once you’ve collected your member data within the YourMembership.com database, you can easily gather business intelligence, run reports, import/export member data, manage events, collect dues/donations, and much more. We also offer an optional plug-in for Blackbaud®'s The Raiser's Edge® fundraising software for on-demand synchronization of core member data.

Manage contact info and events more efficiently
  • Create and manage member types
  • Member auto-approval
  • Create, edit and review member profiles
  • Member type based store and events pricing
  • View event registration lists and comments
  • Calendar feature, add events to Microsoft Outlook
  • Register and purchase event tickets online
  • View event specific photo galleries
  • Send email reminders and Refer-a-Friend alerts
  • RSS event feeds
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Facilitate connections with students, staff & parents
  • “Online Now” indicator
  • Real-time chat
  • Blogs and forums
  • Wiki & collaboration
  • Multimedia upload, commenting and sharing
  • Send and receive messages
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Offer a “taste of life” experience to prospects
  • Blogs and forums
  • Multimedia upload, commenting and sharing
  • Real-time chat
  • Calendar and events
  • RSS feeds
  • NOW! micro-blogging
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Why We're Not Facebook (and you don't want us to be)

Sure, Facebook is where your audience is now (but remember MySpace?). You need more than just a "fan" page to make the most of your audience. Ask students why they chose their top choice school over the runner-up and the second-most popular answer (aside from monetary) is an emotional one -- "It just felt right," "I felt at home," "I knew what it would be like to go here before I showed up." Your website and online community can give prospectives an in-depth look at what it’s like to be a student as well as remind alumni what they loved about their alma mater. Find out more here.