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So Little Time… So Many Apps
How Do I Do It All?
• Leverage your strengths
• Quality over quantity
• Become an expert at a few
• Set realistic goals
How we got here- the story from Kimberly – can become a full time job
Essential for alumni offices
What do our offices look like
Any questions along the way – different models- different offices- 2 team vs 1 team
Alumni: Small Shop, Social Media—No Problem!
We KNOW we need a robust social media program for our alumni. Now, how to make it work along with all of our responsibilities? Two savvy alumni professionals share how they do it and lead a discussion about new platforms on the horizon.
Kimberly Hannah Trammell, Director of Alumni Relations, Trinity Preparatory School and Lexy Shahnasarian, Alumni Engagement Coordinator, Berkeley Preparatory School
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leverage your strengths – if you are trying out- see what alums gravitate towards -
focus on a few-
can become a full time job- important to maximize amount of time spent
Facebook page manager application on phone - immediately notified of comments, etc.
Planning - calendar
-schedule posts for the week
Faculty birthdays, events, giving Tuesday
Hootsweet- facebook scheduleing
Kimberly
importance of consistently posting
tagging people in posts and photos
visuals
keep alums connected to the school and what is going on - athletic events, performances, construction, retirements, alumni event photos, etc.
perhaps discuss the difference between a one man shop (me) and you have alumni engagement as your primary job responsibility
paying to boost certain posts - what can and can't be boosted
Hashtags – reach and search
Kimberly
linked to Facebook
limited # of characters (140)
liking and retweeting comments about school and/or alums
Keep these passwords- alumni@
Our story with volunteers – left job- can not recover password
Lexy
Lexy
Lexy research on snaps and insta
-sarc and president of youtube
What works for your school
How we got here- the story from Kimberly – can become a full time job
Essential for alumni offices
What do our offices look like
Any questions along the way – different models- different offices- 2 team vs 1 team
Alumni: Small Shop, Social Media—No Problem!
We KNOW we need a robust social media program for our alumni. Now, how to make it work along with all of our responsibilities? Two savvy alumni professionals share how they do it and lead a discussion about new platforms on the horizon.
Kimberly Hannah Trammell, Director of Alumni Relations, Trinity Preparatory School and Lexy Shahnasarian, Alumni Engagement Coordinator, Berkeley Preparatory School