Sneaky (But Strategic) Ways to Update Alumni Info: What Actually Works
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM PT
Speaker(s): Katie Bolton, Director of Advancement Operations and Systems, Stevenson School, Amy Elmore, Director of Advancement, Stevenson School, Mia Peterson, Director of Alumni Relations, Stevenson School
Competencies: Strategic Thinking
Experience Level: All Levels
Elective Session
Tired of chasing down emails, outdated mailing addresses, and job information? Learn how one school leveraged strategic—and sometimes sneaky—methods to refresh alumni contact data without making it feel like a chore. In this session, the team shares how they embedded data collection into quick five-minute surveys, incentivized updates through visible contact displays at events and online, and used an alumni portal with gated features that encouraged logins and profile updates. They also collected deeper insights through thoughtfully designed, well-timed alumni surveys to maximize participation and integrated all updates seamlessly back into the database through efficient tech workflows.