Alumni engagement and community building

Purpose

1. Automate alumni engagement, ongoing communication, event notification, community building, feedback collection, and maintaining post-graduation relationships to increase loyalty and referrals for Judo schools.

2. Automates updates about class schedules, tournaments, workshops, reunions, success stories, and fosters an automated alumni network for growing brand advocacy.

Trigger Conditions

1. Alumni joins specific mailing list or community.

2. Scheduled intervals (weekly, monthly, quarterly).

3. Detection of alumni milestones (e.g., anniversaries, promotions, birthdays).

4. Event creation or update.

5. Manual administrator input (e.g., new alumni record).

6. Social engagement from alumni detected.

7. Automated survey cycles post-graduation.

Platform Variants

1. Mailchimp

• Feature/Setting: Automated Journeys; trigger alumni workflows when added to specific group; use Mailchimp APIs `/automations` for sequence control.
  

2. Twilio SMS

• Feature/Setting: Automates SMS outreach using message API `/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json` for engaging alumni with key updates.
  

3. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: Marketing Campaigns Automation; set up triggered campaign flows; use `/marketing/singlesends` API to automate email dispatch.
  

4. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Marketing Cloud Journey Builder; automates alumni touchpoints via journeys; configure triggers on Contact object.
  

5. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Workflows; automate alumni Nurture Streams; configure POST `/automation/v3/workflows`.
  

6. ActiveCampaign

• Feature/Setting: Automator for Lists and Tags; use Automations to segment and trigger alumni campaigns.
  

7. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Workflow Builder or API to automate alumni community notifications on `channels.messages`.
  

8. Facebook Groups

• Feature/Setting: Automate inviter posts via Graph API `/group-id/feed`; schedule automated welcome messages.
  

9. LinkedIn

• Feature/Setting: Automated event invitations with `/events` API; automate alumni engagement content posting.
  

10. Discord

• Feature/Setting: Automates role assignment and community event announcements using `/guilds/{guild.id}/members/{user.id}/roles`.
  

11. WhatsApp Business API

• Feature/Setting: Automate alumni group notifications using `/v1/messages`.
  

12. Zoom

• Feature/Setting: Automate event reminders and alumni meet invitations with `/meetings` API for scheduling.
  

13. Google Workspace (Gmail & Calendar)

• Feature/Setting: Automate recurring alumni emails and events using Apps Script with `GmailApp.sendEmail()` and `CalendarApp.createEvent()` functions.
  

14. Typeform

• Feature/Setting: Automates alumni feedback collection and event RSVPs with Webhooks for data transfer.
  

15. Eventbrite

• Feature/Setting: Automate alumni event registrations, reminders via `/v3/events/` endpoint.
  

16. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automates management of alumni records and RSVP lists with Automations and `/v0/{baseId}/{tableName}` API.
  

17. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Automates cross-platform alumni workflows; triggers on form fills, new records, or birthdays.
  

18. Intercom

• Feature/Setting: Automates sending alumni updates or collecting testimonials using `/messages` API.
  

19. SurveyMonkey

• Feature/Setting: Automates post-event or annual alumni surveys through survey collector APIs.
  

20. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Automates alumni communication workflow management with custom automations via `/1/cards` API.
  

21. Google Chat

• Feature/Setting: Automates broadcast alumni news and reminders using Webhooks to specific chat rooms.
  

22. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automates alumni engagement pipelines via automation recipes; monitor alumni interaction stages.
  

Benefits

1. Automates and streamlines alumni communication, reducing admin workload.

2. Ensures consistent engagement with personalized, event-triggered automations.

3. Automatedly boosts community building, retention, and upsell potential.

4. Automates data tracking and feedback, enabling continuous improvement.

5. Provides greater reach, faster response, and improved alumni relationships through automation.