AlmaConnect News

AlmaConnect News is a news-monitoring platform for educational advancement teams. It tracks alumni, donors, and other prospects across online news sources, then delivers relevant articles through a personalized feed and configurable email alerts.

• Prospect Import: Add constituents individually or upload them in bulk through CSV.
• Automated News Scanning: Monitor more than 400,000 sources across multiple countries and news categories, according to the vendor.
• Personalized Feeds: Review filtered news results for tracked alumni and prospects.
• Notifications: Configure email alert frequency and team notification settings.
• Constituent Organization: Assign tags and team members to prospect records.
• Collaboration: Comment on, share, and export news articles.
• Integrations: Connect with CRM and social media systems to update records and support outreach. (Feature details)

• Audience: Advancement services teams, alumni relations professionals, development officers, prospect researchers, and educational institutions.
• Use Cases: Identify timely outreach opportunities, monitor alumni achievements and job changes, support donor and sponsorship research, and share relevant constituent news with internal teams.

• Input: Individual records or CSV uploads
• Monitoring: Automated scanning of news sources
• Alerts: Personalized email notifications
• Integrations: CRM and social media platforms
• Output: News feed, email alerts, shared articles, and CSV exports