The Terrilink blog
Analyses, field feedback, and best practices for running an alumni network or diaspora. Written for directors and community managers who want to move forward without fluff.
Latest articles
LinkedIn or a dedicated alumni platform: which one wins in 2026?
Honest 10-criteria comparison. What LinkedIn doesn't (and won't) do, where it stays relevant, the hybrid scenario that actually works.
Read the article →Alumni directory: Excel, Google Sheets, or SaaS? The honest comparison
Until how many alumni does Excel work? Real cost, tipping point, honest comparison between spreadsheet, Notion/Airtable, and dedicated platform.
Read the article →Alumni dues: pricing, reminders, payment (2026 benchmark)
Pricing tiers that work, payment methods, reminder sequences (+42%). The 2026 playbook to structure your alumni dues collection.
Read the article →7 KPIs every alumni director should track monthly
Membership, dues, event participation, internal NPS, placement, admin activity: the full grid to run an alumni network on numbers, not hunches.
Read the article →From Excel to an alumni platform: migration in 4 phases
Audit, target schema, import, launch: the tested method on bases from 500 to 25,000 alumni to migrate without breaking anything.
Read the article →CGE survey response rate: decoding your numbers (benchmarks by school)
Benchmarks by school type, 5 levers that add +10 points, mistakes to avoid: truly understand what your placement figures say.
Read the article →Reviving a dormant alumni network: 5 concrete steps
80% of alumni who no longer read your emails? The method to pull a network out of dormancy without burning your deliverability — and without spending 12 months on it.
Read the article →Alumni mentor/mentee matching: process in 3 hours per month
Go from 10 hours a week to 3 hours a month on mentor/mentee matching: 4 criteria, 5-step process, avoiding ruptures.
Read the article →GDPR and alumni directory: 12-point checklist before going live
The 12 GDPR points to validate before launching your alumni platform. To avoid getting blocked by the DPO 3 months after signing.
Read the article →Alumni events that fill up: registration, reminders, ROI
2,000 invites, 30 attendees? The 4 broken links, segment-based targeting, the right ticket price, real attendance measurement.
Read the article →Diaspora platform: 7 pitfalls to avoid
Hosting, time zones, Mobile Money, multi-language, political moderation: the 7 specific pitfalls of a diaspora platform project.
Read the article →Alumni NPS: 3 surveys required per year
Stop the single annual NPS. The 3 surveys to launch (membership, event, employability) with questions and benchmarks by moment in the cycle.
Read the article →French-law 1901 alumni nonprofit: choosing or migrating status
School-affiliated 1901 nonprofit, independent nonprofit, foundation, internal service: which status for your alumni network. Taxation, governance, migration.
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