“How do we make it simpler for 180,000+ Blue Devils to connect? Without another app?”
Top-ranked Duke University needed a simple, scalable tool that complemented its existing tools without taxing its staff, alumni, or students.
Why a new tool?
The Duke Alumni Association wanted to
- create more connections
- activate new, unengaged alumni
- create value for users & campus partners
- improve alumni data
Why Protopia?
Duke partnered with Protopia because
- it required no new app for alumni & students
- all of its alumni are automatically enrolled
- it connected students to many, relevant alumni
- it uses Duke’s existing alumni data
Does opt-out work?
Alumni are already taxed with too many apps in their lives (on average 35!).
With Protopia, they are only contacted when a request is highly relevant to their experience, location, skills, and other factors.
Fewer than 0.02% of alumni have opted out.
How do you drive adoption?
The Duke Alumni Association engaged colleges, career services, student affairs, and other campus partners to get the word out
+400%
Engagement between alumni and students
+28%
Activation of unengaged alumni
+55%
Usage of Duke’s alumni portal
What stood out for us with Protopia’s solution is that it is platform-agnostic and all of our alumni are automatically included as advisers.
Sterly Wilder
Associate Vice President for Alumni Affairs
Duke Alumni Association
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