Overcoming networking anxiety
The faculty needed a tool to teach (and grade) students how to network, scale it to the entire class without more work for the team, and do so without signing up for or learning a new app.
- 3,500+ high profile alumni and mentors
- 400+ students in class

Networking "on their terms"
The faculty launched Protopia’s artificial intelligence technology in the Fall of 2020 and fully integrated it into the curriculum as a required assignment in the Spring of 2021.
Students were coached to ask questions that were matched to and shared with the best alumni. High-profile, busy alumni, automatically enrolled, privately chose to assist or pass right from their email with nothing new to sign up for or learn. And faculty has access to real-time, in-depth analytics to grade the assignments.
- Engagement is through email, removing barrier of participation
- Protopia is opt-out versus opt-in, and doesn’t rely on users to sign up and create a new account
- The platform continuously improves as it receives feedback from users
- Michigan gains updated data from users
- Protopia captures multiple engagement touchpoints for NC State
- Far less staff time compared to traditional alumni portals

AI-powered engagement
View our webinar with the faculty team at the University of Michigan hear their goals for AI-powered professional networking in the classroom, how it structured the assignments, and how alumni + students responded to the initiative.
Or download the case study at the top of the page.
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