Alumni engagement and management, powered by your archive.

Most alumni platforms are built around directories, email tools and event management. What they rarely have is content. Genuinely personal, emotionally resonant material that gives alumni a reason to engage. SocialArchive brings your institutional archive into the picture, connecting your existing alumni management tools with the richest content source your institution has. The result is an engaged community rather than a dormant database.

Yes. SocialArchive integrates with Raiser's Edge, Potentiality and Veracross, and supports single sign-on with most leading platforms. You can use SocialArchive for the features you need, including facial recognition, story capture and personalised content, without replacing your existing setup.

Yes. SocialArchive can connect with your existing data sources, so you can keep your current database and use SocialArchive as your engagement and content layer. There is no requirement to move everything across before you get started.

Yes, if that is what you need. Some institutions use SocialArchive as a standalone alumni management platform. Others use it alongside existing tools. We are happy to discuss what works best for your setup.

SocialArchive handles photographs, documents, video, audio and digitised archive material of all kinds. Content is stored securely, automatically transcribed where relevant, and made searchable across your entire collection. You control what is published, who can see it and how it is organised.

SocialArchive's facial recognition technology scans your archive and identifies matching faces across decades of photographs. Alumni can submit a photograph on sign-up, which the system uses to build their personal That's me gallery. All identifications are subject to moderation by your team before they are confirmed. You stay in control at every stage.

Completely. SocialArchive gives administrators full control over content visibility. You can publish content to all alumni, to specific year groups, to individual user groups or to named individuals. Every piece of content, every gallery and every portal experience can be configured to reach exactly the right audience.

SocialArchive includes built-in analytics showing which content is viewed, shared and commented on, which campaigns perform best and how engagement changes over time. You can track activity at the individual user level, item level and gallery level, helping to inform future strategy.

Alumni can add comments to archive items, identify people in historical photographs, record video or audio memories using Spoken Stories, submit their own photographs and build a personal biography within the platform. Every contribution is moderated by your team before it goes live, so you stay in control of what is published.

No. The platform is designed to be used by development, alumni relations and communications teams without technical support. Full onboarding and training is provided as part of the setup process, and our team is available to support you throughout.

It depends on the size of your archive and the complexity of your setup, but most institutions are live within a few weeks of starting onboarding. We work with you to prioritise what matters most and build from there, so you do not need everything in place before you can start seeing value.

Absolutely. Get in touch and tell us about your project and we can explain more about what we do and how we might be able to help.

Yes. SocialArchive is built with data protection at its core. The platform includes secure user registration, consent management and data handling that meets UK GDPR requirements, and all data is stored on UK-based infrastructure. Built-in tools give administrators full control over user permissions, content visibility and data subject requests. Should any individual request the removal or redaction of their image, SocialArchive's redaction technology makes it straightforward to locate and redact that person across your entire archive in a few clicks, whether that is a photograph from 1965 or a reunion from last week. For institutions managing large collections of personal content, it is a significant compliance asset.

You do, entirely. SocialArchive acts as a data processor on your behalf. You remain the data controller and retain full ownership of all content, records and data held within the platform at all times. This includes copyright over all uploaded material. Your data is never used for any purpose other than delivering the service to you, and you can export your full dataset at any time you choose. There are no lock-in clauses and no barriers to leaving. Your archive belongs to you.

Absolutely. We offer a no-obligation demonstration tailored to your institution. Book a demo here or get in touch to arrange a time that works for you.

Absolutely. Spoken Stories is available as a standalone product, independent of the wider SocialArchive platform. The best way to explore this is to get in touch and tell us a little about your project and we can then advise on the right setup for your needs.