Upcoming Webinars: December 2025

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Written By Kate Daniels

Join Our Final Webinars of 2025!

This month, we’ll explore how understanding and leveraging shared experiences can transform your digital engagement strategy.

Across two live sessions, you’ll discover the power of common narratives, collective memories and cultural touchpoints, and how they create stronger bonds in online communities. You’ll learn practical techniques for identifying, activating, and amplifying shared history to:

  • Increase participation

  • Deepen relationships

  • Build more engaged digital audiences

Don’t miss your chance to finish the year with fresh ideas, proven strategies and inspiration you can put to work right away!

 
 

Shared History: A Digital Engagement Superpower

📅 Thursday 11th December 2025

⌚ 11am GMT

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Shared History: A Digital Engagement Superpower

📅 Wednesday 17th December 2025

⌚ 12pm PST, 3pm EST, 8pm GMT

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We look forward to seeing you there! If you can’t make these dates, and would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to send us a message and we can arrange for a recording to be sent your way!

Articles that may be of interest:

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Turn Alumni Reunions into Year-Round Engagement Campaigns
Turn Alumni Reunions into Year-Round Engagement Campaigns

Alumni reunions are emotionally powerful moments but treating them as isolated events leaves enormous engagement and fundraising potential on the table. This article sets out a practical three-phase framework for advancement and alumni relations teams who want to turn their next reunion into a twelve-month engagement campaign, from building anticipation months in advance, to capturing stories on the day, to sustaining momentum long after attendees have gone home.

Should Schools Post Photos of Students Online?
Should Schools Post Photos of Students Online?

Schools have traditionally shared photos of pupils on websites and social media to celebrate achievements and build community. However, growing concerns around safeguarding, consent, digital footprints, and emerging risks such as artificial intelligence and deepfakes are prompting many schools to review their approach.

This article explores why schools are rethinking how student images are shared, the practical challenges of managing consent and permissions, and what safer alternatives might look like, including secure, school-controlled environments for sharing photos with families.

How to Start a Digital Archive at Your School (Without an Archivist)
How to Start a Digital Archive at Your School (Without an Archivist)

Starting a digital archive doesn’t require an archivist, a perfect system or a major project. This practical guide explains how schools can begin small, capture meaningful stories, and build a sustainable digital archive that supports engagement, storytelling and long-term continuity.

Why a Careers Library Is the Simplest and Easiest Way to Start an Alumni Careers Programme
Why a Careers Library Is the Simplest and Easiest Way to Start an Alumni Careers Programme

Building a careers programme doesn’t have to start with complex platforms or heavy admin. A careers library offers a simple, high-impact way to capture alumni career journeys and support students at scale.

5 Ways to Make Your School Anniversary Unforgettable
5 Ways to Make Your School Anniversary Unforgettable

School anniversaries are powerful opportunities to strengthen alumni engagement and community belonging. By treating your milestone as a campaign (not a one-off event), collecting personal stories, creating shareable content, bringing history to life on campus, and building a digital home for your archive, you can create an anniversary experience people remember and that continues delivering value long after the celebrations end.

The Early 2000s Memory Gap: Why Schools and Universities Need to Collect These Stories Now
The Early 2000s Memory Gap: Why Schools and Universities Need to Collect These Stories Now

The early 2000s represent a critical, and often overlooked, gap in many institutional archives. While this period marked the first wave of mass digital photography, fragile storage methods, obsolete technology and fragmented platforms have left many schools and universities with surprisingly little material from these years.

This article explores why early 2000s memories are at risk, why now is the right time to collect them, and how schools and universities can run effective memory campaigns.

Upcoming Webinars: January 2026
Upcoming Webinars: January 2026

Two practical webinars exploring how institutions can use shared history and digital spaces to build stronger, more engaged alumni communities.

From supporting development goals to creating a digital home where alumni feel valued and connected, these sessions share ideas you can put into action straight away.

10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Your School’s Digital Archive
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Your School’s Digital Archive

Digital archives in education are no longer just places to store the past. When used strategically, they become active tools for communication, engagement and belonging. From creating instant videos and personalised alumni content to powering admissions storytelling, capturing student voices and informing strategy through analytics, this article explores ten ways modern digital archives can support the everyday work of schools, colleges and universities.

Capturing the Stories of Your Final-Year Students: Why It Matters and How to Do It Well
Capturing the Stories of Your Final-Year Students: Why It Matters and How to Do It Well

Final-year students are on the edge of one of the biggest transitions of their lives… leaving school or university and becoming alumni. This moment is rich with reflection, gratitude, uncertainty and personal storytelling, yet most institutions never capture it. By collecting student voices before they leave, schools and universities can build stronger alumni relationships, create powerful long-term marketing content, and preserve memories that matter. This article explores why final-year reflections are valuable, how to gather them effectively, and simple engagement ideas you can introduce right away.

Upcoming Webinars: December 2025
Upcoming Webinars: December 2025

Join our final webinars of 2025 and discover how shared experiences can transform digital engagement. We’ll explore how common narratives, collective memories, and cultural touchpoints create stronger bonds in online communities. Learn practical techniques to deepen relationships, increase participation, and build more engaged digital audiences.

Do You Really Have the Capacity for an Archival Project?
Do You Really Have the Capacity for an Archival Project?

Schools hold decades of stories, traditions and memories, but turning that history into a living digital archive is harder than most teams expect. While the intention is strong, the day-to-day capacity is often stretched thin. This article takes an honest look at why so many archival projects stall, and how a more realistic, phased approach can help schools preserve and share their heritage without overwhelming their staff.

How Nostalgia Drives Support: Emotional Storytelling in Development Campaigns
How Nostalgia Drives Support: Emotional Storytelling in Development Campaigns

This article explores how emotionally driven storytelling helps schools and universities inspire generosity, foster belonging and turn memories into meaningful support. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and digital engagement trends, it reveals how archives can power fundraising campaigns through authentic, human-centred storytelling that reconnects alumni with the moments that shaped them.

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