Thanks for sending this along. I just witnessed this with a HS alumni
association!
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Kevin McAllister <kevin@inresonance.com>wrote:
> All:
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> I thought this quite a milestone! Having gone to two large universities -
> USC and UT Austin - it has been interesting to watch them both build
> "communities" for their alums, which are very numerous. USC, at least, has
> come to the conclusion that financing and managing their own community is no
> longer worthwhile. The debate between "lack of control" vs. simply bowing to
> market numbers (I assume) has driven them toward LinkedIn and Facebook.
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> Makes one think about the financial and other resources schools are
> dedicating to creating their own communities through the website.
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> Will this be a trend? Certainly in these times using Facebook could save
> considerable funds.
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> Kevin
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> AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO USERS OF inSCircle
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> Given the vast and ever-increasing popularity of non-university specific
> social and career networking websites, the USC Alumni Association has
> decided to discontinue offering inSCircle to alumni as of
> April 30, 2009.
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> The alumni association is in the process of a two-stage project to enhance
> its online profile: stage one, currently in progress, is a redesign of our
> http://alumni.usc.edu website scheduled to launch in September 2009; stage
> two, to be initiated later this year, will focus on strengthening the alumni
> association's presence in the online social and career networking arena.
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> In the meantime, we invite you to check out and join our official USC
> Alumni Association groups onFacebook and LinkedIn.
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> Thank you and Fight On!
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