You know the guys when they are in the house, but as soon as they graduate they get lost

Trailblaze is the chapter's system for every active, every alumnus, and every brother the day he graduates. He makes a profile once. The chapter still knows where he is and what he does.

What every active and alumnus gets

This is where members disappear.

  • Facebook groups

    The group goes quiet. The brothers who left stop opening it.

  • LinkedIn groups

    The group was joined once. It does not know what he does now.

  • Newsletters

    It goes to addresses nobody trusts.

  • GroupMe

    The chat dies when that exec board graduates.

  • Excel and Google Sheets

    The file sits on one laptop. The next treasurer never finds it.

Trailblaze brings them back.

Overview

What the president opens on Monday. Actives, alumni, and the work of the house.

86Actives
412Alumni
$6,400Given this quarter

What the next president opens.

Start from the sheet you already have.

Upload the Excel or Google Sheet the chapter already keeps. A row becomes the profile he keeps.

Sample Excel or Google Sheets upload
NameEmailPhone
Webb, M.mwebb09@gmail.com(212) 555-0188
Mackey, D.dmackey@southhill.edu
Ellis, T.tellis@yahoo.com
Ito, S.sito@outlook.com(615) 555-0167

Trailblaze

South Hill logoAlpha Chapter'21

Marcus Webb

Marcus Webb

Managing director, Harbor Line Advisory

Location
New York, NY
Industry
Finance
Verified
Alumni — last confirmed last fall

Open to

  • Mentoring first-year members
  • Coffee with anyone recruiting into the field

Suggested reach

A brother interviewing this month asked who in the chapter has done that desk.

He asked for a conversation, not a job.

You make a profile once.

You don't have to rejoin after graduation. Your Trailblaze profile stays with you.

Drew Mackey

Active

Rush chair

South Hill

The profile starts here, while he is still in the chapter.

  1. Jobs and internships

    An active finds the brother who will take the conversation.

  2. The introduction

    Any active can use the alumni network.

  3. What comes back

    Alumni the chapter can still reach give back more than the subscription.

Portrait of Luke Coppen
“Historically our fraternity has always been poorly connected, Trailblaze helped us regain a better bond between our actives and alumni.”

Luke Coppen

Vice President, Theta Chi — Indiana University

Chapters are already getting connected

  • Miami University
  • Texas A&M
  • Ole Miss
  • LSU
  • Indiana
  • Chapman
  • Colorado
  • Oregon State
  • Tennessee
  • Texas Tech
  • Mississippi State
  • Alabama
  • Kentucky
  • Colorado State
  • Indiana

The brother you need is already in the chapter.

An active, or an alumnus a few years out. Describe what you need. Trailblaze looks inside this house, not a general network.

What an active can ask

Ask the chapter.

You do not need to know which brother to message. The search stays with this chapter's actives and alumni.

Trailblaze messages first. Member: I want a finance internship in New York. Who in the house has actually done that desk? Trailblaze: Marcus, class of '21, is at Harbor Line in New York. He told the chapter he will take a first conversation with a brother. Trailblaze: Nothing goes to him until you choose.

You already share the house.

Trailblaze works inside this chapter, not an open network.

Every person it suggests is an active or an alumnus of this house.

Available through

  • iMessage
  • Web
  • Download on the App Store

You pay for the men in the house.

The brothers you have lost track of do not raise the price.

Pay annually, get one month free.

$99 a month

50–99 actives

0–29400+

No chapter pays more than $599 a month.

Questions a chapter actually asks.

What happens to his profile when he graduates?

He keeps it. The chapter still sees where he is and what he does. He does not rejoin, and he does not fall off into a new group chat.

We already have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, a newsletter, and GroupMe. Why add this?

Those are where a class goes quiet. A Facebook group stops getting opened. A LinkedIn group was joined once. A newsletter goes out to addresses nobody trusts. GroupMe dies when that exec board graduates. Trailblaze is the system the next officer line inherits.

Do actives and alumni live in the same system?

Yes. Every active, every alumnus, and every brother the day he graduates is in one picture the officers share.

Does the size of the alumni file change the price?

No. You pay for the men in the house. The brothers you have lost track of do not raise the price.

What counts as an active?

An active is an undergraduate currently in the chapter.

What if we grow past a tier during the year?

Your tier is that count when you start, and the chapter is grandfathered in.

What do we get for the year if we pay annually?

One month free. A year is eleven times the monthly price.

Who uses it — the exec board, or every brother?

Officers run the chapter from it. Every brother has a profile, from the house through the years after he leaves.

How do we start?

Upload the Excel or Google Sheet you already have. Actives claim their profiles. The chapter can ask from there.

See where the last few classes went.

Walk through a chapter that still knows where its brothers are, and what they do, after they leave.