You know the women 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 alumna, and every sister the day she graduates. She makes a profile once. The chapter still knows where she is and what she does.

What every active and alumna gets

This is where members disappear.

  • Facebook groups

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

  • LinkedIn groups

    The group was joined once. It does not know what she 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, alumnae, and the work of the house.

86Actives
412Alumnae
$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 she keeps.

Sample Excel or Google Sheets upload
NameEmailPhone
Pruitt, Carolinecpruitt@southhill.edu(615) 555-0142
Raman, Priyapraman11@alumni.net(917) 555-0134
Castro, Elenaelena.castro@mail.com(615) 555-0190

Trailblaze

South Hill logoAlpha Chapter'20

Caroline Pruitt

Caroline Pruitt

VP of Operations, Northfield Supply

Location
Nashville, TN
Industry
Operations
Verified
Alumnae — confirmed this month

Open to

  • Hosting new-member dinners in this city
  • Operations conversations with chapter officers

Suggested reach

The president is planning a new-member dinner and needs an alumna who will host.

She already offered that in her city.

You make a profile once.

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

Elena Castro

Active

Philanthropy chair

South Hill

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

  1. Jobs and internships

    An active finds the sister who will take the conversation.

  2. The introduction

    Any active can use the alumnae network.

  3. What comes back

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

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 sister you need is already in the chapter.

An active, or an alumna 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 sister to message. The search stays with this chapter's actives and alumnae.

Trailblaze messages first. Member: I want an operations internship in Nashville. Who in the chapter has actually done that work? Trailblaze: Caroline, class of '20, leads operations at Northfield. She told the chapter she will take a first conversation with a sister. Trailblaze: Nothing goes to her 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 alumna of this house.

Available through

  • iMessage
  • Web
  • Download on the App Store

You pay for the women in the house.

The alumnae 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 her profile when she graduates?

She keeps it. The chapter still sees where she is and what she does. She does not rejoin, and she 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 alumnae live in the same system?

Yes. Every active, every alumna, and every sister the day she graduates is in one picture the officers share.

Does the size of the alumnae file change the price?

No. You pay for the women in the house. The alumnae 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 sister?

Officers run the chapter from it. Every sister has a profile, from the house through the years after she 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 sisters are, and what they do, after they leave.