For Universities
Turn alumni records into an active relationship network.
Trailblaze helps universities activate decades of alumni data into a living graph of people, affiliations, capabilities, and relationships.
Scout turns that intelligence into relevant introductions and action.
The university network
The alumni directory is not the alumni network.
A university may know where an alum studied, when they graduated, and which records belong to them.
It is much harder to see who they know today, what experience they can share, where they are willing to help, and which relationships can advance a specific objective.
Those signals often live across disconnected systems—or only in the minds of individual team members.
Trailblaze creates a current intelligence layer around the people behind the records.
Activate alumni relationships
Build a more current view of the people connected to the institution.
- 01
Begin with existing alumni data
Use the records already held across advancement, alumni relations, schools, programs, and other university communities as the starting point.
- 02
Invite alumni directly
Trailblaze's iMessage agents personally guide alumni through onboarding and verification.
- 03
Capture the network as it exists today
Verified profiles add current experience, affiliations, interests, capabilities, and ways alumni may be willing to participate.
Put the graph to work
Support objectives across the university.
Advancement & Donor Intelligence
Surface relevant prospects, context, and relationship paths that can inform an advancement strategy.
Mentorship
Match students and alumni with people whose experience and shared affiliation make the connection useful.
Member Engagement
Create more relevant opportunities for alumni to contribute their time, knowledge, relationships, and attention.
Warm Introductions
Find trusted paths across the alumni network and help move introductions forward.
Recruiting & Talent
Identify alumni with experience relevant to a search, role, opportunity, or candidate need.
An objective becomes a path
From a university priority to the right alumni relationship.
- 01Define the objective
A university team gives Scout a specific goal, such as identifying a relevant prospect, mentor, candidate, or introduction.
- 02Find the right people
Scout reasons over verified profiles, affiliations, experience, and relationship paths.
- 03Recommend the next move
The team receives a focused set of relevant members and context rather than another static list.
- 04Broker and follow through
Scout can help initiate the connection, follow up, and remain active as the objective progresses.
Across the institution
Every activated community strengthens the university's view of its network.
Alumni often belong to multiple communities within the same institution: schools, programs, teams, chapters, clubs, professional groups, and regional networks.
As those affiliations become visible, the university can better understand how its communities overlap.
- Activate an alumni community
- Reveal connected affiliations
- Expand the useful university graph
Early product exploration
See Trailblaze in a university setting.
Explore an early Trailblaze prototype built around a university alumni network.
This preview demonstrates a product direction; it is not presented as a customer deployment.
Activate the relationships already connected to your institution.
Explore how Trailblaze can turn alumni records into a living intelligence layer for advancement, engagement, mentorship, and connection.