Gradnet Features
Registration (5)
Event creation
Process of creating a new event
User registration process
User experience of registering for an event
Payment processing
Ease of use in processing attendee payments
Mobile check-in
Check attendees into events and sessions using a mobile device
On-site tickets and registration
Register attendees and sell tickets on-site
Marketing and Communications (6)
Event website creation
Design and manage a dedicated event website
Email automation
Automate email communications with attendees
Email customization
Design and customize email communications
Contact list management
Organize and manage contact list of attendees
Social media promotion
Advertise and promote event using social media integrations
Lead generation and retrieval
Tools for capture and follow-up of leads generated during an event
Analytics (3)
Curation
Tools that help curate mentoring best practices accessible by program participants.
Program Impact
Tools that measure program impact including features such as participation numbers, mentoring activity, and satisfaction metrics.
Analytics
Real-time analytics to track and meaure the viality of the mentoring program.
Configure (1)
Customizable Branding
Branding tools to create a platform with business name, logo, and distinct messaging.
Management (3)
Management Tools
Create mentor program type regarding structure, size, type, and accessibility.
Dashboards & Reporting
Dashboard with tools to manage all mentoring sessions and participants.
Integrations
Integrations with Learning Management system and other solutions.
Program (3)
Custom Profiles
Custom Profiles for employee information and mentor/mentee preferences.
Identifying Participants
Tools that identify participants for the mentoring program and delegate mentee/mentor roles.
Match Creation
Decide how matches will be made, for example: self-directed, facilitated match, flexible, or smart matching.
Administration (11)
Reporting
Reports on various important data and metrics.
Interaction Tracking
The ability to track each interaction with donors and maintain a record of their giving history.
Automation
Tools to automate a variety of processes such as email marketing and emailing receipts.
Donor Profiles
Profiles for each donor including contact information, interaction history, and giving history.
Job board creation
Provides templates or a page editor that enables users to design job board pages with custom content and branding.
Administrator dashboard
Contains an administrative dashboard showing updated statistics on job board activity.
Custom pricing
Enables administrators to set up job post packages for companies to purchase, including customized pricing plans.
Billing
Has billing functionality, including recurring subscriptions and payment processing integration.
Search optimization
Includes tools for optimizing the job board’s ranking in web searches.
Multiple job boards
Allows users to manage multiple job boards within a single interface.
Importing jobs
Enables administrators to import or scrape jobs from other job websites.
Fundraising (6)
Campaign Management
The ability to plan and execute fundraising campaigns based around specific goals.
Online Donation Portal
The ability to accept donations online via a website, social media, or mobile device.
Event Planning
Tools to plan fundraising events, including ticketing, registration, and attendance tracking.
Recurring Donations
The ability to set up recurring donations of a specific amount at a chosen interval.
Peer-to-peer Fundraising
The ability to create social media fundraising pages that are shareable and leverage social networks.
Mobile Capabilities
The ability to use mobile devices to collect in-person donations at an event or kiosk.
Marketing (2)
Email Marketing
Tools to create, customize, and send out mass marketing emails to specific donor groups.
Direct Mail Tools
Tools to create paper flyers and other mailings to be sent via direct mail.
Training & eLearning (1)
Social Learning
Enables team members to learn by collaborating with each other
Employers (2)
Employer dashboard
Provides employer customers with tools to manage job postings, track applicants, and view analytics data on their posts.
Branded profiles
Enables employers to create branded profile pages that contain information about the company.
Job seekers (2)
Alerts
Sends automated alerts to job seekers or employers.
Search
Contains search capabilities to help job seekers find relevant positions.
Platform Basics (12)
Alumni records and contacts
Maintains records of alumnis who graduate from higher education institutions, as well as store contact information from alumni for general communication purposes.
Networking events
Organizes events centered around networking and recruiting for graduating alumni and companies needing viable candidates.
Alumni events
10 reviewers of Gradnet have provided feedback on this feature.
Manages events that bring alumni from certain higher education institutions together for camaraderie and relationship building.
Communication within alumni group
10 reviewers of Gradnet have provided feedback on this feature.
Possess abilities to communicate whether via email, social media groups, text, calls or mail within the alumni group so that events, fundraisers or career opportunities may be communicated.
Alumni Engagement
Based on 10 Gradnet reviews.
In addition to having communication abilities, provides opportunities for alumnis to connect and organizes for special interest groups, sharing stories or sharing university spirit camaraderie.
Donation Collecting
Have the ability to organize donation collecting for universities or for alumni management groups from other college alumni.
Alumni events
As reported in 10 Gradnet reviews.
Manages events that bring alumni from certain higher education institutions together for camaraderie and relationship building.
Communication within alumni group
This feature was mentioned in 10 Gradnet reviews.
Possess abilities to communicate whether via email, social media groups, text, calls or mail within the alumni group so that events, fundraisers or career opportunities may be communicated.
Alumni Engagement
This feature was mentioned in 10 Gradnet reviews.
In addition to having communication abilities, provides opportunities for alumnis to connect and organizes for special interest groups, sharing stories or sharing university spirit camaraderie.
Donation Collecting
Have the ability to organize donation collecting for universities or for alumni management groups from other college alumni.
Member directory
Maintains records of alumnis who graduate from higher education institutions, as well as store contact information from alumni for general communication purposes.
Networking opportunities
Creates various opportunities to connect for recruiting purposes. For example: the creation of forums and discussion groups on certain industries, the ability to organize events centered around networking, and recruiting of graduating alumni by companies needing viable candidates.
Platform Additional Functionality (7)
Fundraising events
Although this is more university leaning for alumni management software, provide ability to organize fundraising events for the university for raising funds for certain causes.
Career portals
Certain products may have the functionality to contain a career portal so that graduates may seek out job opportunities from graduated alumni and their companies.
Newsletter Sharing
Sometimes products have the ability to create a newsletter specifically for alumni that allows for the communication of stories, news and university information within the alumni group.
Fundraising events
Although this is more university leaning for alumni management software, provide ability to organize fundraising events for the university for raising funds for certain causes.
Newsletter Sharing
Sometimes products have the ability to create a newsletter specifically for alumni that allows for the communication of stories, news and university information within the alumni group.
Job Portals
Certain products may have the functionality to contain a career portal so that graduates may seek out job opportunities from graduated alumni and their companies.
Customization
Ability for alumni admin to set up the software to fit the needs of the community. Customizable for preferred functionalities and specified levels of controls based on the user.
Generative AI (1)
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
Agentic AI - Event Registration & Ticketing (3)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases

