Post-reunion Tips
The reunion’s over … now what?
The food and drinks are gone, and the last streamer has been taken down off the wall. Just because everyone has returned to their regular lives, doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the camaraderie of the weekend. With your HighSchoolAlums.com class Web site, its easy to stay in touch.
After the reunion, encourage everyone to keep their profile updated with their latest contact information. Every few months, use the Reunion Coordinator functionality to send out a mass e-mail that keeps classmates updated on new things going on in each others’ lives. Don’t be afraid to reach out to a classmate every so often just to say “hey.” By keeping on constant contact, you don’t have to go through all of the “Hey, I haven’t seen you in forever” awkwardness at the next reunion. You can just concentrate on enjoying seeing one another again.
Try hard to keep the message board active. The more interaction classmates experience, the more often they’ll come back to it. Once it starts to slow down, people forget about it. Maybe even plan message board events, and see how many people participate.
If you didn’t set up a HighSchoolAlums.com class Web site, now’s still the perfect time to do so. With the good times fresh in their mind, you can pique their interest and get them to sign up for their free account.
As successful as this reunion was, if you can keep people active and engaged in the years that follow, it’s almost guaranteed that the next one will be even better.