The problem
Most alumni associations run on the energy of a few volunteers. These volunteers have full-time jobs and very little free time. When they try to connect older graduates with newer ones, the administrative work quickly piles up.
Without a system, reminders and follow-ups slip through the cracks. New members apply and wait weeks for a reply. The volunteers spend their evenings matching spreadsheets and writing emails, which leads to burnout and a stalled program.
How organizations usually handle it
Associations usually try to handle this with shared spreadsheets and group emails. A volunteer looks at fifty backgrounds and tries to guess who should meet whom. When the emails finally go out, the team has no way to know if the graduates actually met, unless they ask everyone manually.
How mentoring solves it
Mentoring means an experienced person meets a newer graduate regularly, over months, with a clear goal. The older graduate offers career advice, industry knowledge and a warm welcome to the professional network.
Because they meet again and again, a real relationship forms. The newer graduate gains confidence, and the experienced graduate feels a meaningful connection back to their university and the association.
How it works on Mentornity
Clear dashboard for the team
The dashboard lists exactly what needs attention. Your team sees new applications and unmatched mentees as soon as they log in.
AI proposes matches
Graduates apply through your own forms. Mentornity AI reviews the applications and proposes matches based on your rules. Your team approves every match in one click.
Super reminders
Super reminders follow up on first meetings that are still unscheduled. If thirty days pass without a meeting, Mentornity AI proposes a check-in email.
Easy scheduling
Mentors set their free hours once, repeating every week. Newer graduates book a slot themselves, and both get a calendar invitation.
Or a mentor pool, with rules
Not every program needs fixed matches. In a pool program, mentors open their free hours and students and members book them themselves. Rules still decide who sees whom: for example, a student sees only alumni who studied the same subject.
What you can measure
Your team sees which graduates meet regularly and which matches have gone quiet for thirty days.
A weekly pulse asks graduates how their week went with a simple score, and they can ask the team for help.
You can export reports as Excel or PDF to show the board how many meetings happened and the level of mentor support.
Questions
Do we have to manually invite our old mentors for a new season?
No. You can copy your program to bring over sessions, forms and rules. Then you invite last round's mentors back in one step.
Does the AI make the final matching decision?
No. Mentornity AI proposes matches based on your form fields and rules, but your team always reviews and approves them.
How do graduates schedule their meetings?
Mentors set their free hours once, and those repeat every week. The newer graduates book a slot themselves, and both get a calendar invitation.