Written by: Bruce E. Segal
LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/besegal
Summary: As it prepared for a big fund raising effort, one university applied social network strategy to use Linked-In to fine tune its pre-launch prospecting and hone its targeting. As a result, it uncovered alumni who knew which other alumni to approach, found new prospective donors to approach and revealed potential donor landmines to avoid.
THE CHALLENGE