Software to Engage Your Community
Share your school's value with the world with our software and tools.
An awesome web experience designed for the school community.
From alumni and parent volunteers to your local community, the Finalsite platform makes it simple to create true engagement. With new inbound tools to personalize the site experience, dynamic calendars and forms to keep everything organized and social feeds to share your events and successes, you can boost school spirit and community relationships in a platform that's simple enough for anyone at your school to manage.
Community Engagement Tools and Software Built for Schools
Social Media Feeds
Finalsite Feeds allow you to pull in social posts into specific site pages, letting you share hashtags or accounts of interest to alumni or parents.
Digital Calendars
Keep your community in-the-loop about upcoming events using Calendars, complete with alerts and notifications.
Email Marketing
Send responsive, personalized emails to your community, track engagement, and more.
Inbound Tools
Personalized page elements, A/B testing, and drip campaigns mean sharing the right content with community members, and measuring what works.
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From The Finalsite Blog
Dive into our library of blog posts of examples, strategies, tips and inspiration to help you improve your school's communication strategy.
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Mia Major
What makes a good social media ad? Follow these six best practices to earn more clicks and conversions on your next social media campaign.
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Mia Major
Here are some key best practices to keep in mind as you build your school or district's social media strategy for the summer — plus, access to a full social media content calendar for June through August!
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Leah Mangold
What do you say? How do you say it? Where do you say it? It all depends on if your goal is informing your community, or engaging them — and striking the balance is more important than ever before.
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Kristen Doverspike
Looking to improve your Twitter feed? Use these 8 strategies to grow your school or district's Twitter presence now!
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Mia Major
There are thousands of schools and districts, but there's only one just like yours. A value proposition helps you share what makes yours special.
Additional Resources
Learn more about how to successfully engage your community with additional free resources.- Whitepaper
Learn how to host a great virtual town meeting with this step-by-step guide.
- Worksheet
Learn how to write a better value proposition for your school with this step-by-step guide.
- On-Demand Webinar
Chief Innovation Officer Angelo Otterbein shared why having a mobile app is so imperative to your district's communications strategy, and how it can help you provide the top-notch user experience your community expects.
- On-Demand Webinar
You know content is important to your school's inbound marketing strategy — but where do you even start? Learn from Finalsite's inbound marketing manager Kristen Doverspike!
- On-Demand Webinar
Client Success Manager and resident school communications expert Sam Spain shared how to to create a communications experience that strengthens your school's brand and creates a compelling experience that bolsters retention.
- On-Demand Webinar
Red Abbott, Manager of Consulting Services, shared why your school isn't showing up in Google, and what to do about it.
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Webinar On Demand: Optimizing Search, Social, and Your Website for Engagement
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