For organizersAlumni associations

Get the class of 2004 talking to the class of 2024.

Alumni events tend to split by graduating year, and the people with the most to offer each other never meet. Flare connects graduates across the room by what they need and what they can give, without a directory, a login or a mailing list to keep up.

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A chapter reception of up to 50 costs $79.99, once. A reunion of up to 250 costs $299.99.

Classes stay with classes

People find their year, relive it, and go home. That’s lovely, and it isn’t why the association exists.

Younger grads don’t come back

A room full of strangers twenty years older is hard to walk into alone.

Mentoring is hard to spark

Everyone says they’d like to help, and almost nobody knows who to help.

Each graduating year finds its own corner.

Graduates say what they’d like help with, and what they can give.

Flare looks across every class at once.

Two generations meet in the middle of the room.

Questions you could use tonight.

Flare only knows what you ask. Here’s a starting template for this kind of event, and why each question is there. Copy it, then change whatever doesn’t sound like your crowd.

What your guests see when they scan in. Illustrated with this template.

  1. What would you like help with?

    Needs and offeringsHigh importanceMultiple choice

    A recent graduate and a senior graduate can both find this useful.

  2. What could you offer a fellow graduate?

    Ask onlyMultiple choice

    Same answer choices as the need, so Flare can compare them.

  3. When you were here, you mostly…

    Shared answersNormal importanceMultiple choice

    A shared memory is a very easy way into a conversation.

Don’t ask for graduating year as a matching rule. Mixing the years is the point, so let needs and offerings do the work.

How to build this in the appHow to write good questions

How the night runs.

You start the event from your own iPhone and put the code where guests can see it. Everything after that happens on their phones.

  1. 18:00

    Reception opens. The code is on a screen by the coat check.

  2. 18:30

    A few words from the chair. Flares on.

  3. 18:35

    First introductions cross the years without anyone being rearranged.

  4. 19:00

    After a short rest, guests can take another introduction.

  5. 20:30

    End the event. Share the totals in your next newsletter.

What it looks like on the phones.

Real screens from the app, in the order they come up.

The host’s phone showing the live event code
You show the codeIt changes every five minutes, so only people in the room can join.
A phone lit violet saying someone worth looking up for
Two phones light upSame color, same rhythm. The other person is in the room somewhere.
The light holding steady and saying there you are
They find each otherThe pulse quickens as they get closer, then holds steady.
Event results with example totals
You see the totalsWho joined and who met, as counts only. Example numbers shown.

Is it right for your event?

It tends to suit

  • Regional chapters and reunion weekends
  • Associations trying to bring recent graduates back
  • Volunteer teams without a database to manage

It’s probably not for

  • Crowds with many Android users: older cohorts especially can vary, so ask first
  • Reunions meant only for one class to catch up
  • Events that need a directory of who attended

Pay once, for this event.

A chapter reception of up to 50 costs $79.99, once. A reunion of up to 250 costs $299.99.

No subscription and no per-match fee. Guests never pay.

How to choose a size

Guests, up toOne eventWorks out at
10FreeRehearsal
15$29.99About $2.00 a guest
50$79.99About $1.60 a guest
100$149.99About $1.50 a guest
250$299.99About $1.20 a guest

What organizers ask.

All questions

Some of our alumni aren’t very technical. Is it hard?
Guests install one app, point the camera at a code, and answer a few questions. A volunteer at the door can help with anyone who gets stuck, and they can also type the six-digit code instead of scanning.
Does the association get graduates’ details?
No. Flare asks nobody for a name or email, and you’ll see totals only. If you’d like contact details, keep your usual sign-up separate.
Could we use it at a reunion dinner?
Yes, as long as guests can get up and walk around. A standing reception before dinner works especially well.

Keep reading.

Plan an alumni mixerBringing back recent graduates, and connecting the years.Write questions that matchWhat to ask, how many to ask, and what to leave out.What to say to the roomWord-for-word scripts you can read out or print.

Try it with ten people, for free.

A rehearsal is a real event. Round up some friends, run it once, and see how it feels before you put it in front of a room.

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