ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Case Study: How Graduation Events Can Drive Engagement, Amplify Your Brand, and Extend Global Reach
Learn how the University of Sydney delivered over 140,000 personalised graduation videos across 155 ceremonies—and what your institution can take from the experience.
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Case Study: How Graduation Events Can Drive Engagement, Amplify Your Brand, and Extend Global Reach
Learn how the University of Sydney delivered over 140,000 personalised graduation videos across 155 ceremonies—and what your institution can take from the experience.
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Speakers
Christine Fairchild
Graduations Manager
The University of Sydney
17 years of experience in student administration and ceremony delivery
Martin Renaud
Co-founder, Gradcut
CPO, Edit on the Spot
Expert in real-time video production and AI-powered event technology
Luc Betbeder
Director, Research Technology Services, UNSW
Founding Member, Gradcut
Specialist in data governance, research infrastructure, and institutional technology strategy
Graduations
Video Clips Created
Students
Graduations
Video Clips Created
Students
In this 30-minute recorded session, leaders from the University of Sydney and Gradcut share the results, statistics, and outcomes of utilising Gradcut technology to improve student satisfaction and expand the university’s visibility.
The presentation explores how video, technology, and intentional planning can help universities improve student experience, strengthen institutional visibility, and maintain alumni connections.
This session is particularly relevant to higher education leaders in marketing, student engagement, advancement, and digital transformation.
In this 30-minute recorded session, leaders from the University of Sydney and Gradcut share the results, statistics, and outcomes of utilising Gradcut technology to improve student satisfaction and expand the university’s visibility.
The presentation explores how video, technology, and intentional planning can help universities improve student experience, strengthen institutional visibility, and maintain alumni connections.
This session is particularly relevant to higher education leaders in marketing, student engagement, advancement, and digital transformation.
Who Should Watch
University Marketing & Communications Teams
Commencement and Convocation Officers
Student Experience and Event Managers
Advancement and Alumni Engagement Professionals
Vice-Chancellors / Pro-Vice-Chancellors
Who Should Watch
University Marketing & Communications Teams
Commencement and Convocation Officers
Student Experience and Event Managers
Advancement and Alumni Engagement Professionals
Vice-Chancellors / Pro-Vice-Chancellors
What You’ll Learn
- How to turn a single graduation ceremony into thousands of shareable student stories that strengthen your university’s brand.
- Practical video production best practices to ensure professional, on-brand content every time.
- Common pitfalls in graduation livestreaming—and how to avoid them with simple production improvements.
- How to expand your university’s global reach through instantly shareable, platform-ready clips for social media.
- Ways to meet the expectations of Gen Z students, including instant delivery, mobile-first formats, and digital memory-making.
- How to boost student satisfaction and alumni engagement—with no added workload for staff.
- How to enhance alumni engagement and fundraising through video content repurposed post-graduation.
- Key privacy and data security considerations for large-scale media delivery
- How to open new revenue and sponsorship streams..
- How content from one event can support marketing, alumni, and recruitment goals
Anastasha Renaud
Facilitator
The CEO and co-founder of Gradcut, an innovative AI-powered solution that transforms how educational institutions capture and share graduation memories, while giving back through the Pledge 1% initiative and donating a percentage of the profit to support education in developing communities.
Christine Fairchild
Speaker
Graduation Manager at The University of Sydney.
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia, founded in 1850, and is the oldest university in the Oceania region. With a ranking of 18th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025, reflecting its comprehensive research and teaching capabilities.
With over 70,000 enrolled students, the number of graduates per year for USYD reaches 20,000, making USYD one of Australia’s largest universities.
Martin Renaud
Speaker
Martin Renaud is the co-founder and Product Owner of Edit on the Spot, an AI-powered video editing platform that delivers real-time, automated video editing solutions for live-streamed events. With over 20 years of expertise in video production, live-streaming, and electronic arts across Australia and Canada, Martin has worked closely with higher education teams to enhance ceremonies with technology that amplifies institutional outreach.
Martin supported the University of Sydney in integrating an innovative AI-powered solution that automatically creates high-quality graduation video clips with the institution’s branding within an hour of graduation.
Luc Betbeder
Speaker
Luc Betbeder is the Director of Research Technology Services at UNSW, responsible for Research Computing and Research Data. He is Vice-President of AeRo (Australia’s eResearch Organisation and eResearch Australasian peak Annual Conference), an Adjunct in UNSW Faculty of Medicine Centre for Big Data and has been a Visiting Scientist with the Visual Analytics Team in CSIRO Data61 – a nationally recognised subject matter expert in eResearch, Research Data Management practice and shared computational infrastructure services for researchers. He has held director-level roles for 15 years in higher-edu ICT and eResearch
Book a demo and see how Gradcut transforms ceremonies into instant, shareable content.
Book a demo and see how Gradcut transforms ceremonies into instant, shareable content.
Delivering instant personalised graduation videos while supporting education in developing communities.
Gradcut is a registered trading name of Edit on the Spot Pty Ltd.