Bolt Agents
Element Connect includes Bolt Agents, Element451’s intelligent, action-taking digital coworkers built for higher ed.
Element Connect
Serve more students—without all the extra work (and cost).
Engage every student in every channel without needing more people. Our family of Bolt Agents integrate directly with your existing CRM, or come native in all Element451 solutions.
Engage every student in every channel without needing more people. Our family of Bolt Agents integrate directly with your existing CRM, or come native in all Element451 solutions.
Serve Students Without Lifting a Finger
Provide 24/7 assistance to students, across any channel and in any language, using Bolt Agents. Serve students better than other chatbot solutions because we’ve trained it to reply like a real staff member, with deep knowledge of your institution and a unified view of your student.
Hire your Bolt Agent Workforce
Bolt Agents work alongside your team—planning campaigns, nudging students, flagging issues, launching outreach, and more. They eliminate busywork so your team can do more of what matters: building real human connections.
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AI First
Use the power of AI to make your teams more productive. Intelligent, digital team members like Bolt Agents can help build campaigns, draft replies, translate copy, manage events, analyze data and even trigger workflows for your team.
Included in Element Connect
Element Connect fits seamlessly alongside traditional CRMs, allowing your team to take advantage of Element451’s industry-leading AI capabilities without a CRM migration.
Student Success Agents
Provide 1:1 guidance 24/7, for financial aid, course registration, student life, and more.
Campaign Agents
Create winning campaigns by simply telling your digital campaign, email, copywriting, events... assistant what you need.
Bolt Discovery Agent
Serve up useful answers from your website without forcing students to navigate complex page structures.
Conversations
Element Connect features Element451’s robust Conversations portal, which integrates all of your school’s inbound and outbound conversations in one easy-to-use interface.
Contact Database
Element451’s unified contact profiles can store all of your school’s known data and activity for every person your school interacts with.
Workflows & Rules
Set up powerful trigger-based marketing automation techniques to help your team handle inbound inquiries faster than ever.
Integrations
Element451 includes extensive integration tools so you can seamlessly add Element Connect to your software suite.
Bolt Insights
Make more-informed decisions across the student journey with purpose-built reports that detail your team's best marketing campaigns, student behavior, and areas for improvement.
" Bolt Agents saved 183,060 minutes of staff time, handling over 80% of all inquiries independently in 2024"
— Devin Perguson, Executive Director of Marketing and Student Care, Forsyth Technical Community College
Why Element451?
In the age of AI, traditional institutions are falling behind. Element451 is not just software, it’s a whole new approach to higher ed engagement. Intelligent institutions are doing more with less by harnessing the power of AI.
Seamless Setup
Set up Element451 in days, not months with our Easy Onboarding features, so you and your students get value faster. And if you ever have any questions, our stellar Customer Service team is available to help.
Omni-Channel
Supports Live Chat embedded on your website, SMS, Phone, WhatsApp, and Email. However students interact with your school, your staff (and Bolt AI) will be there to help.
Smooth Handoffs
Configure Bolt Agents to handle all inquiries or just specific ones. When one agent determines that a staff member is needed, it seamlessly hands off the conversation.
Customized to Your Institution
Customize with your school’s colors, logo, and tone of voice. Create engaging icebreakers messages and auto-responses that represent your school’s unique perspective.
Security & Compliance
Element451’s AI tools are designed to protect students’ data and privacy. Element451 is compliant with SOC 2 – the gold standard in security.
Unlimited Usage
Add as many staff user accounts as you need, and send unlimited messages (SMS limits apply).
Transparent Pricing. Huge value.
Fast and easy upgrade to the best AI in higher ed, without a lengthy system migration. Pricing starts at just $13,000 per year.
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Element451 Partners
Real Use-Cases, Real Success.
"Element451 gives us opportunities to build a relationship with incoming students by providing us with amazing tools that help us get through the process really quickly."
"Element451 helps you streamline your process while getting to the heart of what's important about the communication so you can effectively communicate with students and prospects. "
"We didn't have a communication strategy before but we wanted to give that personal touch. Element451 has made our job easier in building the strategy, making sure we had the right triggers and setting the right expectations with students."
Frequently Asked Questions about Element Connect
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No-Commitment Demo
See Element451 In Action
Tell us about your student engagement goals and we’ll set up a demo with one of our experts to talk about how Element Connect can serve your institution.
