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		<title>How Not-for-Profits Are Socially-Enabling  Special Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 11:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThePort&#8217;s clients are using Social Spaces (Groups, Actions, Campaigns and so on) to rally constituents around an event in a 24/7-accessible social networking communities. Members are signing up online to participate in important elements such as an annual conference or seasonal/trade exhibition.
Attendees can connect online, share past experiences and explore details of conference sessions. Linking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a Difference a Year Makes</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=415</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>suzanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  During the 2009 spring conference season curiosity, if not fear, was palpable among conference attendees. What is this social networking? How do I build it? How will people use it? What if it fails? And yet, just a short year later, the confusion and fear of the previous year had transformed in to practical and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Social Networking Buzz Word Definitions Used in Reference to a Private Social Networking Community</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=316</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Media terminology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you were too shy to ask or just didn’t  give social media definitions  much thought. Either way, the evolution of social media terminology is  a fascinating subject. And new phrases are coming into the  spotlight at a prodigious rate. I  mean, just a few years ago, no one had ever heard of Twitter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not-for-Profits Countdown: Top 5 Ways to Boost Fundraising</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=257</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5. Reach out to Donors with Regular Emails
Socially-enabled private label communities should have a full palette of tools to help administrators connect with members regarding fundraising objectives. But email is still a viable and essential way to stimulate donorship. And it doesn’t have to be about asking for money. Moreover, email communications should be wrapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Roads Lead to Atlanta for NTEN&#8217;s Always-Excellent Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), April 8-10</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=399</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThePort Network is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of NTC 2010 as we continue our productive partnership with our friends at NTEN. We couldn&#8217;t be luckier to have the annual conference in our own backyard along with our local host the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN).
Not-for-profit organizations large and small will benefit from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ThePort Network Gears Up for Next Week&#8217;s DigitalNow Association Leadership Conference in Beautiful Lake Buena Vista, April 8-10</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Association Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a dynamic gathering is all about association leadership in the digital age, ThePort team is sure to be involved. That’s why we’re traveling to sunny Orlando for the DigitalNow conference starting Thursday, April 8 at the world-famous Contemporary Resort inside Disney World.
Stop by and see us at our presentation area in the DigitalNow Resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Right Up, Your Serving of Social Media Humor for April Fool&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=390</link>
		<comments>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=390#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At ThePort Network, we take seriously our commitment to furnishing quality social media solutions to leading not-for-profit organizations. But every once in a while, it pays to sit back,  take a break, and look at the lighter side of social networking.
What better time to do it than April Fool&#8217;s Day?
So without further adieu, we present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Your Path to Social Networking Success, Compare SaaS Providers not Just Products or Platforms</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=381</link>
		<comments>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=381#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SaaS (Software as a Service) is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand. In terms of a social networking community, a SaaS vendor will offer the deployment as a monthly subscription in addition to an initial set-up fee.
As adoption of social networking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Social Media Fantasies Not-for-Profits Should Ponder</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=372</link>
		<comments>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=372#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the explosion of social media on the internet has become reality, every organization is looking for ways to leverage the power of online networking. But nonprofit and association leadership and marketing teams should beware of unrealistic maxims.
5) Social Media Isn’t Media
Those new to social media and social networking sometimes lose sight of its true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ThePort&#8217;s Team Looks Forward to Meeting You in Orlando&#8211;Avectra&#8217;s Sold-Out AUDC Conference Starts Sunday!</title>
		<link>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=358</link>
		<comments>http://www.theport.com/blog/?p=358#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter Roark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUDC is just two days away and DIsney&#8217;s Swan and Dolphin Resort is already abuzz with anticipation. The Port Network is proud to be the premier sponsor ofAUDC 2010.
 You&#8217;re invited to spend a few minutes with ThePort professionals at Table Number One in the exhibit area. While you learn a bit about Port2Port data integration, [...]]]></description>
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