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Nonprofits are Embracing Social Networks
| In this special report on nonprofits' use of social networking, learn how nonprofits are utilizing social networking. In this report, you will learn:
- How many members do nonprofits have on their social network communities?
- How are nonprofits marketing their social network sites?
- Are nonprofits successfully getting revenue from social networks?
Download the free report from our recent survey of nearly 1,000 nonprofit executives. | Download the free report here.
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ThePort Social
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ThePort Social is an interactive social networking platform designed to scale with your organization's needs by offering a fully-featured core set of functionality that can be extended with additional a la carte features. ThePort Social is engineered to help members connect and remain in touch with their peers and your organizations. Features in ThePort Social core offering include:
 Community Landing Page | The Community Landing Page aggregates information within the community and serves as the central hub for community interaction. On the Community Landing Pages, members find the latest news, events and announcements from your organization. The Following Modules are included in the Community Landing Page: - Activity Feeds
- Community news Feed Roll Modules
- Popular Today Modules - discussions, groups and photos
- "Featured Member" module
- "Featured Group" module
- "Featured Blog" module
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 Member Profiles | Member Profiles are where members create, edit, mange and present their personal information within the community. Member profiles include the following: - Vanity URL
- Profile picture
- Privacy settings
- Private messaging
- Friend requests
- Comments
- and more!
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 Groups | Groups encourage members to connect with others that share similar interests and passions in a sub-community environment. Groups include the following: - Group landing page and custom URL
- Comments
- Group blog
- Group photos
- Group videos*
- Group documents*
- Group forums*
- and more!
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 Blogs | Blogs utilize what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) technology. Blogs are one of the central tools members use to share thoughts, opinions and expertise. Blog settings include the ability to assign editors, manage and edit past entries, create new entries, choose commenting options, assign categories, assign tags and manage display and archive options. |  |
 Photos | Members are able to post photos in galleries on the user, group and community level to showcase visual content from community events, campaigns, etc. Other members with access to photos will have the ability to comment on the photos as well as rate the photos. |  |
 Invitations | Personal invitations bring new members to your community. Community memberes can send personal invitations to friends using ThePort’s invitation system, which also incorporates Plaxo to enable members to invite friends from their existing contact lists. |  |
 Commenting | Commenting is available on member and group profiles, blogs, photos, videos, documents, events, and news articles. Commenting provides a unique facility for members to interact with one another with minimal effort. Commenting drives a stream of UGC on all features, which generates fresh and relevant information for your members to view. |  |
 Status Updates | Status Updates incorporate micro-blogging technology. Status Updates enable members to quickly get involved in the community by identifying "what’s going on now.” Status Updates publish on the member profile and community Activity Feeds. |  |
 Activity Feeds | Activity Feeds drive interaction and exploration within your community. Members’ activities are logged on personal profile pages and the community landing page. Activity Feeds create hyperlinks to the associated action and in turn drive interaction with other members, groups, photos, documents, videos, events and blogs. |  |
 5-Star Rating System | Members utilize ThePort’s 5-Star Rating System to rate community content, including: - Member profiles
- Groups
- Blogs
- Photos
- Videos
- Documents
- Forums
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 Community Manager | The Community Manager is where community administrators establish the organization’s moderation, privacy and security settings. |  |
 User-Friendly Site Interface | ThePort Social core product utilizes a user-friendly template system predesigned for easy deployment. To personalize the site interface, organizations provide ThePort with the following: - Community header
- Community footer
- Style sheets
- Avatars and icons
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