| Download ThePort’s white papers to learn how your organization can effectively use social media and social networking. New! Building Connections: How
to Write a Top-Quality RFP When Building a Social Networking Platform
Download this white paper to discover how to plan, create, and release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a social-networking community.
Throughout the white paper, questions will be discussed that include:
- How do you write a compelling RFP?
- What should be in the RFP in order to get the highest-quality responses?
- How do you narrow down the list of potential vendor candidates once the proposals are in?
- What are the “must haves” to look for?
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New! What You Need To Know Before Launching an Online Community This whitepaper includes a wealth of information about how nonprofit
and association organizations are researching, building and deploying
white label social networking communities. What would you expect to
accomplish with your own online community? Should your social
networking provider specialize in serving organizations such as yours?
Would you know how to go about seeding a community?
Download White Paper Evaluating Social Networking Platforms Download
this new whitepaper to learn how to properly evaluate and identify
social networking platforms that contain functionality tailored to
nonprofit organizations, can scale with your organization as more of
your constituents embrace social media, and are hosted in a truly
secure and reliable data center. Download White Paper Creating Socially-Enabled Campaigns with Integrated Communities Download this new
whitepaper to learn how ThePort enables nonprofit organizations to
implement communities integrated with their Blackbaud and Convio
constituent management systems and create socially-integrated
campaigns, actions, causes, events and groups.
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Association Goals for 2009: Solutions with Social Media At the 2009 ASAE Membership & Marketing
Conference, ThePort Network asked 123 association executives about
their organization's goals for 2009. Download this exclusive whitepaper to
learn what the top associations are working on for 2009 and how social
media can help associations accomplish these objectives.
Download White Paper Nonprofit Social Network Survey Report Social networking has become an integral part of
nonprofits’ online strategy, according to a survey recently conducted
by NTEN, Common Knowledge, and ThePort. In this online survey conducted
in March, 2009, 929 respondents representing nonprofits of all sizes
and from multiple vertical seg- ments indicate that nearly
three-quarters (74.2%) have a presence on Facebook, and 30.9% have one
or more social networking communities on their own web site. Download White Paper How Nonprofts and
Associations Enhance
Offine Events Using Social Networking
Attendees of association special events, annual conferences and local chapter meetings approach them with fairly universal goals and typical expectations. In a simple yet profound way, members look forward to events and calendars are highlighted because events are the hallmark of a positive membership experience.
The question is, how can online social networking positively supplement and reinforce an event before, during and after it takes place? How can social media create a more valuable experience for attendees at every level?
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Using Social Networking to Convert Website Traffic Into Members
This whitepaper discusses tools and best practices for converting
website visitors into members of an online community. Presented are
practical tips that help you engage visitors, drive them to revisit
your website, and begin the process of converting visitors into
members.
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Membership Acquisition and Retention: A Social Media Perspective
Trade or professional groups and philanthropies share a common challenge, which is the increasing competition for their supporters' time and money. Non-profits are all chasing the same donor dollars and trying to keep their cause top of contributors' minds. Similarly, industry associations are striving to keep their members interested and active in order to continue the influx of annual dues. Today, it is getting harder for people to focus their attention and find time to get (and stay) involved.
Compounding this problem for trade and professional associations in particular is the Internet, which is challenging their longstanding position as the sole purveyor of industry-related information. Members can now find a lot of what they need through an online Google search, thus diminishing these groups' value. For this reason, associations need to find ways to enhance member services and regain their role as the critical hub for their masses.
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