Convio Introduces Social Media Solutions for Nonprofits

Convio, Inc. and ThePort Network announced the availability of ThePort Social Media Suite to Convio's clients to meet the diverse needs of the nonprofit community in building their own branded social media communities. With ThePort Social Media Suite, Convio's clients can integrate branded blogs and "MySpace-like" communities into their existing web sites and transform them into dynamic and engaging community portals for increased constituent involvement and communication. As a member of Convio's Fusion Partner program, ThePort Network is part of Convio's Open Initiative designed to provide choice, interoperability and technological innovation for the nonprofit community. The Convio/ThePort Social Media offering includes a: Social Networking Platform which supports creation of a private or public community for friends, family, groups and other networks built around the organization's mission. Each member has a personalized home page, newsreader, message center, media gallery and blog; User Generated Content including blogs, discussion forums, groups, and community pages; and Content Control, including moderation and filtering capabilities. The suite enables organizations to build and deploy branded Web 2.0 communities with social networking features. With the integration between Convio and ThePort, constituents will be offered single sign-on. http://www.theport.com, http://www.convio.com