Imagine if you could publish, on a major, high traffic website, you own organization's articles, links to important news and op-eds related to your organization and the issues it cares about.
Starting on Friday, February 2nd, on OpEdNews.com, you will be able to using Group OpEdNews GREAT Program.
But there's much more. OpEdNews provides a free treasure trove of tools, features and capabilities you can instantly tap as soon as you register your group with the OpEdNews website-for free. Then, invite and encourage your members to sign up for free.
Here's a partial list of some of the capabilities your members will have access to immediately (and, in italics, capabilities that will soon be available.)
G.O. G.R.E.A.T.Empowers:
q -Advocacy
q -Education
q -media access
q -debate and discussion
q -communication
q -recruiting
q -decision making
q -promotion
q -funding
q -community/loyalty building
o -stickiness
o -dynamic content
o -active participation; articles, blogs, links, comments, polls, recommends, rankings
q -activism tools
o -custom create action pages
o -meeting coordination
o -event listing
q -Event Listing, Calendars-on group page and addable to member calendars
q -Increased Perceived Value and Benefits of Organization
q -Branding- group logo appears on Group page and pages linked to group, for members of group
q Moderation of content; several levels of administration
q Affiliation Recognition- matching against standardized poll questions for groups, including customized questions.
q Polling with nested commenting
q Publishing Articles with nested commenting
q Blogging with nested commenting
q Article Link aggregation, with nested commenting
q Image Sharing
q Easy Youtube integration in articles and blogs
q Media Access/PR
q Localization
We're calling it G.O. G.R.E.A.T. Group OpEdNEws Group Resources Empowerment and Advocacy Tools
How to do get started: Log on to www.opednews.com. Sign up as a member, log in, click on your groups Tag, then manage groups, and create a group. Then invite your group's members to join and start using all the great free features. Need help? Drop a message to contact@opednews.com and we'll help you get up and running or help you make the most of the power of G.O. G.R.E.A.T..
