SBC SHARESouthern Baptists connect and share

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SBC SHARE

Register and create user profiles Integrate with existing namb.net Facilitated and moderated by NAMB staff Login authentication Branded by NAMB Resource sharing (videos, text, photos,

etc) Accessible from any device – mobile,

desktop, etc

CONSUMER/CONTRIBUTOR

Ability to have ‘super’ users contributing their documents and resources , ie: Rick Warren is an example of a ‘super’ user

‘Super’ users will be fully trusted as moderators and be allowed to load resources without moderation

Consumers will be allowed to pull resources from the ‘super’ users

Consumers may ‘follow’ super users & comment on items, but may not necessarily be able to load resources unless permitted

Audience: Missionaries Pastors & Church leaders NAMB staff Partners Church Planters

Goal: Ability to share and build a community of Southern Baptists across geographical boundaries and diverse cultures.

Assumption is to build a social network made up of Southern Baptist Pastors, church leaders, church planters, NAMB staff, partners and missionaries. Social networking for business use is the next big trend for web-marketing tools as it gives businesses the ability to have two way interactions with their customer base. “Push/Pull marketing”

PLATFORMS FOR SBC SHARE:

Facebook Ektron NING.COM Sharepoint Cloud file servers: Box.net,

Sugarsync, Mozi, GoogleDOCs

EKTRON

NAMB.NET is built on Ektron 8.02 content management software (CMS). This platform has many features that can accommodate SBCshare. Currently, NAMB is using the core CMS license. In order to take advantage of the other features that ektron has to offer, it would require an additional license to access business social or eIntranet functions. List cost is $20,000.00, can be discounted to $8,000.00 (plus maintenance) if we agree to be a ‘case-study’ for future potential ektron customers

Requires architecture development to build more infrastructure. Less flexibility but more customizable for specific requirements – need

for outside vendor to make development changes. Small changes or requests could be time consuming and expensive.

eIntranet: information distribution, knowledge management & social business portal – integrates existing business applications

Overall, more expensive and complicated to implement a sharing service

Please see: community.nasdaq.com, spottedcanary.com, dockwalk.com – all social sites based on ektron platform

NING.COM

Offsite management platform for social networking. Predetermined features allow simple modifications and can be added or

removed at will – no coding required for basic customizations. Predetermined features include, but not limited to: Video embeds, branded

players, Design studio, domain mapping, member statistics, feature controls, mobile app, twitter, facebook & flikr integration

Customized API access for advanced customization Ability to access social site directly from namb.net – a community button

would be needed to direct the user to the social site url – all defined by NAMB.

User interface is familiar to most as it is similar to facebook. Each user can customize their member page. Landing page for community is customized and organized based on requirements

$600.00 per year for pro contract which will allow unlimited users. Cost for professional development of site starts at $600.00.

Ning creators can build site based on specifications. See go.ning.com/doitforme. There are other creators that can architect & build the site.

www.Tomscampusclubs.com, www.tennisopolis.com, www.minglecity.com, www.keepachildalive.org, community tab will bring you to community.kcacommunity.org tab to get to the social site

FACEBOOK BUSINESS PAGES

Public – anyone can find the page Limited control on moderating content &

membership Limited page layout and appearance. Unable to ‘brand’ the social community: Must go to

Facebook.com and be a member to get to the namb community

More pushing information to ‘friends’ then a push/pull mutual communication between members.

Free, but with advertisement displaying Some negative press

SHAREPOINT

License required to build out a social community

Same features common to social networking Requires vendor to architect the interface

based on requirements. Best for Intranet – internal document storage,

community calendar, all features of sharepoint.

Not very graphically driven Interface is not intuitive

CLOUD FILE SERVERS

Box.net, sugarsync, mozi, googledocs *

All these services are per unit and will backup files.

Allows all types of files to be saved and shared with other members.

Not a social community Navigation is cumbersome Non-brandable

RECOMMENDATION

Ning.com is the overall best solution with lowest cost.

Ning is a powerful platform and offers many features that is outside of the scope of this project. Features such as blogging, forums, and groups can be on the landing pages which can be included or not. What features would you like to have included? We will investigate the basic navigation and layout later.

Consumer/Contributor management – Would have to create groups or setup roles to limit types of content. This is somewhat more tricky in that ‘social’ networking is meant for sharing – placing too many restrictions can affect the community synergy. Member moderator: Can define & name roles then assign to

members. New Memberships can be approved Content moderation: approvals for any and all content

NING PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Branding & Visual Design Freedom Unique member profiles – customized advanced member profile questions Moderation & Privacy – members, photos, videos, etc Invite & Share – Share content across the internet, cross post between

twitter & facebook Latest activity: activity feed of everything happening RSS Feeds – pull in one or more rss feeds from a blog, website or news

source Photos & Videos – allows members to upload & share and download Chat – online chat Groups – Give the ability to organize by geography, committees, special

interest. Possibly setup regional groups Discussion Forum – Limit forum topic creation to administrator or open it to

all membmers. Create categories, photos and attachments Blogs for every member Events – limit even creation to admin or everyone and track rsvps NING Apps – customizable experience

MembersAbility to view the My Network tab, but can only see and access the Members iconApprove new members of your Ning NetworkSuspend members from your Ning NetworkReinstate suspended members to your Ning NetworkDelete membersFeature membersResend invitationsCancel invitations

ContentModerationActivity Feed MessageControlsFile ManagerArchive

www.broadwayspace.comAll these are clickable for more information and download/share

VideosApprove videos before they appear on your Ning NetworkFeature videosAdd and edit tagsRemove commentsRemove videos

SettingsNetwork DetailsTerms of ServiceEmailPrivacyAppearanceFeatures LayoutTabs & PagesPaid Access LockedLanguage EditorFeaturesNing Labs

ToolsSearch BotsFlickr IntegrationFacebook IntegrationTwitter IntegrationCustom CodeGoogle WebmasterSitemapDomain MappingTest NetworkNing ExtensionsMobile AppNing API

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WHAT’S NEXT…

Vendor selection: Experienced social site creators, cost is $150.00/hour for

consultation AMDesign designed the new namb.net layout, but no

experience in social network sites NING has creators that can setup the site,

go.ning.com/doitforme

NAMB Staff input of layout, design and features

Get the community base and have members join -