Introducing the Connected Community™ Product Suite
The Higher Logic Connected Community™ software suite, enables non-profits, charities and associations to effectively capitalize on technology to deliver new value to their constituency by providing easy-to-use collaboration and communication tools. Connected Community™ is the only software suite of social networking, collaboration, and community tools built exclusively to meet the unique needs of the not-for-profit market. The product line currently includes six products which can be delivered as the full suite, or stand alone, to allow organizations to craft the solution that fits their current needs
Technical Considerations
Built on Microsoft .NET technology, Higher Logic's Connected Community™ can extend any association management system (AMS) so that it includes social networking and collaboration tools to allow the membership to begin to self-create content and self-regulate communities. Specifically, Connected Community features:
- Integration to AMS to utilize member data and avoid data duplication
- Single Sign On (SSO) to ensure one login to your organization's website
- Web 2.0 technologies such as Ajax to deliver exceptional user experience and Web Services to ensure interoperability between different web applications
- Data Synchronization to deliver data back to your AMS for reporting
Business Considerations
The ever-evolving software suite is delivered via a SaaS (software-as-a-service) model to ensure customers receive continuous updates to their feature set and never have to undergo costly upgrades or require staff to take on additional software maintenance tasks. New features and capabilities are released to customer sites on a frequent basis without any additional fees. Best of all, the tools are so easy-to-use that there is close to zero staff or member training required which translates into faster user adoption, lower total cost of ownership, and higher return on your investment.