AIMS

1.
Help connect people and organizations throughout your community

2.
Build relationships across boundaries of geography or discipline

3.
Provide a platform for the sharing of knowledge and resources

4.
Assist in highlighting issues being addressed by members or member
organizations

5.
Enable new relationships to be formed with people around the world
that support a group’s cause

6.
Provide a shared social space where problem solving and the
development of ideas can take place

7.
Create a community memory for group deliberation and brainstorming

BENEFITS

We are free to use and free of advertisements

There are no
charges for using any of the tools provided and unlike
other sites, your group is not cluttered with advertisements.

We offer similar tools to Yahoo!/Google Groups and Ning Networks

A WiserEarth group has many of the standard tools offered by these
popular sites. Plus, interacting with membership and content of other
WiserEarth groups is easy, encouraging cross-pollination and synergies.

We are part of the bigger picture

Your
group becomes part of a larger social justice and environmental
restoration network, allowing you and your group members to connect with others around the world who share
the same interests.

We make it easy and provide ongoing support

Quickly and
easily invite and manage members, create customized layouts, share
knowledge and build your network. We also offer free ongoing support.

A wiki page can be used as a blog, a collaborative document for everyone
to edit and
maintain,
photo gallery, and even video collection. This page for example,  is a wikipage!

A chatterbox enables members to post quick messages on the group page. Perfect place for members to
host an informal chat, and for group admins to welcome new members.

Group Messaging

You can broadcast messages to all or some of the group members. You
can also develop custom HTML for your messages, turning it into an
e-newsletter tool.

Email Alerts of Group Activity

Engaging members is made easier because all group activity is
streamed to members ‘watchlist’, which is then forwarded to their email
(opt-out).

You can
use one of three pre-defined templates or customize your own group
layout.

Quick
invitations

Use your
Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Mail, and Yahoo Mail accounts to invite people to
your group. Keep track of invitations on a special dashboard.

Content
Sharing

You can
easily share materials between groups making it easy to administer
multiple groups which share similar aims.

Drag
and drop customization

Rearrange
group layout and rename group modules on the fly.

Privacy
options

Set group
to private (only group members can view and edit), semi-private (only
group members can edit, anyone can view), or public (anyone can edit or
view).

Membership
Policy options

Choose
between open (anyone can join), open to apply (a Group admin must
approve), member referral, or invitation only.

Custom domain

You can have www.yourdomain.org automatically redirecting visitors
to your WiserEarth group, thus turning it into your main website.

Data
back-up

Every
change to a group is recorded in a history. You can easily revert to an
earlier version of content with a few clicks.

We
welcome groups with a focus on sustainability and/or social justice that
look to overcome inequality or prevent environmental harm. See full list of issue areas we support.

Services
offered at no cost

We are
committed to providing these features and functions free to the user. As
a nonprofit site, we will not sell or share any of your personal
information with third parties.

Enhancement
& upgrades

We will
continue to offer upgraded versions to meet the needs of different
groups.

ABOUT US

WiserEarth
is a comprehensive directory and networking forum that
maps and connects organizations and individuals addressing
environmental restoration and social justice issues. WiserEarth offers
the tools needed to actively define, address and solve social and
environmental problems.

In addition to WiserEarth Groups, we offer:

WiserEarth
Directory

The
world’s largest international directory of non-profts and socially
responsible organizations (110,000+ in 243 countries, sovereign islands
and territories)

WiserEarth
Community

A
vibrant community of over 35,000 members making connections, sharing
resources, solutions, jobs, and events