MSO portals - the benefits of having your own MSO
A portal is a specialist pathway to the MSO, where the materials and site ‘look’ have been tailored for a particular client or group. A portal provides access to the MSO directly from the portal client’s website.
A portal provides:
Seamless integration into the portal client’s website: The portal is integrated into the existing client’s website, with access being password protected.
A specialised Management Support Service: The benefit of this approach is that from a user or membership perspective, the portal appears and works as a specialised Management Support Service provided by the client to their user group, and so directly adds to and complements the industry development, support and resourcing work of the client.
Baseline resourcing function for NGOs: Through a portal arrangement MSO provides a baseline resourcing function to support the other development and capacity building initiatives of the portal client by:
branding or tailoring the look of the site to include the portal client’s logo and other relevant graphics
the provision of all the governance, management and operational resources, skill building and organisational development content of the MSO
uploading of material provided by portal client and/or transforming specific materials into more accessible form via interactive software. This may be particularly useful in developing short interactive information or training modules, for example to explain complex policy initiatives or programdevelopment and to facilitate a consistent approach by organisations and groups incorporating the needs of the portal client into the research and development program of the MSO
This means that portal client can provide its user group or member organisations with a comprehensive and tailored management support service where the MSO site and the content are tailored to the specific needs of the clients target user organisations and groups, and the portal is also able to carry and maintain other specific or specialised support, resource and training materials developed specifically for the portal client. This also facilitates the client’s (or agent’s) capacity to work with particular organisations or groups, drawing on MSO materials and resources.
An up to date well managed service: The MSO team takes responsibility for ensuring that both the MSO materials and the specific tailored materials are kept current and consistent within the portal as well as ensuring that the portal platform is stable and fully functional.
An MSO portal is surprisingly affordable – for more information about portal arrangements contact Bradfield Nyland Group
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