Actions Options Tool
AOT = alliance-building web publishing & communication tool for activists
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Description
"The Actions Options Tool (AOT) is web-publishing software made for the specific needs of large organizations, which consist of smaller sub-groups, member groups, or committees working together, that makes publishing multiple types of content on a website easy and efficient."
Characteristics
The Actions Options Tool has four main goals:
1. Allow member groups or chapters within an organization to easily work together and publish content to a website
2. Improve coordination and communication between chapters, member groups, and committees within an organization thereby improving efficiency
3. Create a method for organizations to quickly communicate with members
4. Allow site administrators to easily manage the users/contact list
AOT Features
The Actions Options Tool consists of several features designed to help a large organization stay organized, manage their members, publish several types of content to a website, and to manage marketing and email newsletter campaigns.
The main features of the tool are:
- News article publishing system
- Actions/events publishing tool (and grid) for coordinating efforts
- Event calendar
- User registration system
- Email campaign/marketing tool
- Discussion forums
- Committee member message center
- Political action centers (petitions, boycotts, etc.)