Q:  What is Community Center?

 A: Community Center is OPI's professional business approach to the current social network boom. We wanted to offer a contemporary service, with features that would appeal to businesses or organizations. With our business software experience, we felt better equipped to know what businesses want.

Q: What is social networking?  

A: Social networking websites typically offer an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, and provide personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos. Most of these sites are free to join. The most popular is by far MySpace. MySpace is currently the world's sixth most popular English-language website and the sixth most popular website in any language, and the third most popular website in the United States**

Q: What is a professional online collaboration community?
A: It’s a type of social network, but with better moderators and with a professional business theme.

Q: Why would my business want a Community Center?
A: Sharing similar experiences with other professionals of a distinct business type, can enrich the quality of services and give a better understanding to employees. Organizations can increase enrollment and promote services or events.

Q: How do you keep community Center relevant?
A: Focus. This is what keeps interest up and content interesting. Sharing a common business industry will insure that content stays relevant. Using a professional online collaboration community also keeps material fresh and up to date. Check out or join our online movie community at www.memphisvideocommunity.com.

Q: Can I use a public social networking site, like MYSPACE, for my business or organization?

A: Concerns over stalking and identity theft have caused a backlash from some organizations. Many schools and public libraries have restricted access to MySpace because of concerns over gossip and malicious comments. Social networking sites are great for the individual, when they are used properly. But what about a business or organization? Most businesses or organizations do not want to to sift through all the advertising associated with these sites.

Q: What does a professional social networking site provide my business or organization?

A: Information- Spreading information is not a simple task. There are so many ways to get information these days; radio, print, television, the Web, email marketing.. How do you know you will reach the right audience when you use any of these methods? OPI has a client that wanted to communicate to a very specific, but loosely associated group of musicians. Community Center is providing the method for these musicians, based all around the country, to communicate. Now they can talk, share music, compare notes, network, and compare scheduling within the same professional online collaboration community. Information about events is getting out faster and cheaper than ever. They can also control the content of any advertising.

Q: How will I know and control who participates?

A: Membership- Community Center allows strict oversight of membership rights. Only thru approval of group owners will a member have access. Membership types give access to levels of services.

* Community centers are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole community or for a specialised group within the greater community. Source: Wikipedia

**Source: Alexa Internet