Customized Directory
Directory of Service Providers in Your Network
Display their services and enable searches on your web site
Does your organization oversee a network of charities, companies, or individuals who provide a related range of services? Would you like to coordinate and communicate those services more effectively and efficiently? What if families in need could locate the providers who are right for them and do so through your web site or social media pages? All of those features would bring more value to the providers in your network and elevate their perception of your role.
Empower Service Providers to Load and Maintain Data
Yet you retain administrative control over who is in the Directory
You want control over the Directory, but you don't have time for all the data input and updates required. Therefore, Meet The Need's customized directory solution lets you:
1. Invite providers to register for the directory
2. Approve and activate their organization before they appear:
3. Set up the categories of services they may enter
4. Remove organizations who are no longer in your network
Features
Online Registration
Providers load all services, contacts, hours, etc.
Once you invite organizations to register, they go to your web site and fill out preset forms to create their entry in the directory, including:
• Contact details
• Mission of the organization
• Services offered (categories preset by you as the directory administrator)
• Description, contact details and hours of operation for each service
Administrative Approvals
You control who appears in the directory
Once organizations register, you will see their entry in your administrative "back end" interface. You can then decide whether to approve them and click the Activate button, which will instantly make their services appear in the Directory on your web site. At any time, you may deactivate a service provide that should no longer be listed, which will remove all of their services from the directory.
Full Search Capabilities
Users locate providers by service, geography, keyword, etc.
The directory will look exactly like your web site, with all of your normal menu options available on the directory pages. Users may search by any criteria they wish for the most appropriate service provider for their needs. When they select a provider, they can double-click to see and print all of the details about that organization, including their address, contacts, other services provided, etc.
User-Driven Updates
Offload maintenance of information to service providers
To ease the administrative burden on you as the network coordinator, Meet The Need permits service providers to log back in to their directory listing through your web site and update their own information. They may even add or delete their service offerings. You will see all of their updates on your administrative "back end" interface.
What People are Saying
"The team at Meet The Need has worked hard AND worked smart in helping Cornerstone Assistance Network create the Tarrant County Prisoner Reentry Resource Directory (www.tcreentry.org). Jim Morgan leads his organization with a spirit of excellence. What a pleasure to work with a gospel-centered problem-solver, who approaches challenges with a Kingdom mindset. We are a delighted customer and look forward to more strategic projects together in the future."
Cornerstone Assistance Network (Dallas, TX)
FAQs
Q: How much does the Customized Directory solution cost? A: Our mission is to see churches and charities doing more to bring help and hope to families in need, so we are a non-profit organization. In the case of our directory solution, it is customized for each provider network and we must host it on a stand-alone basis for you. So we ask for contributions to compensate for delivering this valuable service to you.
See More...Q: Does my staff need to be technically proficient to use the Customized Directory solution? A: Not at all! There are no disks to load and very little training required. Everything is designed to be 1 click. Many small charities and churches and their volunteers have little "tech savvy", so we always strive to make Meet The Need simple to use and implement.
See More...Q: How do we integrate Meet The Need into our web site or social media pages? A: It's as easy as connecting a link to a button. There's no software to load – no disks! All of our software is "plug and play" – that's how you can make the Directory appear on your web site within minutes, not hours.
See More...Q: Will the Directory work for a state-wide network as well as a local one? A: Yes, the radius of the network can be increased to incorporate service providers located throughout any state.
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