Please notify the NPT Project . The following information is drawn in part from past postings to the NPTalk discussion list from June 2000.
Websites are great for presenting information to wide geographically dispersed audiences.
Frequently, however, site visitors like to contribute their thoughts regarding not only the design or general content of a site, but specific perspectives on the information a nonprofit site shares. This is different from a chat room in that it is not a space for real-time interactive discussions, but is simply a central spot for electronic messages to be posted, such that messages can be posted, and related postings can be threaded together. For the most part, these services allow users to access threaded discussions via the Web, and to post their own messages or responses. The advantage of threaded discussions is the ability to track responses and feedback to certain topics, in essence giving you both a record of a discussion and a sense of what topics generated the most interest and activity. In most cases, free online services entail some form of company advertisement on your website, or will link to a URL distinct from your website that will link back to your site.