Maxus Australia has announced the launch of new application from Inmagic designed to create and manage Social Knowledge Networks for Associations.

Created specifically for member-based organisations, Inmagic’s Presto AssociatioNet is designed to deliver large volumes of content and information resources in a range of formats.

Built on Inmagic's Social Knowledge Network (SKN) technology, Inmagic Presto, AssociatioNet creates virtual environments that combine vetted content with community tools to facilitate topic-specific collaboration - making activities such as monitoring regulations, self-service information access by members and staff, and the creation of true knowledge-based communities swift and seamless.

The application works by allowing Associations to create KnowledgeNets, knowledge-based communities where staff and members can organise and access diverse content, share insights, and collaborate on information crucial to the mission of the association and its membership community. The result is more successful, productive and connected knowledge-based communities.

“AUVSI’s vision is to be the focal point for the unmanned systems global community. That means we want to be the place people go when they need information about unmanned systems, the industry, and related topics,” says Angela Carr, Vice President of Information Technology at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

“AssociatioNet gives all of our constituents - both staff and members - access to content that is more relevant, targeted, valuable, and specific. This sets us apart from other resources and makes us a preferred source of information.”

Presto AssociatioNet is quick to deploy and features an easy-to-use, intuitive, and flexible user interface for community members and administrators to gain immediate access to critical information and build high value content-centric communities.

AssociatioNet fosters Associations’ communication and collaboration by ensuring that both digital and physical assets (documents, books, images, video, etc.) and social content (blogs, forums, comments, profiles) are searchable and accessible to organisation members.

New content can be pushed to members and users can also choose alerts when updates to documents, profiles, blogs, or comments occur.

Content Collections are a designated set of records that users can access from the “Browse” menu, as an alternative to searching. Collections provide a way of grouping content type record instances within user-defined categories.

There are multiple search options and members can request specific materials using an online form, and track activity for reporting.

Maxus Australia is offering a range of flexible deployment options (on-premise or hosted by Maxus).

“Now more than ever, it is crucial for Associations to be viewed as indispensable resources and productivity centres,” says Norma Tovey, Managing Director of Maxus Australia.

“Today’s leading associations are quickly recognising the benefit of content-centric socialisation - where core knowledge is collected, organised, and socialised to increase awareness, provide relevant information quickly, encourage patronage, and help staff and members achieve their objectives.”