Ok – so I finally joined Facebook. I did this mainly because I just didn’t feel the kind of connectivity building with my LinkedIn groups, and I also wanted to start building a bit of “buzz” for our local Haines City, Florida YmPact Young Professionals Group. Visit the Haines City YmPact Group Page here.
So – I set up my Facebook profile , put a March 13th Pre-St. Paddy’s Day Bash event listing on the YmPact page I set up, and have played around with the Pandora and iLike apps. But I need a bit more steering – some guidance as to how to get the best out of Facebook.
How Can I Use Facebook?
Here are some initial resources I have found. Please recommend others as you come across them!
- Start with Fast Company’s slideshow, “Eight Things You Can Do With Facebook”. You’ll see that you can connect with like-minded users, promote events, start your own groups, etc. You might also want to take a look at this profile of Facebook (scroll down to the features section), which gives a decent overview of the different Facebook elements.
- Read through Rob’s article on how he started his campaign and how he went from 8 supporters to 60 in a few days.
- Try Emily Weinberg’s “How Nonprofits Can Use Facebook”, which offers some ideas and a few mini case studies.
- This article on how educators can use Facebook also has some helpful tips.
- Also read The Chronicle of Philanthropy Special Report, “Face Time”, which looks at how nonprofits are using social networking sites in general.
- Check out Diosa Communications’ Tips for Nonprofits using MySpace. Many (if not most) of these can be adapted to Facebook.
- And if you want to get fancy about it and have access to some programmer types, then you might want to check out these 29 essential developer applications.
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