A Nonprofit Beginner’s Guide to Facebook - Part 2
Find Friends and Connect with Your Community
Now that you have a Facebook account, connecting to people in your community is easy. Start by using the Search feature to find friends who are already using Facebook and request to be their friend. You can add just about anyone you can think of, including your members, supporters, volunteers, staff, and even your board members. Don’t worry if you don’t have a big list right away. Once you have two or more contacts, you’ll be able to expand your social network by locating mutual friends and contacting them.
Finding Friends on Facebook.
Facebook offers a message board feature called ”The Wall” that displays member profile pages. You can use it to post all kinds of messages to your network. But beware: Comments can be viewed by all your contacts in your list of Facebook friends.
Create a Group for Your Organization or Event
Just like every other social networking site, you can create and join groups on Facebook. And there are a growing number of groups dedicated to social change. Why create a group? Creating groups allows you to share information about pretty much anything. You can create groups for your organization or event to make announcements, join discussion groups, or even to share pictures. There are two kinds of groups on Facebook - open and closed. So be sure to create open groups so that people can find it and your members can invite others to join.
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