A Handy Chart for Understanding Facebook's 'Page' Features for Your Org

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:43:28 +0000

My organization, NAMAC, recently started a Facebook Page. Within a few days, we had about 100 'Fans'. It was relatively simple to set up and with a little bit of outreach from fellow staff who were also on Facebook we brought that number up to 150.

In setting it up however, we had to make sure that we understood the newly available communication channels available to us as a presence on Facebook. One-to-many and many-to-many options now abound: Wall posts, Posted Item links, Notes... how could we make sense of it?

In light of this, I downloaded a guide for communities and non-profits from Facebook. I read through it and decided to remix it into a yummy 4 page chart to map out the communication options made available to you and your org.

It covers:

Available Channels
What each channel does
Who posts for Who (Staff for Fans? Fans for other Fans?)
Possible Frequency of Posting for each channel
How to post to each kind of channel:)

I tailored it for internal use, but have released it here as a 'generic' handbook (in the attached files below). It's just a 'base' to start from - please remix as needed! If you like, I also included the original Facebook guide.

Have any other cool resources you've made or found for using Facebook at your org? Got a link*?

*Note: only VISTAs can post comments/links here. If you've got some other resources, either share them with me on Twitter or tag it with 'ctcvista' in your socialbookmarking service of choice.

Community Networking Definitions

danielle martin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:16:07 +0000

Globally, we’re seeing the simultaneous realization that opportunities exist for sharing best practices regarding motivating and training citizens in the use of Internet collaborative tools and their most efficient applications. Producing self-directed Internet learners with employability skills to reduce poverty is our challenge, as well as promoting effective global citizenship.

The broadest definition of the term ”community networking” refers to a dedicated group of people working together for a defined purpose, people working together online to realize a shared cause.

The purpose of community networks then, and now, is to create a shared online space for people working together to make good things happen for their communities.

Community Informatics on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_networking

What is Community Networking; And Why You Should Care
http://www.comtechreview.org/fall-2005/000347.html

Community Networking Primer
http://lone-eagles.com/articles/networking.htm
A good first article on the practical function and applications of community networks.
This is chapter one from The Good Neighbor's Guide to Community Networking
http://lone-eagles.com/cnguide.htm A simple, if dated, introduction.

Community Technology Centers
http://www.ctcnet.org

Association for Community Networking
http://www.afcn.org

Microsoft’s Telecenter Support Network
http://telecentre.org

Community Network Visualizations
http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/index.cfm

Lone Eagle’s Complete Community Networking Articles
http://lone-eagles.com/smart.htm

Community Networking Clearinghouse
http://lone-eagles.com/community.html

Digital Arts Service Corps - online social networking

A Handy Chart for Understanding Facebook's 'Page' Features for Your Org

Community Networking Definitions