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What is social networking?
What is Facebook?
Making a Facebook profile
Now what do I do with it?
Focuses on building online communities in which users interact.“Social Networking in Plain English”◦ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVcEssential features:◦ Personal profile
◦ Commenting
◦ Personal entries
◦ Become part of a group or community
◦ Privacy settings
◦ Blogging
Media is changing.◦ Becoming more personalized & interactive.
◦ $$$ Where else can you reach so many for so little?
New ways to communicate & share information.◦ Announcements, pictures, recommendations
◦ Great, easy way to keep in touch
Can be better than email!
Interesting, cool, & fun.
A social networking websiteMost used in the world◦ Over 250 million usersMain features:◦ Friends◦ News Feed◦ Wall◦ Photos◦ Status (micro-blogging)◦ Networks◦ Applications
Start by making a personal profile.
If you wish to make a Church or ministry page –
first create a personal profile
When you have created a personal profile you
may then create a “celebrity” page.
First things first: create your own personal
profile
Making a Profile◦ Internet Explorer to http://www.facebook.com
◦ Enter information, then enter security words
◦ Step 1: Find Friends – SKIP FOR NOW
◦ Step 2: Enter Schools – GO AHEADBut skip the “Add Friends” part afterward
◦ Step 3: Upload a Picture – GO AHEAD (Under 4Mb)1) From “Facebook Pictures” folder on desktop.
2) From webcam.
Very important part of your account!Bring arrow back up to blue bar at top of page, highlight “Settings,” go down to “Privacy Settings,” and click.You control who sees your information:◦ Personal info◦ Contact info◦ Pictures◦ Wall posts
Search for FriendsPost to Friends’ Walls, your Wall, update your “Status”Create photo albumsApplications to utilize or play withFor more info:◦ Look at the very bottom of the page in the right-
hand corner◦ Click on “Help Center”◦ Tips on “Getting Started” and just about everything
else
Log out of your personal page
Go to lower right of facebook home page
Click on Create a page for a celebrity
Click on category (see next slide)
Create a New Page or Celebrity Page
Select Category – for Church or ministry I suggest “Religious Organization”
Enter name of Church or Ministry
Next slide
Enter Security Check Words
Click on “I am authorized to create this page
Sign with electric signature - Full name – your profile name
Scroll to the applications toolbar – lower right portion of page.
Click on this icon
This will take you to the screen on the right (no graph will be shown initially.)
Click on “Pages”
Click on the Page name – NOT Create Page.
Add Photos Information about Church/Ministry in the box on the left.You can insert you web site details here: http://www. ******.comThis will allow your visitors to like directly to your web site.
Invite selected friends from your personal page.
You can then click on the more arrow which will expand the selection – click on “suggest to friends” and you will be able to send email invitations to your members and target list who do not have a facebook page.
GOOD LUCKIf I can be of any help or assistance email me:
Fr. John.Church of the Holy ComforterStuart, FL
Thanks to Nikki Swindler for her guidance and help.