Facebook Places for Complete Idiots

Friday, October 22, 2010

What is Facebook Places?

1) A location-based mobile application that...

2) Allows users to check-in to places they hang out, and...

3) Share that info with their Facebook friends.

Facebook Places for Complete Idiots

Friday, October 22, 2010

How can I use Facebook Places for my nonprofit?

1) Following is an fictionalized example demonstrating the basic principles of how

Facebook Places allows friends to connect in the real world.

Facebook Places for Complete Idiots

Friday, October 22, 2010

1) Kivi and I attend a huge bake sale event sponsored by “Muffin Mania” to raise money for a local nonprofit.

That’s us right there

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Friday, October 22, 2010

2) We want to find our good friend Jane, but the crowd is huge and we’re

not sure if she has arrived yet or not.

There’s Jane

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Friday, October 22, 2010

3) We use my iPhone to log into the Facebook Application and find “Muffin

Mania” listed nearby.

There’s Muffin Mania

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Friday, October 22, 2010

4) I see that she has checked in to the “Muffin Mania” Facebook Place.

That’s us right there

There’s Jane

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Friday, October 22, 2010

5) Kivi and I also check into “Muffin Mania” and tag Jane who get’s a message on her phone. We meet up and have a great time at the event.

That’s us right there

There’s Jane?!

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Friday, October 22, 2010

6) Meanwhile, all of our collective Facebook friends are exposed to an amazingly cool nonprofit that they weren’t aware of before.

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Other resources:

How will your nonprofit use Facebook Places?

Video On Claiming Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Places Page

How can your nonprofit benefit from Facebook Places?

Download the Facebook Places Guide for Businesses And Nonprofits

Download the complete Facebook Guide for Small Nonprofits

Facebook Places for Complete Idiots

Friday, October 22, 2010