You already know everything you need to know

Fotolia 529809 XS You already know everything you need to knowBelieve it or not, you know more than enough to be dangerous on Facebook and Twitter.

Why do I say this?

  • Well, I’m going to make a few grand assumptions about you for a moment:
  • You already know how to make friends offline – you’ve been doing it since nursery school.
  • You already know how to say thank you – and mean it.
  • You know how to identify who needs help.
  • You know how to admit when you’re wrong.
  • You know how to have fun.

The only thing that social media adds to what you already know is a big fat volume knob.

The Unofficial User’s Manual For Updating Your Facebook Page

Over the past few weeks I’ve received a number of questions about the various ways admins can update their Facebook Page. This topic also comes up a lot during the Facebook Foundations webinars I do with Charityhowto. So I thought it might be useful to outline the various ways users can update Facebook Pages. On…

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How to take a break from Facebook and Twitter

Image by GHOSTSWORD Today is the first day of a well-earned vacation on Nantucket. I’ll be back on Monday, refreshed and ready to rip it up on Facebook, Twitter and this blog. Gone fishing signs You need a break too every now and then – right? But if you’re like me, you find it hard…

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Facebook ditching FBML and what it means for your custom Facebook Page

After the recent barrage of changes to Facebook Pages, you’re probably about the rip the final strands of hair out of your head. The good news is that you never ever worry about things like this. Plus bald is beautiful. The bad news is the next big change is a pretty big change. What the…

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How will your nonprofit use Facebook Places?

If you haven’t heard already, Facebook has launched a location-based “check in” app similar to FourSquare. It’s called “Places” and as you’ll see in the video below, Facebook seeks to encourage serendipitous meetings between Facebook friends at the places they hang out. How can my nonprofit use Places? Places is a location-based check-in app for…

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