Comments on: Facebook Pages And Facebook Groups – The Ultimate Nonprofit Cheat Sheet

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Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:52:16 +0000

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By: John Haydon

John Haydon — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:48:51 +0000

The Group should be used to allow people to connect with each other around your cause, not your org. Create a separate Page for what you want.

By: TK

TK — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:32:28 +0000

This brings up another question for me. Does anyone know the differences between Pages and Groups when it comes to connecting the Facebook Presence on the official website? We're a non-profit organization that currently has a Facebook Page (~700 fans). We have our annual conference with it's own brand and image. I'm trying to decide if I should create a separate Facebook Page for the event, or rather, a Facebook Group. The event has it's own website, separate from our organization's main website. Your cheat sheet says that there are “no widgets” with a FB Group. Does this mean that I can't do things like the Activity Feed?

By: Forward Look

Forward Look — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:31:54 +0000

This is not actually true anymore it is now possible to transfer ownership although its not as simple as it should be!!

By: John Haydon

John Haydon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:29:16 +0000

John – that's pretty insightful. Groups pretty much serve their purpose. Fan Pages, on the other hand could use better analytics, easier administration.

By: John

John — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:24:47 +0000

I think over time we're going to see Facebook Fan pages really increase in features and functionality while the groups will remain basically the way they are today. I think that's reason enough to do a fan page.

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By: John Haydon

John Haydon — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:08:01 +0000

The best situation is to have a Page and a Group, but let the Group emerge
naturally from your supporters.

By: JeffHurt

JeffHurt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:10:54 +0000

John:

Thanks for this grreat overview. I think the detailed analytics are an important feature of pages, especially for organizations. I also think that many nonprofits are formed around a cause and therefore get confused on whether to do a page or group.

I personally like the fan pages for nonprofits because of the ability to customize and make them more appealing visually.

As for Ari's comment about fan pages not being able to transfer ownership, I did not know that. I guess some of the nonprofit fan pages I created were done in earlier versions of Facebook when I was able to tranfer the ownership and the admin abilities to another person.

By: Frank Dickinson

Frank Dickinson — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:05:23 +0000

A good analytic goes a long way these days – glad Facebook has them.