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Me again! If you're trying to raise awareness of your catalogue, Frankie's suggestion of a group would work well. Membership of a group is listed on an individuals profile and becomes part of their personal 'brand' but I've noticed that participation often goes no deeper than joining a group. I think it's important to understand exactly what your organisation is trying to achieve by participating in a social networking site, partly to ensure measurable goals and partly so you can take a step back and think critically about how best to achieve those goals. Marketing on social network sites seems difficult to get right and my gut feeling is that as institutions we should consider making resources usable on social networking sites rather than trying to be 'down with the kids' ourselves. Finally, some of this article on fundraising might be relevant: http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/facebook-applications/, particularly, "I think the key here is that becoming a member of a group or cause on Facebook is really easy and requires limited to no action. This membership is, in most cases, merely a stamp on someone's profile that helps connect users to other like-minded people". cheers, Mia > Mia Ridge Database Developer, Museum Systems Team Museum of London Group 46 Eagle Wharf Road London. N1 7ED Tel: 020 7410 2205 Fax: 020 7600 1058 Email: [log in to unmask] www.museumoflondon.org.uk Museum of London is changing; our lower galleries will be closed while they undergo a major new development. Visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk to find out more. London's Burning - explore how the Great Fire of London shaped the city we see today www.museumoflondon.org.uk/londonsburning -----Original Message----- > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of > Roberto Frankie > Sent: 02 July 2007 15:58 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Facebook > > > I agree, creating a personal account for an organisation is a bit of a > fudge - and goes against the Facebook culture of only adding real-life > humans to your friends list (unlike on Myspace). > > However, you can still engage with users on Facebook. One of my > colleages has set up a group, for example > (http://uclac.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2982780206), which > seems a lot > more appropriate (especially for an organisation which holds events). > > Frankie Roberto > Science Museum > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > > Behalf Of hvd2 > > Sent: 02 July 2007 15:51 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Facebook > > > > Hello David, > > I will pass on some information about FaceBook based on my > > recent experiences. > > Facebook is not intended for use by organizations. If they > > find you have made and account for an organization they will > > delete your account. I speak from experience because > > Facebook deleted an organization account I setup about a > > month ago and about 30 other museum related accounts > > thereafter. I talked with someone at FaceBook and they > > explained it is not intended for use by organizations. > > Just thought you would like to know. > > Regards, > > Kurt > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Salmon" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:38 AM > > Subject: Facebook > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > This morning I was asked to set up a Facebook account for our > > > organisation, the Public Catalgoue Foundation. I have a > > personal account > > > with Facebook, but I would like to know if anyone has setup > > or thought > > > about creating a similar account for their organisation and > > what your own > > > experiences/concerns/problems/successes etc. were. > > > > > > In case you are unaware of the project, we are publishing a > > series of > > > county-by-county catalogues that feature reproductions of > > oil paintings in > > > publicly-owned collections across the UK. In the > > not-too-distant future we > > > will be publishing all the catalogue paintings on a free website > > > > > > I believe that my superiors wish to use Facebook to attract > > a younger > > > audience and raise our profile with more web-savvy people > as a step > > > towards the online PCF in a few years time. > > > > > > There are obviously hundreds of issues that this raises, > > but I would like > > > to know if anyone has setup or thought about creating a > > similar account > > > for their organisation and what your own > > > experiences/concerns/problems/successes etc. were before I > > create an > > > Facebook account for our organisation. > > > > > > Please feel free to email me off-list, or at > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > David. > > > > > > ************************************************** > > > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the > > list, visit the > > > website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > > > ************************************************** > > > > > > > ************************************************** > > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the > > list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > > ************************************************** > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > __________ > > This email has been scanned on behalf of NMSI for all viruses > > by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > > > > If you want to help inspire the next generation of > scientists, creators and inventors back NMSI's > transformational new project, Inspired. 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