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Social Networking for Rotarians Simone Carot Collins Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship Chair
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What is social networking? <ul><li>The use of dedicated websites & applications to interact with people you know, or to find people with similar interests.
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Another avenue for building relationships </li></ul>
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Are social networks new? <ul><li>Social networking sites have been around for 10+ years
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Launched in Feb 2004 </li><ul><li>More than 500 million active users </li></ul><li>Launched in Feb 2005
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What is the relevance to Rotary? <ul><li>Share what you do in a non-invasive manner </li><ul><li>Source of potential members
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Source people for Rotary programs / projects </li></ul><li>Easily connect with other Rotarians </li><ul><li>Get to know your club members better
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Meet Rotarians around the world </li></ul><li>Stay in touch with alumni easily </li><ul><li>Better chance of recruiting them into Rotary </li></ul></ul>
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How? <ul><li>Personal profiles: share information about Rotary in day-to-day status updates / tweets
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Create a “page” on Facebook for your club </li><ul><li>Create Events for your club's activities </li></ul><li>Use “groups” to keep in touch with specific audiences, e.g. alumni
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What about privacy? <ul><li>Make use of “friend lists” to control who can see what
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Check your privacy settings regularly </li><ul><li>Facebook gives very fine grained control </li></ul><li>If you are concerned about certain data becoming public, don't enter it! </li></ul>
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Where can you get help? <ul><li>Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship (ROSNF): rosnf.net </li><ul><li>“Expert” members are willing to provide help with specific sites
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Articles and tips are regularly posted on facebook.com/rosnf twitter.com/rosnf
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A variety of groups and forums so you can meet and hold discussions with Rotarians & Rotaractors around the world </li></ul></ul>