[MBSF MPA] Central Coast MPAs and social networking tools such asFacebook

[Allison Ford]

Hi Rikki & all,

The Otter Project has been using facebook for awhile to communicate with
our members and attract new members. We have a fanpage, a group and a
cause. We haven't found the fundraising element to be all that fruitful,
but I like the way it lets us share information with people in an
interactive way. The way people respond to certain issues, articles or
posts gives us direct feedback to what this particular group of our
membership responds to and likes.

I find the fan page the most useful for this-please visit ours at 
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Otter-Project/118129830019?ref=ts

Hope that is helpful. 

Best, Allison

 

 

Allison Ford

Executive Director

The Otter Project

475 Washington St. Suite A

Monterey, CA 93940

PH (831) 646-8839

FX (831) 646-8843

www.otterproject.org

 

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e-mail.

 

From: mpa-bounces at mbnmsf.org [mailto:mpa-bounces at mbnmsf.org] On Behalf
Of rikki dunsmore
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:24 PM
To: mpa at mbnmsf.org
Subject: [MBSF MPA] Central Coast MPAs and social networking tools such
asFacebook

 

Dear MPA list-serve-

The  Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation is currently working on building
a Facebook page as part of the MPA education and outreach project.
Facebook is a social networking website where users can create and
customize their own profiles with photos, videos, and information about
themselves.  Increasingly, Facebook (and other social networking tools)
is being used for causes (such as Seafood Watch) or particular locations
(such as Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary).  Below I have pasted
some links to a few Facebook pages 

1)      Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary-   
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=monterey+bay+sanctuary&init=quick#!/pa
ges/Monterey-CA/Monterey-Bay-National-Marine-Sanctuary/99323009915?ref=s
earch&sid=577988505.1730503667..1
<http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=monterey+bay+sanctuary&init=quick#!/p
ages/Monterey-CA/Monterey-Bay-National-Marine-Sanctuary/99323009915?ref=
search&sid=577988505.1730503667..1> 

2)      Seafood Watch---   
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=monterey+bay+sanctuary&init=quick#!/se
afoodwatch?ref=ts
<http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=monterey+bay+sanctuary&init=quick#!/s
eafoodwatch?ref=ts> 

3)      California State Parks----
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=state+park&init=quick#!/calparks?ref=s
earch&sid=577988505.728138731..1
<http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=state+park&init=quick#!/calparks?ref=
search&sid=577988505.728138731..1> 

4)      Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks ---- 
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=state+park&init=quick#!/pages/Friends-
of-Santa-Cruz-State-Parks/205510335373?ref=search&sid=577988505.72813873
1..1
<http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=state+park&init=quick#!/pages/Friends
-of-Santa-Cruz-State-Parks/205510335373?ref=search&sid=577988505.7281387
31..1> 

5)       Save South LaJolla --- http://www.facebook.com/SaveSouthLaJolla
<http://www.facebook.com/SaveSouthLaJolla> 

Each of these websites uses Facebook slightly differently; it can be
used to: 1)  solicit funding, 2) announce special events, 3) get people
to vote, 4) educate and inform group members about specific issues.  We
are interested in knowing the extent to which you actively use these
types of websites presently.  Also, if you have a chance to visit some
of the sample Facebook group pages above, we would be interested in
knowing which aspects of the page were most informative.  If you have
other examples from individual sites or causes, we would appreciate you
sharing your thoughts with the group.  

If you have never visited Facebook- here is how you can sample the site.


*         Go to:   
http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=6e568447f4e501037e8d7e38a50d9820&

*         Create a profile by entering your name and email address. 

*         If you aren't comfortable entering your accurate information,
then create a phantom profile (just write down the birthdate etc that
you enter so you can re-enter the website if you care to in the future).

*         Then hit sign up.  

*         It is Free - no hidden gimmicks. 

Let us know your thoughts and share ideas with the MPA listserve.
Thank you. 

Rikki

 

Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Ph.D.

Marine Ecologist

Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation

Project Manager

831 331 6113

 

Unless someone like you

cares a whole awful lot, 

Nothing is going to get better,

Its simply not.

 

--The Lorax, by Dr. Suess 1971

 

 

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