Facebook fundraising
When tempered glass breaks it spiders out into a chaotic web of cracks
but the pieces remain connected. Facebook fundraising behaves in a
similar way, forming chaotic patterns of Friends, but you're raising
money, not preventing lacerations.
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When you invite someone to be a Friend on Facebook more than likely a
real world connection exists. You've spent time with that person at some
point - maybe years ago in a high school yearbook class - and you're
hoping to reconnect. In a world moving as fast as ours does, virtual
connections offer a platform for keeping abreast of what's happening in
our busy lives.
The thing is, each Friend you connect with averages 130 Friends
themselves. If you travel in the same circles - or once did - some of
those connections overlap. But many of those Friends are new and meeting
them is easy since you share a connection. If you wanted to grow your
community you could reach out through those connections and quickly your
group of friends would spread exponentially: the broken tempered glass
effect. In short order your community would fan out across the globe -
like those bots roaming the corners of the net.
If you are planning to raise money to support a cause you feel needs
your help then the idea of connections mapping out across the globe
sounds like a great opportunity to raise awareness and convince people
to donate. Facebook Fundraisers provide a unique platform for raising
money fast and effectively.
Let's say you catch a friend on the street and you tell him about the
good you're doing: he may help by giving you some money on the spot or
he might not. But because you are friends and you have developed a
relationship, your connection carries weight with trust and credibility
and he will want to help in some way. This is where advocacy comes in.
Your friend is going to spread the word about what you're doing because
he is compelled to help based on your relationship.
Fundraising on Facebook provides the same environment. Friends connect
with friends, spread the word, and connect with more friends and soon
your fundraiser grows. And who knows, people from all corners of the
globe might end up participating.
But Facebook fundraising adds a twist in that it is a public forum that
people can sign into anytime, anywhere, as long as they have a device -
smartphone, laptop, tablet - and an Internet connection. And unlike that
meeting on the street between friends, posting on a Facebook wall
announces to the whole community, with the click of a button what you're
doing. So instead of two people on the street a whole community is
informed about your cause.
Now you've got a whole community aware of your fundraising effort
because as soon as a user signs on, your note is posted for everyone to
see. Public recognition inspires people to comment on what you're doing
and encourages them to participate too.
Facebook fundraising is an important way to bring awareness to the
causes that matter most and to raise money fast and effectively. Almost
700 million registered users make for incredible potential.
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