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Comment by Karen Blase on May 24, 2010 at 6:05pm

You all are so kind and helpful - I am still trying to master my Etch-a-Sketch so it's great to have competent and kind assistance.

Comment by Jonathan Green on May 24, 2010 at 6:03pm

I was able to get to doc link. It defaulted to small type. Took me a minute to find controls (e.g., zoom at bottom of page and "download" as pdf option on right). Once I saw those, I was golden. Thanks!

Comment by Stephen Luke (NDC/NICHCY) on May 24, 2010 at 5:00pm

Hi Karen, Sorry to hear you've experienced difficulties reading the document. I wonder if others have as well (Jonathan?). If you haven't already tried, perhaps it would help to read the document at its full-screen setting. You also have the option to download as a PDF. I've attached an image here to point out where these features are. If you still have difficulty, please let me know!

Comment by Karen Blase on May 24, 2010 at 4:37pm

Enjoying the conversation and learning a lot. Downloaded the Facebook instructions but the type was so faint on the screen that it was unreadable. Advice ? Jonathan, so great that you are right here at FPG! Stephen, thanks for the intro to Scribd.
Karen

Comment by Cynthia R. Glimpse on May 24, 2010 at 1:56pm

Have you, or your Center, been using Facebook? You can go to http://www.scribd.com/doc/30717520/A-Guide-to-Using-Facebook-in-Dis... to see the tips that the National Dissemination Center put together for their webinar on Facebook.

Comment by Cynthia R. Glimpse on May 24, 2010 at 1:01pm

Good comments Jonathan - have to remember that this is a new behavior we are learning so the prompts are a good idea as well as focusing around an event that is naturally occuring, like a conference or meeting.

Comment by Jonathan Green on May 24, 2010 at 12:53pm

Thanks for doc link and Scribd.com info.

Re: Online Discussion facilitation strategies - It's so many things. Best formula formula I've found for bringing topics into transparent sphere is: 1) monitor for WHEN there is a collective of folks who have passion about a topic and do something with them. Timing is key. For example, we tend to put our thinking caps on around conferences, or other group work. So, leverage group thinking time that is already occurring. And, 2) in the case when group's are early stage or loose nit, make the topic something people can provide easy, quick input about. Online conversation/blog visits usual range 2-4 minutes. You can't force people to think too in-depth in 2-4 minutes. Know your blog limitations and set the topic/interaction accordingly.

That's the media/topic selection side. On promotion side, it's a blend of traditional media and social prompts. So many folks want to take conversations off-line. It's the blog moderators role to constantly steer the conversation back to the blogosphere. If I get a phone call or hallway comment, I follow-up with an email, "Enjoyed your comment. Would you be willing to share that with our community. ." As digital immigrants, our instinct isn't to start in online, social spaces. We're not against it, we just need reminders. 9/10 times folks are willing.

Comment by Stephen Luke (NDC/NICHCY) on May 21, 2010 at 5:32pm

Hi Jonathan -- thanks for asking about the Facebook Guide. Here's the link:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/30717520/A-Guide-to-Using-Facebook-in-Dis...

You'll note we've begun to use Scribd.com and soon we'll have all of our publications uploaded to this platform. Scribd has emerged as the YouTube for document sharing and has many features built in that allow users to easily view, download, share, rate, embed, comment, etc. Also, like YouTube or Slideshare.net the platform serves as a great platform for users to "discover" your material via search or when viewing related content.

Thanks too for sharing the link to your blog entry. Impressive numbers of user comments -- would love to know if there are specific strategies you've used to cultivate user input in this manner. Great stuff!

Comment by Jonathan Green on May 21, 2010 at 4:42pm

Was the Facebook guide ever shared out as a URL? Would love to see it/share it.

BTW, we ended up having some good Early Childhood Social Media examples shared on the recent Inclusion Institute blog (if you are here and posted, "Thank you!").

For reference, I wanted to share back the blog link with folks here. Again, good examples from our field. Thanks again, Jonathan

Comment by Lisa Küpper on April 22, 2010 at 5:36pm

Hi Jonathan. You might want to check out the April 29th webinar being offered on using Facebook in Dissemination. We're working on a guide that will also be made available publicly. The guide especially might be helpful to your participants. It's a step-by-step how-to of setting up a presence on Facebook. Very TA&D oriented! It'll be made available (with luck) in sync with the webinar.

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