[FOSS4G2016] use of facebook for foss4g

[Marc Vloemans]

Hi

FB.....ok, if only not to miss people in our outreach.

Will look into the deck. 

Vriendelijke groet,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 30 nov. 2015 om 13:31 heeft Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <gert-jan at osgeo.nl> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> Hi Codrina, Marc,
> 
> Regarding the name: any suggestion will do. It was just a name to start with.
> 
> Regarding the type of facebook page: in the Facebook terms and conditions I read that when a community page becomes popular "it will be adopted and maintained by the Facebook community".
> That sounded a bit strange to me, I'd like to stay in charge of our FOSS4G facebook page ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> About using social media in general: yesterday I discovered http://socioboard.org/, a dashboard to which one can connect several social media channels (twitter, fb etc.).
> Makes it easier to define media campaigns (instead of seperate, ad-hoc twitter & fb-updates). Seems like worth a more in-depth look.
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Gert-Jan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Codrina Maria Ilie schreef op 30-11-2015 11:56:
>> Dear G-J & all,
>> I think spreading the word via social media is essential for the
>> success of an event nowadays. I know that most of you are Twitter
>> users, but in my part of the world Facebook has a much wider grip.
>> It's great that we already have a FB page, but I have 2 small questions:
>> 1. Why FOSS4G2016 - Bonn- Germany ? In the spirit of what Sanghee
>> initiated with the FOSS4G 2015 page, I think we should leave it to
>> FOSS4G 2016. I think it better express the fact that we are talking
>> about the global event, not a regional one.
>> 2. Why NGO page? Again, following on Sanghee steps, I would change the
>> category to community, as it better explains, in my mind at least,
>> what this gigantic gather around is all about.
>> My 2cents,
>> Codrina
>> P.S. change facebook page category
>> [https://www.facebook.com/help/222732947737668/?ref=u2u]
>>> On 22/11/15 14:31, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl wrote:
>>> Already taken care of that.
>>> Made an personal account (not easy, since Facebok for some reason didn't accept my real name. Welcome in hell...).
>>> And made a foss4g 2016 page [1].
>>> For the time being I put all the facebook settings to "shared with nobody".
>>> Now trying to find my way in the jungle that is called Facebook ;-)
>>> Regards,
>>> GJ
>>> [1] https://www.facebook.com/foss4g2016/
>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: FOSS4G2016 [mailto:foss4g2016-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Namens till.adams at fossgis.de
>>> Verzonden: zondag 22 november 2015 13:19
>>> Aan: foss4g2016 at lists.osgeo.org
>>> Onderwerp: Re: [FOSS4G2016] use of facebook for foss4g
>>> Hi all,
>>> personnally I precented myself from fb. But Sanghee already reminded us to use it as marketing tool. Do we need somebody setting up an account and caring about that?
>>> I put it on the list for tomorrow's IRC ;-)
>>> Till
>>> Am 2015-11-21 17:25, schrieb Sanghee Shin:
>>>> Hi GJ,
>>>> As I mentioned in my personal talk with you in Como and in my previous
>>>> email in this lists, I believe Facebook is one of the most efficient
>>>> way to reach potential attendees. Seoul team used Facebook for the
>>>> first time in FOSS4G history for promoting the event and result was
>>>> somewhat stunning.(Please see the attached top 10 referrers)
>>>> Yes. Seoul team used Facebook as means of attracting Friends of
>>>> Facebook to the main page by posting at least 1 news or post every
>>>> week to keep their attention to FOSS4G event. Regular posting is very
>>>> important. So, please keep posting any news or activities Bonn team
>>>> did previous week and then your Facebook friends will share your news
>>>> with others.
>>>> In my opinion, Facebook is more efficient way to reach people than
>>>> Twitter, since users can keep track of FOSS4G information very easily
>>>> through Facebook while information on Twitter evaporate too quickly.
>>>> Please create Bonn teams Facebook first and ask OSGeo members through
>>>> OSGeo discuss list to like and share it. And then many members happily
>>>> share your Facebook!
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>  신상희
>>>> ---
>>>> Shin, Sanghee
>>>> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
>>>> http://www.gaia3d.com [3]
>>>>> 2015. 11. 21., 오후 11:19, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>>>>> OSGeo.nl [1] <gert-jan at osgeo.nl [2]> 작성:
>>>>> Hi Sanghee,
>>>>> You mentioned you've succesfully used Facebook for FOSS4G.
>>>>> Can you elaborate on this? Did you just use it as a "landing page"
>>>>> and guide the visitor to the regular site from there on.
>>>>> On did you use it for update / likes / becoming friend (and all the
>>>>> FB stuff I'm still about to discover)
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> ,
>>>>> Gert-Jan
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1] http://osgeo.nl
>>>> [2] mailto:gert-jan at osgeo.nl
>>>> [3] http://www.gaia3d.com
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