Facebook Workshop: The Basics

When you have completed this workshop, you will have mastered the basics of using Facebook to build your business, actively connecting with clients and the local business community. Give yourself the advantage and leave the competition scrambling.

The most popular social networking site in the world passed 250 million profiles in 2009. If it were a country, it would be the 4th most populous in the world. Why is it growing, and why should you be there? Is it best reserved for your social life, or is there more going on as people write on walls and invite each other to applications? Speaking of applications, why are so many of them such timewasters? This session will show you how to take charge of Facebook so it does not take charge of you.

Workshop Curriculum:

• How to customize your privacy settings
• Why you can turn off all your notifications
• How to group your friends into lists so you are sharing exactly what you want with whom you want
• Why your business or organization should have a Facebook page

Prerequisites: This course is ideal for members of Victoria's professional community - realtors, investment advisors, doctors, lawyers and accountants who have minimal or no experience using Facebook.

Basic computer skills are necessary to complete this course. These skills include: a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, the ability to navigate the environment using a mouse and keyboard, an understanding of computer file storage, launching an application, and creating and saving files. It is also recommended that students are also familiar with using the internet.