Facing Facebook and Other Social Networking Technologies

It's been said that if a campus wants to know what its students are doing, Facebook is the place to go. While some campuses have banned Facebook due to real or potential abuses, others are focusing on the positive and constructive promise of social networking not only for social life but also for institutional communications and teaching and learning missions. If you're starting a capital campaign at your institution, why not use social networking technologies for your alumni too, so they can create communities, post video and photos past and present, and "poke" old friends? In this session, Tracy Mitrano and Nicky Rho discuss the power, policies, and potential for social networking technologies, particularly Facebook.