Facebook and Foster Care: Connection, engagement, and organizational change
Facebook has provided individuals, businesses, communities, and not-for-profit (NFP) organisations opportunities to engage and relate across traditional boundaries of practice. Roles of Facebook for NFPs include information sharing, education, action, community-building, and advocacy (Auger, 2013; B...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=113182372238893;res=IELAPA http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75615 |
| Summary: | Facebook has provided individuals, businesses, communities, and not-for-profit (NFP) organisations opportunities to engage and relate across traditional boundaries of practice. Roles of Facebook for NFPs include information sharing, education, action, community-building, and advocacy (Auger, 2013; Briones, Kuch, Liv, and Jin, 2011; Dunlop and Fawcett, 2008). Adopting social media is a process of organisational change, requiring innovation, buy-in from multiple stakeholders, risk management, and the development of systems and frameworks. |
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