Necessity of Communication on Facebook

Trying to get people together for an event used to be a much more difficult task. Sending out invitations or emails and having them respond likely took days, or even weeks.

With events on Facebook, the entire process became so much better, and more detailed. A couple of years ago, me and a few others, organized a walk for diabetes event, in honor of my brother, who was diagnosed about 10 years ago.

We simply created the event, put in the info, and invited our friends. Then the event was linked from the walk for diabetes website, and a few hundred people became part of the online event.

All the information was listed on the event page, and people commented with their thoughts and how great of a day that was planned.

As for the group page, or fan pages, they can really help people stay up to date. I created a page for the Men's hockey team at Buffalo State. The Bengals already have an athletics page on Facebook, but that is for all sports. If you're only interested in one or two sports, the athletics page will fill your news feed with every single update.

The fan pages are a good way to let fans know the most recent news and information. I can put up the schedule and results and players who scored, and people can find that out right from Facebook. Any recaps will be linked directly to the Buffalo State website, which is a great tool for helping to promote Bengals sports.