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Barking & Dagenham Small Business Centre (BDSBC) is delighted
to announce the launch of the BDSBC Facebook group, as part of its
commitment to Enterprise Week, an annual UK event aimed at inspiring
young people to have ideas and make them happen. A separate but
complementary Facebook group is being launched simultaneously by
ELSBC.
Tim Heath, CEO of ELSBC says: "We believe that Facebook is
not just a networking site for individuals to keep in touch with
friends but also a very effective networking tool for organisations
and businesses to create awareness of their products and services
whilst connecting with the wider community"
The Centre is confident that this innovative approach to communicating
with all entrepreneurs in the east London area will be a huge success
and that eventually this will become a self-sufficient on-line business
community where budding business people can network and support
one another.
Pauline Barnett, Deputy CEO of ELSBC says: "We want to invite
people to join the group and feel able to get answers to questions,
share experiences with like minded people and to understand that
they are not on their own. We believe that Facebook is an ideal
tool to contact us, share knowledge and boost inter-trading among
our clients".
This is the central part of a series of activities being held
by both ELSBC and BDSBC to encourage awareness of self employment
opportunities available to young people.
So what exactly is Facebook?
Facebook is a social networking site that allows users to connect
and share information about themselves in the form of profiles,
photos, etc. and then connect to other users who share the same
interests, experiences, etc.
Facebook was originally developed by a student at Harvard University
to provide an online avenue for students to find one another. It
has since evolved into a social network open to everyone made up
of many networks, each based around a company, region, high school
or college. Many not-for-profit organisations like ours already
have a presence and are seeing the benefits it brings to their cause.
Signing up, adding friends, updating your profile, joining a
group - whatever you do takes just minutes. Join our group in Facebook
in 5 easy steps
- If you haven't yet done so,
follow this link
to create an account on Facebook. (see
detailed instructions at the bottom
of this page)
- Once your account is created, login into your account.
- On the top-left area, type BDSBC in the search box and press
ENTER
- The results page will display the group, then you can join
just by clicking on the "Join Group" link.
- Congratulations! You are now in the group. Read posts, post
your own message, ask questions, etc
Registration process
Open up your browser and load Facebook's home page "http://www.facebook.com".
press on the green button saying "Sign
Up" and the following screen will show up. Fill
out the form and tick on the checkbox to agree to the Terms of Use,
and then click "Register Now"!
Confirm Registration
The following message should appear asking you to confirm your
email address. Now retrieve your messages of the email address you
used to register in step one.
You should see a new message from Facebook (similar to the one
below).
Open up the message and click on the URL link provided in the
email (this step is taken to keep people from creating fake accounts).
Once you click on the link, you will be able to continue with creating
your new account.
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