Last week we hosted a sold-out webinar on using Facebook for community building and nonprofit fundraising.  Well, technically it wasn’t sold out because it was free, but the session was completely full!  If you missed it or couldn’t get in, you can see slides and audio for the session here.

During the session, we talked about Facebook Pages (aka fan pages) and why they’re good for nonprofit organizations.  A Facebook Page is your nonprofit’s official presence on Facebook, and you can use it to send an unlimited number of messages to your fans, add applications, and track metrics (like how many people visit your Page).  For more on why you might want to have an official presence on Facebook, check out our webinar.

One thing we didn’t get to in the webinar was the topic of adding “Favorite Pages” to your nonprofit’s Facebook Page.  People who like your nonprofit’s Page on Facebook can become your fans, but did you know that you can connect to other nonprofits and organizations on Facebook through your Facebook Page?  Here’s how:

1:  Find a Page you want to add to your Favorites:

2. Select where you want to have the Page appear (if you have more than one Page on Facebook, you’ll need to choose one of them from the drop-down menu):

3.  Voila!  The Page now appears in the “Favorite Pages” box on your nonprofit Page:

In addition to the Elizabeth Peabody House (pictured above), we just added Will Work for Social Change, an organization dedicated to accelerating positive change by serving the talent-related needs of social entrepreneurs, to Firstgiving’s Favorite Pages.  Visit our Facebook Page to see more of our favorite Pages or to become a fan!