Facebook has been a learning curve for me, some (most actually) of those lessons learnt against the clock- $1/ 1hour or $1 per 30 minutes depending on which internet café I would be using at the time. I’m not the only first-timer to struggle manoeuvring the maze of Facebook functions, if the kind queries I have received on how to invite other members to the group are anything to go by.
Taking into account that most of you have other pressing demands on their time or limited internet access, I thought I should remove the challenge of trying to figure out where to go and what to do in the limited time you may have before the boss peeks out of his office/ over your shoulder or your internet session times out. Far be it for me to promote sneaking onto Facebook during working hours, but this is to a greater end...
Mirirai’s 6- Step Guide for the benefit of those who’ve asked and those who haven’t but need it too:
Experts you are free to correct me where I am wrong...
STEP 1. Open the Make Belonging an Animated Feature Film Facebook group page. (You can type a search for the group name if you do not know how to get there)
STEP 2. Click 'Invite People to Join'- under the profile photo (of the script cover page)
STEP 3.
NB: Friends have complained the lazier (I mean easier) Select 'All’ option above the box of their friends’ pictures has not worked for them. We shall assume (because we don’t work at Facebook) that this might be because we will have mutual friends who are already members and perhaps the system is set so as not to resend them invitations they have already accepted. Therefore...
Click on the photo of each person you are inviting. A tick should appear at the left hand corner of their image. Where an image appears greyer/duller than all the other photos and a tick does not appear, chances are the individual in question is already a member. So go on to the next photo. Click to continue to the next page of photos if necessary (page numbers underneath the photos window).
STEP 4. Satisfied you have ticked everyone you want to invite... scroll down the web page to Add a Personal Message. This is optional. I would imagine we are all generally more inclined to accept an invitation with a pleasant note attached, even when it has to be short.
Don’t know where to begin..?
SAMPLES:
- Please support the campaign to have Belonging, the radio drama by Mirirai Moyo made into an animated feature film. Listen to Belonging (for free) Listen here
At the end of the day, you know how best to talk to your friends. Urge them to invite their own friends too if you can.
N.B
Try not to forget to add the link to what we are campaigning for... for the benefit of those who have never heard or read Belonging- my brother assures me it is very helpful because I often forget myself.
STEP 5. Click 'Send Invitations' below.
If done properly a list of all the people to whom you have successfully sent invitations will appear at the top of the page when you are through.
STEP 6. Pat yourself on the back... For having done what is in your power to put the campaign for ‘Belonging’ out there.
Thank you for your support. Mirirai
Thank you for the guide Mi. It makes life so much easier for the likes of us. Aluta Continua
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