Action Items
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Create a Facebook group for your school by following these instructions (if you
have not already joined Facebook, you will need to do that first):
How to join Facebook
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1.
Visit
www.facebook.com. |
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2. On the home page, fill in the gray box titled “Sign up for Facebook.” |
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3.
Once registered, reply to the confirmation email that Facebook will send to your
email account. |
Note: It
is not necessary to fill in any of the information on your personal page to create
an ad or group.
How to Create
a Facebook Group
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1. Once registered as a Facebook member, you should be logged
into Facebook and its homepage. From
here, click on the “Groups” tab on the left side |
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2. To create your own group click on the “create a new group”
tab in the upper right hand corner. |
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3.
You are now in the “create a group” page.
In this section you will be asked to include information
about your group including: your group name, the networks in which you want your
group to appear (select “global”), the type of group (“Students” and “Academic”)
and the description of your group.
The other section on this page is optional. Click
on “Create Group” when you’re finished. |
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| 4. Next, you may add visual elements and improve the overall look of the group page. You should include photos, your school’s logo, as well as links to your program and other informational sites like www.naspaa.org. Under the “Options” category, Facebook will automatically select all the options. This will enable users to add photos. You may not want to allow all members of your group to upload pictures so you can better control what is posted on your school’s Facebook page. To undo this option, make sure that you de-select “enable photos”. Lastly, make sure your group is “Open”, enabling any user to join. |
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After you press the “Save
Changes” button, your Facebook page will appear and you can begin inviting members. Send an email to your students with
the link to the Facebook group to get student members and group involvement.
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2.
Note:
To further spread the word about your school’s Facebook
group, create a hyperlink from your school’s website to the Facebook group. Copy the URL of the group page and paste
it into your school’s website. When
people click the link, they will go directly to Facebook.
You can copy the Facebook logo and link from it or just type ‘[Insert School’s
Name Here] MPA/MPP Facebook Page’ to direct students and others to the group site. |
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3.
If
you're stumped on what your Facebook group should look like, visit these other schools'
sites to get an idea. |
George Washington University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5055554394
West Virginia University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18021660703
Rutgers University
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2260772770
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4.
Note: You should
check the group weekly to make sure all is okay, and answer any questions that may
have been asked. You may designate
a staff person or even a student to do this monitoring work.
It may be beneficial for you to share new items, update events, and post
thoughts or ideas on your school’s Facebook group page. It is simple, just click
the ‘share’ or ‘post’ buttons. Remember,
if you would like to make changes, you may edit your group at any time. |
Another social network with which your school may encourage
student participation is called “Linked In.”
This network is targeted at working professionals and is free to join and use; many
MPA/MPP students and alumni are currently using it.
We suggest you send
www.linkedin.com to your students, enabling them
to enhance their career networking skills by creating a “Linked In” profile.
How to Point Your Students to Careers
and Internships in the Public Sector
In association with APPAM and ASPA, NASPAA created and maintains a job board that
is home to job postings specifically for the public sector.
www.PublicServiceCareers.org is more than just a job board,
though, it provides information about the MPA/MPP degrees as well as information
about specific sectors and career opportunities within public service.
The key to ensuring a strong job board with quality postings lies in our ability
to provide quality job candidates to employers.Students and working professionals
can visit the site to create a profile, browse jobs, set-up job alerts, or confidentially
post their resume.
Action Items
Bright Ideas
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Mention www.PublicServiceCareers.org in your
newsletter as a new resource for students and public service professionals.
- Include
www.PublicServiceCareers.org
in presentations you make, noting the public sector now has a niche job board
allowing students and alumni to easily connect with career opportunities.
Go Public! Link to the Newly Created Student Web Page to Help Your Outreach Efforts
"Go Public!
That’s what the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) graduates degrees enables you to do: make a difference by having a career in professional public service."
In order to stay relevant and interesting to Millenial generation and those in their teens and 20’s NASPAA
has created a new webpage for students considering an MPA/MPP degree. The URL is www.GoPublicService which was done to further brand the importance of service into the web user. The new site is designed to appeal both emotionally and functionally to prospective students and features the following main pages:
- Explanation and examples of the degrees
- Social networking sites like Facebook & YouTube
- Top 10 List of reasons to get an MPA/MPP
- Prospective Student Video
- List of recent alums and alumni stories
- Special pages for international students & Exec. MPA’s
Action Items
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Place a link to the new student focused website on your program’s website with a
Suggested title of : ‘Learn more about the World of MPA/MPP’s”.
Link to website:
www.GoPublicService.org
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