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September 2011 Family Forum: Use of Social Media for Family Philanthropy

Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your experiences and questions around the use of social media for family philanthropy. Selected answers will be used in a future FGN or Passages issue paper on this topic!

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* 1. On a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being “I have no knowledge about social media strategies” and 5 being “we have embraced social media and I have experience to share with others”, where do you rank yourself in terms of knowledge about how best to use social networking tools?

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* 2. Which of the following social networking tools have you used for each of the various purposes indicated?

  Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Youtube Flickr Google+ Password-protected section of website Other (please specify)
Network/share info with funder colleagues
Network with grantees
Share impact of family’s philanthropy
Facilitate board/staff discussions
Facilitate/encourage grantee info sharing & networking
Facilitate/encourage next generation family member discussions (incl. junior advisory boards)
Facilitate networking/sharing info among family/board members
Inform next gen/extended family about work of the family’s philanthropy
Other (please specify)

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* 3. Approximately how frequently does your foundation use social media for one of the reasons listed above?

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* 4. Please describe in a few words or sentences which of the above tools and purposes have been most beneficial to the family’s philanthropy to date?

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* 5. What advice do you have for other family foundations or funds that are considering the use of social media (your advice may either be around a particular tool or service, or more general)?

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* 6. Please provide your contact information so would can send you this edition of "Passages" when it is published. Also, we may want to contact you for additional information or permission to use your comments. Nothing will be attributed to you without your prior written consent. [OPTIONAL]

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* 7. If you have a public Twitter Account, Facebook page, or Youtube or Flickr page please indicate here:

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* 8. Do you have any questions for other family foundations or funds that are using social media?

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