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Benefits:
- If you are familiar to facebook, this is similar
- Needs little training
- There are two versions, one is free and one costs (premium) unless for education
- very flexible to add videos, text,files and images
- You don't need to know the persons email or phone number - so allowing privacy
- Can create a closed group for learning/ sharing
- Can send private messages for personal communication/ feedback
- Can follow who is responding and track group conversations
- The company owns the content
Obstacles |
Solutions |
Workplace is still less familiar than Facebook |
You have to inform the users of the benefits of using Workplace. E.g. it is safer than Facebook and you own the content posted and not Workplace. You should also introduce Workplace as a possible replacement to Facebook. Some companies might be more willing to use Workplace as it is considered more professional and safe than other social medias |
Why should we use Workplace when we have Facebook? |
Workplace is only used for work and this makes it easier for you to separate work from your personal life. The employer owns the data if they request to do so. |
Our top 10 tips for using Workplace for mentoring
- Link to other groups that are beneficial for mentoring purposes
- Set up specific rules for your groups
- Send private messages using the chat tool when you want to conduct private conversations
- Invite those students, teachers and work mentors that are involved in the mentoring process by sending invitation links
- Create quizzes, surveys and mentoring meetings though Workplace
- Promote the benefits of using Workplace
- Agree on communication rules, what is allowed to post and security issues before inviting members to the group
- Introduce the users on how to use Workplace
- Agree on when the group will be closed/archived
- Ask to own the rights to the content you post