This spring, the Brown School joins millions of individuals and organizations on Facebook and Twitter, two popular and fast-growing social networking sites.  

“Sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn and others are allowing individuals and organizations of all types to create communities, share information and engage with others in new ways,” says A.J. Agee, web content manager for the Brown School.  “All one has to do is look at how the Obama campaign leveraged social networking to see the potential impact.”

Become a Fan on Facebook
Facebook is a free social networking website that allows users to join networks of individuals with like interests.  Not only popular with those under 30, the site's popularity is growing fast among 35 -54 year olds.  Prospective, newly admitted, and current students, alumni, and others who are interested in what we do can become “fans” of the School, opting into our larger online community via the School’s Facebook page.

“New students and alumni are already organizing themselves on Facebook, getting to know each other prior to starting class and keeping up to date after graduation. If you are on Facebook, consider becoming a Brown School Fan and spread the word to others” adds Agee. Become a Facebook fan of the Brown School

Follow us on Twitter  
Twitter is a popular social networking site that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers).  These postings are passed along to others for re-posting (or re-tweeting) on other Twitter sites.  Think of each post as a very short e-mail that is forwarded and re-forwarded to people with like interests.  Follow us at http://twitter.com/BrownSchool 

“While still new, both Facebook and Twitter offer a great way for us to extend our reach in an efficient way. Many of our key constituents, particularly prospective students and recent graduates, are already using these tools and will likely continue to use them.  Naturally we want to be where our stakeholders are,” says Agee.