You may have seen the introduction of the Facebook “like” buttons on GiveMN.org. Perhaps you just discovered that GiveMN’s nonprofit search engine now provides suggestions based on your friends’ recommendations. So, you’re probably asking yourself, “What does this all mean?”

It all started on April 21, when Facebook made an announcement regarding a new wave of “social plugins” including the “Like” button, which “offers users a lightweight and consistent way to share the things and topics that interest them.”  Our Product Development team at Razoo thought this would be an excellent way to encourage donors and nonprofits to leverage the Facebook social networking platform to spread the word about giving opportunities they care about.  While GiveMN users can already login using Facebook Connect, the addition of “Like” buttons further integrates the Razoo and Facebook platforms to promote charitable giving by encouraging friends and family to check out your “likes.”

Here’s what you need to know about the new Facebook “Like” social plugins on GiveMN:

• Each organization, project, and fundraising page on GiveMN has a “Like” button at the top and bottom of the page that also displays how many other people and which of your friends “like” that page

• Assuming you have a Facebook account and are logged into it, when you click on the Like button, a message will appear on your Facebook profile and in your friends’ News Feeds.

What will appear in your Facebook profile:

What will appear in your friends’ News Feeds:

• On your GiveMN profile page and on the search engine, a box entitled “Your Facebook Recommendations” will display popular pages that have been shared by your friends and other GiveMN users.

• For more information on the Like button, including FAQs about managing your Facebook privacy settings, please see Facebook’s Help Center section on social plugins.

Now that you know what it’s all about, go ahead and “like” away!  And please feel free to let us know what you think of this new feature by commenting below.