Advantage and Disadvantage of social networking

Disadvantages of Social Application

Neighborhood Disadvantage and Perceptions of Social Support among Adolescents, on social relationships provide individuals with material and instrumental support such as assistance with child care finances and activities of daily living as.

From investigation the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and perceived social support among adolescents via a multilevel analysis of adolescents living in Chicago neighborhoods. The results from our analysis demonstrate that the association between neighborhood disadvantage and adolescents’ social support varies by type of support (i.e., family versus friend support), gender, and race/ethnicity. Neighborhood disadvantage is weakly associated with increased family support for boys but is unrelated to family support for girls. Further, neighborhood disadvantage is not significantly related to boys’ friend support but is associated with lower levels of friend support for girls. However, the relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and girls’ friend support differs by race/ethnicity, where white girls report lower levels of friend support as disadvantage increases, but the same is not true for black and Latino girls. Greater network density is associated with less friend support for boys and more friend support for girls. Anomic social conditions are associated with less friend support for girls. Neither the density of neighborhood kin and friend networks nor the presence anomic social conditions explains the effects of concentrated disadvantage for girls.

Advantage of social application

Social media applications like blogs, LinkedIn, Twitter,

and Facebook can be useful tools in helping you achieve

guest mind share. Not only are these tools free to use, but

they enable you to relay short, constant reminders about

your cause and your auction.

Creating "something to write" can be overwhelming for some

people, so to get you (or your volunteer P.R. person)

started, below is a list of specific suggestions on what to

write.

1. Announce donations: When a donation arrives, announce

the item, thank the donor, and provide a link back to the

donor's website. Be sure to include a photo, if possible.

2. Ask for a donation to round out a package: "We need a

florist to donate a bouquet to complete our Mother's Day

package."

3. Testimonials: Auction fundraisers should be

mission-focused. Keep your supporters updated with

successes. For instance, "Peggy is off the streets, thanks

to our non-profit," or "Jeremy credits St. Stephens's art

teacher in giving him the confidence to pursue art in

college."

4. Event Preparations: Share a photo of the decor committee

drawing backdrops for the auction, or the Gala Chairs

meeting to send out invitations. This shows that others are

getting involved and making plans to attend the event.

5. Special announcements: Share news. "In just three weeks,

we've surpassed 50 raffle ticket sales." Or, "Only 200

seats left before sell-out!"

6. Apply gentle pressure to past donors: A post such as,

"We sold a lovely 2-night stay at the Fairmont last year,

and are hoping they'll donate again," might work. Include a

link to the hotel, and then contact the hotel so they see

how you are treating them kindly - even before they donate.

7. Answer questions: Make the questions up, if you need to.

"A new family to our school asked what was appropriate to

wear to the auction. Here's our response, along with three

photos of past guests."

8. Create a list: You can create a list on almost anything.

"Top 5 Reasons to Attend our Gala." "Three Ways You Can

Volunteer That Will Take Less Than 2 Hours per Week."

9. Seek specific volunteers: "Any math lovers out there? We

need an auction clerk, and your primary job is recording

numbers at the auction. Any takers?"

10. Link to relevant websites: "In 55 days, our auction

will be raising money for cancer research. Here's a link to

fascinating article written by XYZ about the need for a

cure."

11. Support your supporters: When you notice that one of

your supporters (e.g. a school parent, a Board member, an

auction donor) is mentioned in the paper, link to it and

promote it. "Parent Joe Smith just got promoted and here's

the link. Way to go, Joe! We look forward to congratulating

you in person at the gala next Saturday."

12. Call to action: Try to encourage audience participation

(or at least get the audience to consider participating).

Something like, "Early-bird pricing on gala tickets ends

tomorrow," or "Get your gala dress at Lord & Taylor this

weekend. The store has special occasion dresses on sale."