Social Networking Site Guidelines

Introduction: social networking and official U of M business

What is social networking?

It's the use of Web-based tools that let you interact with other people through text, images, or sound. Social networking tools lets you do things like:

Share media (text, photos, videos, audio)
Carry on live discussions
Send "instant" messages
Share and edit documents

Here are some social networking tools: Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, MySpace, Twitter, UMWiki, UThink, Yahoo Buzz, YouTube.

See the Social Networking Tools Compartison Chart for social networking tools available through the University as well as outside resources and what each has to offer.

What is official U of M business?

It's programs or events sponsored by the University, or activities conducted in the regular course of business at the U.

Before you use social networking : Best practices for social networking : Policies related to social networking : Details related to social networking

Share your social networking profile

University Relations is collecting links to official social networking profiles. If you'd like to be added to the list, please send us your link(s).

Site Examples

A login is required on some of these sites.

Facebook: University of Minnesota News Service Group

Facebook: University of Minnesota Emergency Notification Group

You Tube: University of Minnesota Channel