:Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:36:48 PST Continued from above post: 5 things you can do to make friends at Ned ---------- At Facebook, you build your friends list by taking the initiative to ask people to add you as a friend. At Ned.com, your friends list only grows through other people choosing to give personal feedback points to you. Ned is a place where active, transparent discussion and action oriented behavior are rewarded by your fellow nedsters. Here's some of the behaviors that many of us nedsters love to see, and that we often reward each other for in points. 1. **Give points** to your friends, to newcomers to ned, or to people whose profiles seem interesting. Be sure to include an uplifting note. Use your own point giving as a tool for introducing yourself and inviting dialogues which can lead to interesting friendships. 2. **Say something** in a thread. Ask for help, or help someone else if you can. Browse through the front porch and Uganda groups to find or start discussions of general interest to you, or make a comment on the LiA program information you find in the Life in Africa Global group. *When you post something to a discussion, people will SEE you and are more likely to start sending you points.* 3. **Collaborate with others** - a great place to start is with your global click4africa team-mates. Go to the ned home page and click on your team tag to find a list of ned.com members supporting your team. Send them private messages asking for ideas on how to increase your team's point totals. 5. **Be committed**. Engage in discussions that interest you on a regular basis. Use the ned space to discuss and develop your own ideas for making a social impact in the world and in your community. At , everyone's ideas matter. The very best way to make friends at Ned.com is by showing your passion for yours. Some tips for making friends on facebook ---------- If you're a qualified clickster, you earn 1 click4africa contest point for every friend you have on facebook. 1. Go to your friends' profiles and send friend requests to their friends who you may know. 2. If you have had a loan at Kiva, look in left first column of your i4c Uganda start page to FIND the list of Life in Africa borrowers on Kiva. Click on your name, and scroll down to find the names of your lenders. Look them up on facebook using the search box. If you find them, ask them to add you as a friend. They already know who you are. 3. Look up the names of the ned.com top rated users using the search box on facebook. In your friend request to them, indicate that you know each other from a group. When you are prompted to name the group, type in *ned.com*. 4. Join the Uganda network. Browse over 7000 members of the Uganda network to find people you may know fom school, people from your tribe, or people whose profile looks interesting. 5. Encourage others you know in your offline world who surf the web alot to join facebook and look you up there. Use the friend finder at facebook to connect with friends whose email addresses you already have in your email account.