Katie Cook
Katie Cook is the Marketing Communications Specialist for Expo Logic, an event registration company that works with clients worldwide to provide innovative registration and lead retrieval services.
Facebook Adds New Feature for Groups and Events
January 4, 2018
Social media isn’t just for sharing selfies or tweeting 140 characters anymore. We use it every day to stay connected to family and friends, read about current events, and feel included in events and stories from across the globe. Facebook has found a way to encourage user involvement with its new feature, Collaborative Stories.
This recently launched feature is in addition to its already popular Stories function. Users of Facebook groups and Facebook events will be able to contribute to a story that will be visible only to other members of that group or event.
Collaborative Stories shared by other people will show on event or group pages users have joined, along with being shown at the top of their News Feed. Administrators of the event/group will have the power to set the rules of the stories as well. They can choose to either allow posts from everyone and then delete posts that they don’t like, or they can require the approval of each post before it is added to the Collaborative Story.
For avid social media users, you may be wondering how this is any different from Snapchat and its group feature. Well, Snapchat groups can only be made with a user’s current friends and contacts while not allowing other users to join that may not be on your friends list. Also, Snapchat groups are limited to up to 16 people and don’t have a common interest factor. Facebook Collaborative Stories are unlimited in the number of users and are specific to a group or event that has been created from a common interest.
Since Facebook groups and events are centered around hobbies, professions, ideologies and locations, the stories shared may not appeal to everyone but will appeal to the other members of the group or event. This new feature could be helpful to encourage users from a different demographic to contribute their perspective adding more diversity to the story.
For events, this could mean more engagement from attendees that share their personal experience by adding it to the story. Users are given more freedom of expression with images and video, making it easier for attendees to have a voice. In addition, remote attendees have the chance to feel more involved by viewing stories shared by other attendees onsite and seeing the event from multiple perspectives.
This feature is still new to Facebook but creates an interesting way for users to share their experience and get involved.
Partner Voices
HERE, hosting responsible meetings and caring for our communities are top priorities. Through its 'Focused on What Matters: Embracing Humanity and Protecting the Planet' philosophy, MGM Resorts commits to creating a more sustainable future, while striving to make an impact in the lives of employees, guests, and the communities in which it operates.
Water Stewardship Efforts
MGM Resorts understands the importance of using water efficiently, especially in the desert destination of Las Vegas. Conserving water has always been part of the mission, but MGM Resorts has expanded its ambition into water stewardship.
In 2022, MGM Resorts President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle signed the CEO Water Mandate—a UN Global Compact initiative mobilizing business leaders to advance water stewardship. MGM Resorts International was the first gaming company to take this important step.
MGM Resorts replaced 200,000 square feet of real grass with drought-tolerant landscaping in Las Vegas.
MGM Resorts pledges to reduce water withdrawal intensity by 33% by 2025 and by 35% by 2030.
From 2007-2021, use of more than 5.6 billion gallons of water was avoided because of conservation efforts.
Caring for One Another
MGM Resorts’ Food Donations Program collects and preserves unserved food from conventions held at MGM Resorts properties, then safely donates to food insecure people in the community. Since the program’s launch in 2016, more than 3.7 million meals toward a 2025 goal of 5 million meals have been donated into the community. Donations include:
Unserved perishable prepared foods from events
Perishable unprepared food from MGM Resorts’ kitchens
Nonperishable food items from minibars and warehouses
The collaboration with Southern Nevada’s primary food bank, Three Square, has developed the infrastructure needed to safely collect, transport, and store food from MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas, reducing food waste while serving the community.
Fostering Diversity and Inclusion
To MGM Resorts, a diverse and talented workforce is essential to success. By cultivating innovative strategies that consider multiple perspectives and viewpoints, the company creates an inclusive workplace culture that benefits its employees and community. MGM Resorts takes pride in being a welcoming home for veterans, individuals with disabilities, people from diverse backgrounds, LGBTQ+ community members, and more. This commitment to inclusion is reflected in the company's recruitment and hiring practices and its social responsibility initiatives. From the workplace to the community, MGM Resorts' commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion remains unwavering, and its efforts continue to create a more equitable and sustainable world for all.
MGM Resorts understands its responsibility to contribute to the social and economic progress of the communities in which it operates. HERE, we embrace humanity.
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