Delegates on Facebook/Insta/etc accounts

[eteb3]

Hi all

I'm trustee of a charity. We want a volunteer to take on our social media posting. (She's very suitable and well-qualified.)

But we don't want to hand her the logins for our accounts: that seems irresponsible.

As far as I can tell, there's no way of designating a delegate to log in with a login we can revoke.

Anyone know a way around that? Is there a "Tweetdeck" or a similar thing for fb/insta?

Thanks

 

[eteb3]

Heh: search before posting (apologies)

I see a similar question was asked on Weds by someone else:

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[Ozzy]

It sounds like you actually need to create a business account on Facebook rather than give everyone your logins.
We do this with our UKBF socials, only I know the actually main login but we have a (Business Data Group) business account on FB and from that others are given varying levels of permissions to do posts, manage adverts, etc.

 

[eteb3]

This looks just the thing: thank you.

Seems not possible to convert a personal profile (as it is currently) to a business page - is that right?

 

[Ozzy]

Ah yes, that will be an issue. You will need to start it off again though as using a personal page I think is against Facebook's terms. So if I was you, and using your own personal Facebook account, I'd create a business page for your business and then post a link to it on the current business "personal" account for the current "friends" on there to connect to the business page.

Using a business page does have other benefits such as Groups if you wanted, then once you have created the business page then create the business account and link it all together.

 

[eteb3]

Cool, thank you for that.

It looks like one person ultimately still has sole charge of the account - is that right?

So we couldn't have a system where no single person can lock out others the organisation and post random stuff in revenge for some petty thing?

(I really want something like our 'two to sign' rule at the bank)

 

[Ozzy]

It looks like one person ultimately still has sole charge of the account - is that right?

You can have more than one "owner" who both have the same level of authority.

 

[makeusvisible]

From what you have described, the issue is that whoever set it up, actually created a personal profile, not a PAGE. Effectively you have the charity setup as a person. It is actually against FBs terms of use, so eventually, that profile could be shut down....as it isn't a real person.

PAGES doesn't actually have a login ID or password, it is an entity that exists in it's own right, and individuals are delegated access to make changes to it via their personal profiles.

So for example.....you would have;

CHARITY NAME [page]
User a [personal profile]
User b [personal profile]
User c [personal profile]

So user a, b and c continue to login to Facebook as normal, using their own profiles. But once logged in they can go to the page itself, and manage it.

My suggested approach would be to setup a Page using your own Facebook account. Once the page is properly setup, delegate the admins/editors via the 'page roles' settings.

After you have the page up and running, post a message on the old profile, directing people to the new page, asking people to follow the new page. After a given amount of time you will want to shut down the incorrect profile.

 

[Clever Accounts Ltd]

Is there a "Tweetdeck" or a similar thing for fb/insta?

Hi, have you tried Facebook Business Manager?
business.facebook.com
*Update
Apologies, just noticed the reply from @Ozzy about FB Business Manager