Facebook can be a valuable tool for nonprofit organisations worldwide as it is perceived to be the world’s most popular social network. Australians are amongst the highest social media users in the world with 13 million active users on Facebook each month. According to a Nielsen report commissioned by Facebook in January, stats revealed the average time Australians spend on Facebook every day is 1.7 hours. Furthermore on average, of those that have discovered new information on Facebook, 60% would go on to learn more and about 35% of people who have discovered a business or product on Facebook would share that with their friends.

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