You can invite friends directly from the Feed story that's created either on your Profile or your News Feed, Just select the "Invite guests" link to share the event with friends.

You might wonder why you wouldn't just invite friends to an event using a status update. Creating an event in the Publisher helps you better organize the event details, and your friends can RSVP immediately when they see it in their News Feeds. This is more structured than a status update and also takes full advantage of the Events application. You can easily find out which of your friends are coming, and of course, they can comment on the event's wall, share photos and use other Events features.

Keep in mind that when you create an event through the Publisher, it will always make the event open for guests. Anyone will be able to join and invite others to join. You can always further edit your event from the application to add more information or to change access to closed or secret.


Bo, a software engineering intern, is creating an event for his next basketball game.