Sunday, May 15, 2011, was the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. I clicked around the Internet to see how much “buzz” was being created on websites, the “blogosphere” and the “Twitterverse.” What I found was interesting.
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Our First Live Streaming Video Event
On Sunday, May 1, I hosted the first live streaming video coverage of an event at our Provincial Center in Chardon, Ohio. I did my part from my home in Maryland! Over two-hundred sisters were on-site for the four-hour meeting and through the wonders of technology—another 35 sisters at 25 other sites were able to follow the meeting live and submit questions to the presenters in real time.Thankfully, the webcast…
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Catholic Bloggers Meet in Rome-May 2, 2011
Sad, but true—I am not one of the 150 Catholic bloggers gathering in Rome today at the invitation of the Pontifical Councils on Culture and Social Communications. But I was one of the 750 Catholic bloggers worldwide who requested an invitation. It was fun to dream and I am pleased to say that I am familiar with a few of the people who were invited.
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Leveraging the Internet for Mission, Part V: Partners
The Internet is no place to travel alone. Once we start using the Internet and social media for mission—we start forming partnerships. These partnerships are especially helpful to people who are not-techy but want to use technology for what they are good at: mission. We need good partners and we want to be a good partner as well.
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Leveraging the Internet for Mission, Part IV: Workload
One the reasons people in ministry most frequently give for not using (learning) social media is “I don’t have the time.” No doubt they are very busy and probably wearing multiple hats. Finding the time is not as easy as it sounds. What often happens to hard workers is that they accumulate jobs. If you are good at what you do—more people want you to help them. What is also…
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Leveraging Technology for Mission, Part III: Members
While some people believe that leaders are the ones holding an organization or community back from using technology to support mission, members can be equally responsible. The fact that members may have little or no Internet experience beyond using email and doing research presents a challenge and an opportunity to organizations that want to integrate web-based technologies into their communications, training, marketing, and networking efforts.