Twitter is one of my favorite tools. It is a quick and easy way to share links to articles and videos that I come across on the web and to share my own comments and observations on just about anything. It is also a very easy way to keep up with the headlines (and further details) in the world, the Church, media, sports, etc. You can follow me on Twitter…
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Pastors Discuss the New Evangelization and Web Presence
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a focus group set up by my pastor with five other pastors from the Diocese of Cleveland. They are committed to the New Evangelization and want to see how their parish web presence can support that mission. Each of the pastors had completed a survey that I had sent ahead of time. They represented suburban parishes of 1800 to more than 3000…
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Is Pinterest for You?
You have probably heard about Pinterest, but may not want to save crock pot recipes, home décor tips, or wedding planning ideas. But Pinterest can and is being used for more than those activities. What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a social media platform that allows people to “pin” images and videos from your computer or the web onto “boards” for future reference or for sharing. You set up and name…
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Social Media Facts for 2013
Let’s face it. Many people in ministry do not yet take social media seriously as a communications tool. For them social media is fun and games that people with not enough to do. They are not interested in what someone had for breakfast (a remark I have heard more than once). Suggestions that a ministry should be on social media is dismissed out of hand.
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Ten Quality Control Questions for Parish Facebook Pages
Last week I received a phone call from a parish council member wondering about “quality control” of their parish Facebook page. The pastor had given the go ahead to set-up a Facebook page, but he does not have the time to review or approve content before it is uploaded. The small group working on this feels that they have a “handle” on what is appropriate, but are wondering if they…
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Challenges Confronting Our Engagement with the Digital World
The Pontifical Council for Social Communications released a statement on September 30 that Pope Francis has chosen the theme of “encounter” for his first World Communications Day message. According to the council statement, The Message for World Communications Day 2014 will explore the potential of communication, especially in a networked and connected world, to bring people closer to each other and to co-operate in the task of building a more…