Congratulations to everyone who got started on Twitter last week and to all who are already using Twitter for ministry. The point of last week’s post was that Twitter is an excellent source of real time information in short, concise doses with links to articles and websites with the details. If you follow the right tweeters, you will be up to date in whatever area you are interested in, including…
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Get Started with Twitter
Twitter is a very useful tool for ministry and for professional development in ministry. However, many ministers are afraid to get started. If you are one of those who have been holding back, you are missing out on real time information that often you can use immediately and you are denying yourself a very simple communication tool.
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Are You Sharing with More People than You Realize on Facebook?
Occasionally, I see posts on my News Feed that I am quite sure were not meant for me. They are individual conversations between two people or photos being shared among a group of friends. However, the person posting the message does not realize that the post is going either to Everyone or Friends of Friends as well. Facebook Profiles are for us as individuals. People “Friend” us. We can accept…
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Using Social Media in Ministry is About Loving Your People
Valerie Deveza, a blogger and in-bound marketing guru, stresses in her writings the importance of falling in love with the people you serve and using the best tools to reach them. She is talking to business people about social media, but this is also true for people in ministry. In using social media for business and for mission, we must remember that it is about building relationships and providing content…
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Social Media and Ministry, Part II
I could almost hear the collective groan as ministers read the title of last week’s blog Why Aren’t More People in Ministry Using Social Media? I could hear their answers: “We are already too busy. What more do you want from us?”
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Why Aren’t More People in Ministry Using Social Media?
As someone who has been active on the Internet and using social media tools in ministry for quite awhile, I am not shocked any more when I meet people in ministry who will not or cannot use the Internet and social media as part of their ministry, but I am sad for them and frustrated.