Can just anyone effectively manage, that is, create and post content on your parish/ministry Facebook Page? I am sure that a number of people think the answer is “yes” with a few caveats such as someone already on Facebook who belongs to the parish or ministry and is willing to do it. Even though these are important, more is required if we are using the criteria of “effectively.” What do…
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Lent 2019 Parish Website and Social Media Preplanning Worksheet
In four weeks, Lent 2019 begins. Lent is a special time of grace in the Church and we can support and foster our visitors in their desire to grow in holiness through inspiring and welcoming images, thoughtful reflections and links to meaningful content. It is not too late or too early to preplan your Lenten online communications. Ash Wednesday is March 6. I have created a preplanning worksheet which I…
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Happy Thanksgiving! Free Video for You!
Dear Readers, Thank you very much for your support and engagement in our mission to bring the Good News of Jesus to the world using websites and social media. Your commitment to creating and maintaining welcoming websites and meaningful social media postings is an essential part of our evangelizing mission today.
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Instruments of Peace on Social Media
Our hearts are filled with grief for the victims of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday (10.27.18). We grieve with their families, their community, and their city. On Sunday (10.28.18), Pope Francis said: “All of us, in reality, are wounded by this inhuman act of violence.” He prayed “May the Lord help us to put out the hotbeds of hate that flare up…
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Social Media Sites That Serve Our Audiences
These past few weeks, I have been writing in some detail my answer to the question “how to convince ministry leadership to use social media”. “Getting on social media” cannot be the main goal. Our goal is bigger than that. Our goal is to share our good news with the audiences we serve using every means at our disposal. Today social media is one of those means.
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What to Post on the Parish Facebook Page
Last week I began to address the idea of social media ministry from the perspective of the focus of the person who is administering your social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram). I suggest that there are three ways to measure their ability to actually minister on social media.