Believe it or not, finding a person who will administer your social media sites as a ministry is not that easy. Social Media is a relative newcomer to the communication world. As we know it today, social media is less than 20 years old. Facebook began in 2004; YouTube in 2005; Twitter began in 2006 and Instagram in 2010. New platforms continue to emerge. Social media as a ministry is…
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Your Parish, Community or Organization on Social Media
Part 2 of Convincing a Ministry Leader to Use Social Media Before we encourage our ministry leaders to use social media as part of our organization’s ministry, it is important that we have a good reason to pursue this. Social media is not an end in itself when it comes to ministry. Advancing the mission of the organization has to be the first priority for you, your ministry leader and…
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Convincing a Ministry Leader to Use Social Media~Part 1
Occasionally someone will ask: How can I convince the pastor, the principal, the religious superior or the communication director to put our parish, school, religious community or other Catholic ministry on social media?
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YouTube as Social Media
After I posted my report on the Pew Internet Research (2018) study two weeks ago, which found that the top Social Media Site for teens today is YouTube, I decided to do some research of my own and learn more about YouTube. Here are some quick and interesting facts that I found. YouTube began as a free video-sharing platform in 2005. Its first video was 19 seconds long entitled “Meet…
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Today’s Teens Favor YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat
Last week (May 31, 2018), the Pew Research Center released a report on Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018, based on a survey they took between March 7 and April 10, 2018. Teens are defined by those between the ages of 13 and 17. There were 743 respondents.
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Celebrate Pentecost on Social Media
The Easter season culminates with the Feast of Pentecost—that day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and disciples in the upper room with such force and impact that they immediately forgot their fears and rushed out into the street to proclaim Jesus Christ risen from the dead. What a day it must have been!