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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Leveraging the Internet for Mission, Part II: Leaders
In Part I of this series, I observed that leaders who want to be more collaborative and communicate and minister over the Internet, often have little experience with online collaboration tools. The digital continent is a foreign land to them. It is a new culture…