Congratulations to the Diocese of Youngstown for their day-long conference focused on Technology for the New Evangelization. The event took place on Thursday, January 16, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 at St. Michael Family Life Center in Canfield, Ohio. It was co-sponsored by the Diocese of Youngstown IT Department, Office of Religious Education, Council for Catechesis and Our Sunday Visitor Offertory Solutions. Bishop George Murry, the Bishop of Youngstown,…
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Did you Know that Effective Web Ministry is Work?
We have come a long way on the web. That evolution has brought together new skills and technologies that are changing the way we communicate, collaborate, share information. Creative entrepreneurs have used Internet technology to bring us email, instant messages, friends and followers, tweets, smart phones, Google and Bing search engines and on and on. More new applications are being developed every minute. It can be overwhelming when we think…
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A Website is the Hub of Web Presence
Not long ago, leaders of parishes, dioceses, religious communities, schools and other organizations were pleased and proud to announce that their community or institution had a website. It was a major achievement. If they had a good website, it was because they (or someone else) put a lot of hard work into it. But today, a website is not enough to be truly present to our current members, visitors and…
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A Mission-based Web Presence Needs to be Engaging
When most of us think about web presence, we are only thinking about our website. Web presence is much more than that. It is true that the website is usually the centerpiece of web presence, but a website (even a “great” website) alone is not enough to have an effective web presence. Today, an organization, religious community or ministry also needs to be interacting with their constituents via email and…