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theVault 006: Social Media & Church Tech
Oct 18th
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Social Media and Church Tech
This week’s podcast includes a round table discussion about Agapage.com, Social Media, ChMS, and church tech blunders. Patrick Bradley, Lantz Day, Tim Stark, & Brook Drumm. Brought to you by PortableSermons.com.
Facebook Fan Page Design – Part 1: A Custom Look
Jun 3rd
You can’t live with them. You can’t live without them.
While privacy concerns continue to grow, I can’t ignore the power of Facebook. The Google Analytics reports on all my church client websites continue to convince me that Facebook should absolutely be a part of the online arsenal of the local church. So, for now, since I can’t beat ‘em… I will EDUCATE the masses and, well, I’ll join ‘em. More >
New to Social Media for Church?
May 19th
There are a lot of considerations when deciding to get involved in social media on behalf of your church. The easy part is creating profiles at the various sites. But along with doing that, you should do the following:
- Come up with goals – how will you know if spending 20 hours a week on FaceBook is actually achieving anything?
- Come up with some kind of policies – how much time do you expect staff to spend on social media? Will you allow your staff to post disparaging remarks about your church?
- Create profiles at ALL of the social media sites (even if you don’t intend to use them) – this reserves your name for maybe using it the future, and prevents someone else from posting on your behalf
- Tie all the profiles you do want to use together so that one post syndicates across all the sites – try Ping or PixelPipe
- Set up a Google Alert to notify you whenever someone mentions the church name anywhere on the internet – remember, social media is a conversation, not a bullhorn
And as a primer, read through this short Top Ten List of do’s and dont’s.
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iPad Review – First Observations
May 6th
Fan Boyhood
I have to admit at the debut of this blog that I am an Apple Fan Boy. But, it may help to explain my history with the forbidden fruit tattooed tech company. I was first introduced to computers when my father first brought home a Radio Shack TRS-80 with a whopping 4K of memory. Then, in college I got my first geek job in a Macintosh Lab in the Business School at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. At the time, Macs were squatty, beige boxes with green screens… but I was hooked. Even though my experience with and knowledge of Apple Computers pre-dates the Genius Bar, I think I can give fair assessment of the good, bad and the ugly of the Kingdom of Jobs. More >
Social Media in the Church
Apr 13th
I just taught a 2-hour workshop on “Social Media and the Church” at William Jessup University in Rocklin, CA. About 30 pastors and workers showed up to learn, contribute and discuss. I fear that THEY taught me more than I taught THEM.
Key Learnings about the use of Social Media in Churches:
- Most churches are cautious, but consistent. The group I surveyed cited face to face relationships as a higher priority than new technology. They need to be convinced it makes sense and serves a real purpose.
- There really is an age gap - the younger the pastor, the more likely they are to use social media. No surprise, but it did seem somewhat polarized in the room.
- Connecting people scares churches – especially if it is happening outside the safe walls of the church website.
- Driving traffic to the church Website is a welcome byproduct. Driving people to the curated, walled garden of the church website may be social media’s saving grace for churches.
- The Website will remain the flagship of tech in the local church…. but social media will help enrich – not replace – the experience.
Stay tuned, there will be more posts on the content of the Social Media workshop coming soon.
-Brook Drumm
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