One of the downsides of diving into social media is the volume of information that almost instantly comes your way. Adding friends, posting updates, checking for comments and private messages, as well as gathering new information to share can prove overwhelming. Enter curation. Curation has three main aspects (via wikipedia): Selection Caretaking Presentation How to …
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A blogging event similar to The Blogference happens throughout the year on the Faith On Campus blog . Right now there is a Back to School Blogathon where I have shared a post called 5 Ways to Tune Up Your Social Media Strategy Before School Starts. Here are the Top 5 1. Maximize a …
Have you taken the time to learn how new people experience your ministry either by directly asking them or indirectly observing their responses? Check out this short video of two guys from Europe visiting Walmart for the first time. So many of their observations surprised me (and were hilarious!). A couple observations from their point …
One of my favorite parts of The Blogference is hearing diverse perspectives on issues that affect my daily ministry. With authors and commenters sharing their thoughts from literally around the world, it’s an opportunity to learn and glean insights in a refreshing and unusual manner. Evangelism and Latinos With the population of Latinos growing exponentially …
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Found this chart from Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. This certainly illustrates the process many individuals and ministries go through as they integrate social media into their existing strategies. One common error in the initial adoption of social media is to go from Ignoring to Blasting, instead of Ignoring to Listening as the chart illustrates. Blasting …
Campus Crusade announced that it has changed it’s name to Cru Global at our U.S Staff Conference this week. One of my roles has been to monitor and influence the discussion through social media. Yesterday I read through 1600 comments on our discussion page and along with two other staff deleted over 900. I then …
“There is no relation to thunder – no dark cloud, no lightning, no rain, no thundering herd.”–blog post critiquing the Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball Logo As I read this critique of the Oklahoma City Thunder logo I thought about how often my days/weeks do not include actions that are true of my ministry’s mission, vision, …
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“A couple years ago, the typical steps for designing something on screen meant that a designer designed for a desktop browser. Trying to interact with the site on a mobile device was almost an afterthought. But with more focus on product design and mobile devices, sites and apps are now being designed for mobility first, …
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“Good leaders are empowerment freaks, not control freaks, and you can’t empower people if you don’t share information with them.”–Ken Blanchard and Charlene Li Control freaks often receive criticism for sharing few roles and responsibilities with those whom they lead, but failing to share information stifles empowerment even more. With a clear and compelling vision …
I’m so excited for the upcoming Blogference this August 15th-17th. It’s an online conference hosted on one blog, but with “speakers” being blog post authors, and attendees being those that read, comment, and share the posts with others. So far the conference has seen engagement from ministry leaders in over 90 countries! This fall online …
3 Awesome Authors Confirmed for The Blogference in August! Read More »
