Category: social media
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Churches Praying in a 24/7 World
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How then shall we pray? We live in a interconnected digital world where anything can be shared online through social media. And there are churches that are listening for prayer requests and praying…
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I love real-time updates and open information
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This is why I use the Internet and social media the way that I do. Undoubtedly we have already seen how powerful the Internet and the social media is, with real world-changing things like Arab Spring (social media overturning governments), memes that “go viral,” and the launching of billion-dollar companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and…
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Why Planting New Churches for Millennials and the World is Vital
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I’m en route to Tampa for the Exponential East 2015 church planting conference this week and have a few thoughts to share. This annual event, now bi-coastal and twice a year, has unarguably been instrumental in equipping and inspiring and mobilizing people and churches for the imminent future of churches in America and around the world.…
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Real Changed Lives of Everyday People
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Everyone has a story to tell. Even though not everyone is a great storyteller, there are ways to tell one’s story in an engaging way, I think. Stories of everyday people can be presented in a compelling way and the best instance of that is StoryCorps on NPR. Everyday average people having a conversation and sharing…
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How Frequently Should Churches Really Post On Social Media?
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[a guest post by Jeremy Smith, author of “By The Numbers: A Longitudinal Study on the Digital Ministry of America’s Largest Churches“] There is this notion floating around which has gained ground that a magic number exists for how frequently a church should post on different social media platforms to get the best reach every…
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Hey brands, don’t delete your Twitter account when rebranding!
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Even though your company or organization can very quickly change its Twitter username (aka handle or ID), that doesn’t mean you should change it on your next branding campaign without some forethought. (I’ve personally encountered old dangling usernames more than a dozen times! #gasp) Yes, of course, when you change your Twitter username you would keep all your Twitter…
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Flickr users with the largest number of photos uploaded
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flickr.com is one of the most popular photo sharing sites on the Internet, but it doesn’t provide a ranking of its flickr users with the most photos uploaded (yet?). I’ve found flickr to be my favorite place to find photography inspiration and where I find photos in the Creative Commons, which may be used like free stock photography…
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How to create and share lists more interactively
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Lists organize the world of tasks, places, ideas, people, and all kinds of things. There’s all kinds of web apps (and mobile apps) for specific uses like to-do lists, checklists, shopping lists, bucket lists, links (aka bookmarks), reading lists. But what about other kinds of lists? With all the collaborative power of people using Pinterest,…
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What People Can Do about the Evil of Islamic State in Iraq
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The bad news of genocide continues in Iraq and one has to wonder Is Anyone Answering Iraqi Christians’ Cries for Help? Yes, there’s help of humanitarian aid on its way, but that will not put a stop to the threat of killings. This ugly suffering weighs heavy and it seems like we can’t do anything…
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iMinistry 2014 is coming October 14-16
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The best (and the only) social media church conference for advanced practitioners is coming again this October 14-16, 2014. It’s the kind of place that Social Media Church podcast listeners would love to gather around in-person and in real-time. The website is coming soon. This is all I can say about that. // [update 6/20/2014] the…
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87 podcasts subscribed to by the insanely curious
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I’m sitting here minding my own business, actually trying to do some work, and my friend Brent Wong (@EpicBdub) asks me about what podcasts I listen to. He also asked how to get more Twitter followers, and I don’t have a good answer, other than to ask you to consider following him: use Follow @EpicBdub.…
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Time to reboot the company business model and collaborate with the crowd
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A new entity called Crowd Companies launched today and what an exciting new future that it’s creating! Kudos to Jeremiah Owyang for taking this bold leap of faith with courage and conviction to reboot the business model of companies and corporations. The one slide from his Le Web 13 presentation that vividly portrays this transformation…