Media Outreach

First Impressions: Site receives a failing grade for lacking on all fronts

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Norcross, GA User Profile: Female 25 to 29 years old Hispanic Area Resident 6 to 10 years Attends [...]

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Best Practices – Knowing Your Audience

As I write this post from beautiful Middlebury, Vermont and wonder why it is that my beloved Austin, Texas won’t get this cold until mid-winter, I realize that, stylistically speaking, my first 2 best practices posts are almost completely different. Granted, they do share certain similarities, such as my unconsciousness need to use polysyllabic words [...]

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Trendy Tuesday

#thenines- an online conference that happened on 9-9-09. Each pastor/ministry leader spoke for 9 minutes. Did you watch? Did you have a favorite speaker? Monopoly City- an interactive game that Google launched which allows players to any street in the world, build neighborhoods.  This could be the world’s largest Monopoly game. Beatles- If you enjoy [...]

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The Q: Should I “live stream” my church service?

Greg talks about the pros and cons of live streaming vs. on demand streaming for your church services. pic by Aaron Escobar™

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Link Love – Tony Morgan

After meeting Tony face-to-face, I was surprised at how humble and down-to-earth he was. With such drive and insight on the strategy for growth and organization of the Church, I expected a much more “forward” personality. I was pleasantly taken back by a quiet, sincere man. I believe he’s one of those guys that constantly [...]

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First Impressions: C given for a simple site without a map or directions

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Marietta, GA User Profile: Female 25 to 29 years old Caucasian Area Resident for 6 to 10 years [...]

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Best Practices: Image Selection

In February, I wrote an article for the faithHighway e-zine about image optimization. I spoke in detail about the important technical factors of image selection… things such as dpi, cropping, and resizing. Like most things I write, it kind of read like it was generated by a robot. In doing so, I’m afraid that I [...]

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Trendy Tuesday – What do you think?

Each week I’ve noticed a trend in the trending topics…they are almost the same. There is always a celebrity’s birthday that gets mentioned (this week it’s Pink’s). Something is always trending about the Iphone and/or Apple. Whether it’s a new app or a bug that needs fixed, rest assured that Twitter will have the information [...]

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Vote for SXSW Panels

Are you familiar with SXSW?  If you are, then you are probably a fan of music and film.  If you’re not, here’s a brief definition.  South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring in Austin, Texas. Well, understanding how much technology and the [...]

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First Impressions: Website fails for misleading links and annoying design

First Impressions is facilitated through Guest Reflections. People are asked to pick a website from a church in their area at random and review it. These sites may or may not be powered by faithHighway. Church Location: Suwanee, GA User Profile: Female 50 to 59 years old Caucasian Area Resident for 1 to 2 years [...]

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