Comments on: 6 ways my church is using the web and social media http://mediaoutreach.com/2009/11/6-ways-my-church-is-using-the-web-and-social-media/ the intersection of faith, culture and technology Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:51:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LauraBurrus http://mediaoutreach.com/2009/11/6-ways-my-church-is-using-the-web-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 LauraBurrus Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:18:06 +0000 http://mediaoutreach.com/?p=3504#comment-1543 Hans- Great addition... Audio is much more universal and if it's available to download on an MP3 player, it makes it much more transportable for members to listen to. So, I would agree that if a church doesn't already have a video team available...don't stress it...just use the means that are already available and go from there. Hans- Great addition… Audio is much more universal and if it's available to download on an MP3 player, it makes it much more transportable for members to listen to. So, I would agree that if a church doesn't already have a video team available…don't stress it…just use the means that are already available and go from there.

]]> By: LauraBurrus http://mediaoutreach.com/2009/11/6-ways-my-church-is-using-the-web-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 LauraBurrus Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:17:52 +0000 http://mediaoutreach.com/?p=3504#comment-1542 Michael- Thanks for the input. I would strongly agree that having a strategy is extremely important..otherwise it just becomes another thing we do to complicate our already busy schedules. Plus, if your church members are going to be involved in online relationships, they want to feel like it's a 2-way relationship...so I like that you have someone manning your Twitter account on a regular basis. Michael- Thanks for the input. I would strongly agree that having a strategy is extremely important..otherwise it just becomes another thing we do to complicate our already busy schedules. Plus, if your church members are going to be involved in online relationships, they want to feel like it's a 2-way relationship…so I like that you have someone manning your Twitter account on a regular basis.

]]> By: Hans http://mediaoutreach.com/2009/11/6-ways-my-church-is-using-the-web-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Hans Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:35:30 +0000 http://mediaoutreach.com/?p=3504#comment-1539 Excellent post. I would like to address #6; Sermon videos are great, but I push my clients to at least start with audio. It is much less resource intensive, the cost of the equipment, the time to edit, convert, upload, stream/download. More importantly, audio is a more universal format. People can listen while commuting or otherwise have running the the background where video tends to require more of our attention and thus gets relegated to evenings and weekends. Anyway, I'm glad you're involved online, it sounds like you've got a great thing going. Excellent post. I would like to address #6; Sermon videos are great, but I push my clients to at least start with audio. It is much less resource intensive, the cost of the equipment, the time to edit, convert, upload, stream/download. More importantly, audio is a more universal format. People can listen while commuting or otherwise have running the the background where video tends to require more of our attention and thus gets relegated to evenings and weekends. Anyway, I'm glad you're involved online, it sounds like you've got a great thing going.

]]> By: Michael http://mediaoutreach.com/2009/11/6-ways-my-church-is-using-the-web-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Michael Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:18:44 +0000 http://mediaoutreach.com/?p=3504#comment-1538 Great post, Laura. It's nice to see other churches reaching out to the community in other means than the norm. Our church has a lot of the same aspects, but also made sure there was a strategy to it all, as well. So, instead of just creating a twitter account and expecting people to flock to it, we have somebody manning it on a regular basis to build the relationships. We do this with all of our social media accounts. So I guess the only add to your post is make sure not only does your church have the social media tools, but are using them to build community, and not just for "publicity." Great post, Laura. It's nice to see other churches reaching out to the community in other means than the norm. Our church has a lot of the same aspects, but also made sure there was a strategy to it all, as well. So, instead of just creating a twitter account and expecting people to flock to it, we have somebody manning it on a regular basis to build the relationships. We do this with all of our social media accounts.

So I guess the only add to your post is make sure not only does your church have the social media tools, but are using them to build community, and not just for "publicity."

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