Media Outreach

Best Practices: Technology in the Sanctuary

Salutations men & women of the cloth (and of the Internet)! Our beloved Andy Grove who delivers his dear reader(s) weekly with best practices has become buried this week, so in his stead, I will be leaving my video format to bring to you “Best Practices”! Allow me to dust off my thesaurus and wordsmith [...]

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How to Create an Event in Facebook

Maybe you’re not as tech savvy as the trendy dressed IT guy that sits next to you…but you want to create an event on Facebook and invite the trendy-dressed- know-it-all computer guy to your party. Here are a few steps of how to create that event. On your profile page, click the “event” tab. Click the “create event” [...]

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Best Practices: The fH All Stars Strike Back

Ladies and gentlemen of the Internet, your beloved Best Practices blogger has been accused of chicanery and shenanigans! <Pause for horrified collective gasp> I know… I know… I can’t believe it myself. Unfortunately however, it’s true. There are, sadly, those out there whose jealousy runs deep in the black cavernous tunnels of hatred they call veins. I [...]

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So…You’ve Got a Facebook Group…Now What?

In my last post, I tried to differentiate the differences between groups and pages on Facebook.  I defined a page and a group and hopefully made it a little less confusing for you in trying to decide which one to create…or maybe you decided to create both. When it comes to Facebook groups, I’m extremely picky [...]

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Hosting Outreach Events vs. Participating in Community Events

Something has been on my mind a lot lately. It is the notion of a church’s involvement in the community. I think there is an unfortunate mindset that the church’s involvement in the community should be on the church’s terms.  I know I’ve totally been there.  Don’t get me wrong – events that the church hosts [...]

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Best Practices – fH All Stars

Although it seems like I start every one of my blog posts these days with some commentary about the weather in Austin, yesterday’s  events were so momentous that I would rather be labeled as a formulaic writer than not disclose what occurred to you, my ever so loyal reader(s). According to the National Weather Service, [...]

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In Social Media Everyone Becomes a Reporter

In light of the tragic airplane incident in Austin last week, I had some new light shed on the way people receive and report their news. I had just finished a meeting and was on my way back to the office on Thursday morning when we saw black smoke. It wasn’t too far from us, so [...]

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The Q: Branding Timelines

Today, Greg gives some guidelines for how long you should wait between changing your artwork for different branding campaigns. He also gives some variations to long term branding. pic by annjaber74

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Conversations with the Community – Part 2

As discussed in Part 1 of Conversations with the Community, this portion of the series is to offer ideas as to the content of your tweets and status updates.  Prior to this stage, a little planning will go a long way.  Make sure to plot out a timeframe and goals, as well as recruit fellow [...]

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Response to Joe Kennedy

Joe, Thank you for the opportunity to respond. We always appreciate open and transparent communication, as we have serves thousands of churches and ministries over 10 years with quality, cost-effective solution as best as we can.  Although far from being 100% perfect, we are not the crooks, liars or robbers some have labeled us on social [...]

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