Media Outreach

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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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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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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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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Facebook pages vs. groups

So, you want to jump into the social media world, especially Facebook, but you aren’t quite sure if you should create a group or page for your church. I’ve taken the time to do a little research into pages and groups and outline the differences in this post. I hope this helps. Feel free to [...]

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Conversations with the Community – Part 1

There is no question that one of the greatest benefits of social media is conversation.  We can strike a connection with our fellow tweeters or facebookers that may have never happened in the first place.  I’ve met people after having spent months interacting with them online first – and I swear it’s like running into [...]

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Facebook Stories Around a Campfire

This past weekend I was a leader for a Disciple Now camping weekend for a friend’s church. The rain cleared off just for the weekend, so it was perfect camping weather…cold at night, which resulted in everyone talking around the campfire. I listened to the high school girls talk about Facebook and their parent’s lack of [...]

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The Boomers and the Web

It might be very easy to dismiss the Baby Boomer generation from the work you do on the internet. You may be thinking that if they are over 50, they probably aren’t doing much on the internet. While that may have been true a few years ago, it’s not any more. The trend is revealing [...]

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Virtual Assistants?

So, we’ve created all these social networks to make us feel “connected” while we’re running around doing all the normal daily tasks.  We send a tweet to notify our followers that our flight was delayed and that the person next to us is singing out loud. Then we login to Facebook to feed the cows [...]

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Linear vs Non Linear Information

I may totally skew the true meanings of these two words with this article, but bear with me. In days gone by, we consumed information in a linear way. For instance, TV shows often went one show to the next and you needed to know what happened previously to know why it was relevent to [...]

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