Entries Tagged as 'Church Technology'

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Cool New Tool: Get People To Church Using Google Streetview

Below you will be able to navigate the streets next to my church Sojourn
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How To Embed Streetview Into Your Website
Its simple. Find your church on Street View and then click “Link to this page” “Paste HTML to embed in website”

A Bizzare Video Google Made to Explain Streetview

Any other ideas for how Ministries can [...]

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Engage People: Add Video to Your Ministry Website Using Vimeo

 
Vimeo is a video sharing website similar to YouTube, but it offers a MUCH better experience. Not only does Vimeo have a better design and layout than YouTube but it is cleaner and doesn’t excessively push negative content to every page.
Why Vimeo is better than YouTube:

Cleaner, Safer and more family friendly*
Much more [...]

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

“Social Media Staples” Fundamental Technologies that Make Learning the Web Easier

If You Only Read One Thing On This Blog, Read This

This post might be the most important post I have written. It deals with the basic building blocks of social media. There is a mountain of great tools and technologies that can be found online today, the key is to learn what I call the [...]

Monday, January 7th, 2008

What is ChaCha? And How can it Help Church and Ministry?

How To “ChaCha”: Send a Text Message to 242242 (ChaCha) and ask ANY Question
Your text message will then be forwarded to an actual person with an expertise related to what you are asking. After about 3-5 minutes you will receive a text message with an answer, a link to the source, and info about the [...]

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Twitterpated!? A Tutorial For Managing Multiple Twitter Accounts

Its nice to have separate Twitter accounts for different ministries and church groups. Some of the possible uses include:

Daily Thought/Prayer/Verse Related to Sermon Series or Group Study
Morning Prayer and Meditation Spark
Reminders to Pray for Specific Items
Daily Spiritual Challenges

Signing up for the individual accounts is easy… Managing them day to day can be difficult.

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

How To Download and Embed YouTube Videos into a Powerpoint Presentation

I have recently been asked by multiple pastors and missionaries how they can play YouTube videos without having to be at YouTubes website. The problems are obvious…

The 2 Obvious Problems when Trying to Use YouTube in a Sermon or Presentation
Problem#1 YouTube Has Inappropriate Preview Images
This is not good if you want to show a video [...]

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Learn RSS: The Best First Step for a Church or Ministry Wanting to Understand the Web

How RSS Benefits folks in Church and Ministry

Absorb large amounts of useful information without being overwhelmed.
Make an easy way to keep up with news and information thats important to you.
Create a constant stream of new ideas for your church and ministry.
Keep up with multiple members, church leaders, and group blogs.
Have daily devotionals and [...]

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

Using Twitter for Ministry, Church and Missions

Social networks up to this point have had several major shortcomings:

Substantial time investment to get even a semi completed profile.
Too many features to fiddle with.
Distasteful advertisements.
Difficult to maintain current information.
Must be at a computer to update.
Hard to get non-tech savvy people to join.

The Solution: Twitter - Social Networking for Busy and Non-Tech Savvy People
Twitter [...]

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

How to Fund-raise with YouTube

My life long friend Tony Coulombe is in the process of founding a new missions organization called the Mustard Seed Global Fellowship. They are headed for Japan and have an awesome vision of building Christian communities there. Tony has a lot of money to raise to be able to accomplish the mission so to help [...]