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Go 2.0: New Tools for an Old, Old Story

I just finished my presentation at Connection2010 conference in Orlando, Florida. We had some great discussion and I was quite impressed with the audience and how open they are to using these tools for ministry.

Go 2.0: Social Media and the Church:
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Foursquare: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

This 2009 conversation:
Me: Are you on foursquare?
IRL* friend: Huh?
Reminds me of this 2007 conversation:
Me: Do you tweet?
IRL friend: Huh?
Is foursquare the next Twitter? Prominent technology blogger Robert Scoble says, via CNN, “Go back three years ago. Twitter was being used by the same crowd that is playing with Foursquare today.” According to social media blog [...]

Are You Up in the Air with Social Media?

I’m on Facebook and LinkedIn, but don’t really do much with either. I set up a Twitter account, but really just don’t get the point. Flickr, Posterous, Delicious, YouTube, Vimeo … how do I keep up?
Sound familiar? Does it all make you a wee bit jumpy?
It may be a trend, but it’s not a fad. [...]

Social Media

For several months, I’ve been working with Christ United Methodist Church, helping the church use social media to connect and interact with both the congregation and the community.
In addition to Twitter, I established and help administer the church Facebook page, which has enjoyed steady growth, and we have recently launched a YouTube channel. The other [...]

Nothing New Under the Sun — or in the Cloud

I think I might have been a social media geek before social media was cool.
Ten years ago I was active in a Yahoo group comprised of Mac-based graphic designers and prepress people. As online relationships started to build, the list became more of a free-for-all where people talked about their personal lives, bashed Windows (a [...]