Articles in Media

Enhance your media experience now

It’s now really affordable to upgrade your multimedia to a quality HD experience utilizing Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter software and the new Mac Mini from Apple.

No Time Like the Present for HD

If you are currently looking at how to implement IMAG into your weekend environment or you are considering upgrading your IMAG system from SD to HD, there’s no time like the present.  HD is now affordable and in some cases, more affordable than even a traditional SD system.

Being Technologically Relevant

As most of today’s church leaders are aware, there are a lot of buzz words roaming around our books and blogs that tell us who we should and shouldn’t be.  One of those words is relevant.  This word has several implications, some positive and some maybe not so much.  For me, being relevant is mostly a positive idea.  I don’t think it has so much to do with defining our ministry styles as some would suggest as much as it has to do with simply being aware of our context within the world which we live in today.

Ways to Use Social Media for Today’s Church

How can I use social media at my church?  Here are 7 key social media tools every church should be using today.

Social Media is Not a Marketing Tool

Social Media is about relationships.

People can smell advertising a mile away.  We’ve all become wise to and even wary of the ‘tools of the trade.’  In fact, I was calling a friend of mine the other day, he answered the phone just as I had to swallow.  That created enough of a pause to cause him to hang up on me. He thought I was a marketing automated phone call connecting to a pesky sales person for the latest marketing ploy.

Four Steps to Developing a Social Media Strategy

Over several weeks, we’ve been addressing Social Media movement and how it will impact your church.  We’ve defined what Social Media is and the importance of having a Social Media presence on the web.  We’ve also indicated ways to use Social Media. 

Now let’s address best practices for implementing a successful Social Media Strategy.  Think POST:

The Importance of Media Strategy

What is Your Media Strategy?
Just how important is it to have a church presence on the world wide web?

Social Media for Today

Asking anyone about ‘Social Media’ in 2006 and the first thought would have been an invitation to a CD party. Ask anyone today and you still may see question marks floating above their heads. Social Media is huge and here to stay. Here’s some straight talk that will hopefully help.