2. Social Media Giving people the power to share and make the world more connected.
3. Summary Topics Global Interaction Mr. Splashy Pants Social Media Social Networking Why Use Social Media for Church Mobile Communication Adventist Smartphone Apps
5. Social Media Social media is the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue. Social media is content we make and share together.
6. Social Media Social Media can take many forms: Communication: blogs (Wordpress), microblogging (Twitter), social networking (Facebook, LinkedIn) Collaboration/authority building: wikis (wikipedia), social bookmarking (StumbleUpon), social gaming, social news (Digg, Reddit), Document managing (Google Docs, Dropbox) Multimedia: Photography (Flickr, Picassa), Video sharing (Vimeo, YouTube, Metacafe), Livecasting (Livestream, Ustream), presentation sharing (SlideShare, scribd) Reviews and Opinions: product reviews, business reviews, community Q&A (ehow) Entertainment:game sharing, virtual worlds (club penguin)
7. Social Networking A social network is an online service that enables groups of people to communicate and to grow communities. Listen, Learn, Engage. Women Spend 30% More Time on Social Networking Sites Than Men Worldwide – July 2010 (comScore)
8. Social Networking Here are a few things people typically do on Social Networks: Create a personal profile Add other users as friends Exchange messages Write a status update Check friends posts Upload photos and videos Join interest groups such as workplace, school, church, etc…
9. Facebook Facebook is the largest social network, with more than 600 million active members – Wikipedia Jan. 2011. Giving people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.
10. Facebook Stats Facebook is designed for immediate response Has more than 6 million page views per minute 37.4 trillion every year 2.5 billion images are uploaded to Facebook every month 46.2 years of YouTube videos watched on Facebook each day
11. Facebook Groups vs. Pages Pages are for organizations Groups are for several people with the same interest
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13. Church Facebook Page Possibilities for your church on facebook: Reminders of upcoming events or special offerings Photos Bible texts Questions or discussion starters Links to websites or videos related to a sermon Recent News Prayer requests Links to blogs of missionaries or members your church support
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15. Twitter Twitter is a real-time information network powered by people all around the world that lets you share and discover what’s happening now. It is a social networking and microblogging website. What Do You Do With A Twitter Account? It is great for spreading news. Promote events Feedback – ask a question Share ideas
16. Twitter The communication technology of twitter allows information up to 140 characters to be instantly sent then received by other followers by the second. URL shortenerused for posting links: http://bit.ly According to the online encyclopedia called Wikipedia, twitter has been called the “SMS of the internet” (SMS means “text messaging”). 2007 – 5000 tweets per day 2008 – 300,000 per day 2009 – 2.5 million per day 200 million active users, generating 65 million tweets a day During 59th General Conference Session two accounts used with approximately 2000 followers.
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19. Easily Update Facebook & Twitter HootSuite: Social Media Dashboard for twitter, facebook, linkedin – Key Feature: Schedule updates (mobile apps: iphone, android, blackberry, more) - (hootsuite.com) Tweetdeck: for twitter (mobile apps: iphone, android) (tweetdeck.com) twAitter: for twitter – schedule tweets (twaitter.com) Tweetie: Twitter Client for Mac OS X (atebits.com/tweetie-mac) Mobile apps: Twitter, TweetCaster, Facebook, LinkedIn Link Facebook and Twitter to simultaneously post.
20. Why Use Social Media for Church Community building - drawing people together and assisting interaction Communication Engagement
22. What does all this mean for the local church? “You will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.” Acts 1:8 You will be able to be my witnesses in Kelowna, all over BC and Canada, even to the ends of the world.
23. Communication with God “Virtually all of Egypt’s Internet addresses are now unreachable, worldwide,” I’m thankful that the lines of communication between us and God are always open. No man or offline technology can ever sever those connections. Here are a couple bible texts that remind us, God always hears our prayer. Psalm 17:6, “I call on you, O God, for you will answer me; give ear to me and hear my prayer.” 1 John 5:14, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”
26. On-demand Mobile Communication “Digital communication has evolved rapidly in the last few years with an ever-increasing number of ways for Internet users to communicate with one another,” said Mark Donovan, comScore senior vice president of mobile. “From PCs to mobile devices, whether its email, social media, IM or texting, consumers have many ways to communicate and can do so at any time and in any place. The decline in web-based email is a byproduct of these shifting dynamics and the increasing availability of on-demand communication options.” January 20, 2011 (comScore)
27. Mobile Devices 90% of the worlds population now lives within a mobile reception (ITU Dec. 2010)
28. Mobile Devices 5.3 billion mobile phone users worldwide (ITU Dec. 2010) Many are in developing countries
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31. Mobile Device Usage Talking SMS (Text Message) - verse of the day, mini devotional email Mobile-optimized websites Audio (mp3), video (play and record) & graphics (photos) Streaming Radio & TV/Podcasts to Mobile Global Positioning and maps Applications (eg. daily devotionals, social networking) Bible downloads
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35. Adventist Smartphone Apps Note: approximately 350,000 apps available on the itunes app store with over “10 billion apps downloaded in just two and a half years” (Jan. 2011 – apple.com). Majority of the Adventist apps are free Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Accessible through the iTunes store.
36. Hope Channel ($0.99) Allowing users to watch three of its streaming channels live.
37. SpiritRenew(Free) Daily devotional of short stories and inspirational articles released through the Pacific Union Conference .
38. Beliefs (Free) 28 Fundamental Beliefs of Adventist Church
44. InPrayer (free) Designed to facilitate a global prayer chain. Social Networking app offers: Facebook and twitter integration, daily devotional & prayer reminders.
Compaq 386 ran at a speed of 16MHz and had a 40Mb hard drive. This was the beginning of computers and technology for me. And now today, over 20 years later, many things have changed in the computer and technology world. We’ve gone from megabytes to gigabytes to tetra bytes over night. ----- Meeting Notes (11-01-10 15:21) -----Compaq 386 ran at a speed of 16MHz and had a 40Mb hard drive. This was the beginning of computers and technology for me. And now today, over 20 years later, many things have changed in the computer and technology world. We’ve gone from megabytes to gigabytes to tetra bytes over night.
Benefit of Facebook: When Jesus was here on Earth, He went where the people were. Today the people are on Facebook. Don’t you think that if Jesus were here today, He would have a Facebook account?
So what does all this have to do with church? Why would you want to use social media like Facebook or twiter for your church? Because it's another way for your church members to connect with each other. It's quite likely that many people who attend your church are on Facebook on a regular basis; this gives you another way to keep in touch.The social nature of media will continue to converge in ways we cannot imagine during the next five years. As church leaders, it is important to understand the state of social networking, and the directions of these participatory technologies. These tools may promise significant benefits to churches, who seek to build community, mobilize congregations, and offer greater interaction with unbelievers. And an understanding today leads to better action today and better planning for tomorrow.
Facebook first had groups, which are designed for groups of people to bond over common interestes. The founders of Facebook noticed that businesses and organizations wanted to have a presence on Facebook too. They came up with Pages to remedy the problem. Having a page on Facebook allows the church to post pictures, links, updates, and more. You can think of your Facebook page as an extension of your website and you want to point people when possible from your Facebook page to your website. Make a pageUsing your personal page as an outreach, build relationships
Twitter is a quick way of letting people know what is going on. It is great for spreading news.
The options on this slide allow you to update multiple social media accounts at once. Instead of updating Facebook and then updating Twitter, you can do them at the same time to save yourself some time. I use hootsuite.com. It is free and built into your Internet browser.
So what does all this have to do with church? Why would you want to use social media like Facebook or twiter for your church? Because it's another way for your church members to connect with each other. It's quite likely that many people who attend your church are on Facebook on a regular basis; this gives you another way to keep in touch.The social nature of media will continue to converge in ways we cannot imagine during the next five years. As church leaders, it is important to understand the state of social networking, and the directions of these participatory technologies. These tools may promise significant benefits to churches, who seek to build community, mobilize congregations, and offer greater interaction with unbelievers. And an understanding today leads to better action today and better planning for tomorrow.
Notes: The map shows countries that are offering 2G/3G services commercially.
The first commercial text message was sent in December of 1992. Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday exceeds the total population of the planet.The total number of SMS sent globally tripled between 2007 and 2010, from an estimated 1.8 trillion to a staggering 6.1 trillion. In other words, close to 200 000 text messages are sent every second.Assuming an average cost of $0.07 per SMS, in 2010 SMS traffic is generating an estimated USD 812 000 every minute (or around USD 14 000 every second).
Flowtown published a new amazing Infographic about the rise of Facebook. Did you know that there are now over 150 million mobile Facebook users in 2010 compared to 65 million in 2009.The facts and figures of the Infographic shows that social on mobile is becoming big, perhaps the most important trend of 2010?Graphic Stats from http://www.viralblog.com/research/
Flowtown published a new amazing Infographic about the rise of Facebook. Did you know that there are now over 150 million mobile Facebook users in 2010 compared to 65 million in 2009.The facts and figures of the Infographic shows that social on mobile is becoming big, perhaps the most important trend of 2010?
Flowtown published a new amazing Infographic about the rise of Facebook. Did you know that there are now over 150 million mobile Facebook users in 2010 compared to 65 million in 2009.The facts and figures of the Infographic shows that social on mobile is becoming big, perhaps the most important trend of 2010?
Hope Channel ($0.99)Hope Channel released an app allowing users to watch three of its streaming channels live. Available for 99 cents at the iTunes shop, the app offers Hope Channel North America (English), Hope Channel Germany, and Hope Channel International. The app also offers a program guide.Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or laterSpiritRenew (daily devotional) - Smartphone app was developed by SimpleUpdates.com, Inc. for the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists .Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.SpiritRenew provides content for spiritual development and growth. Content includes short stories and inspirational articles.Topics include the following:Dear God - Talking with God as to a friendLife Notes - Making sense of lifeHealthy Living - Improve your quality of lifeSpiritual Growth - How to find meaningStories of Faith - When God mattersFamilies and More - Because relationships matterSabbath SchoolGeneral Conference Sabbath School Department's app gives access to study lessons for adults and children. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.Sabbath School is a Bible study app for the student, teacher, and small group leader. The studies are built on Scripture and encourage the reader to discover a better understanding of the Bible.This app is produced by the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department of the General Conference.EGW (Free)Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or laterEGW Free application enables you to read and search a collection of 17 Ellen G. White books, plus the King James Version Bible. EGW Free is the first iPhone / iPad application developed by the Ellen G. White Estate.DescriptionEGW Free application enables you to read and search a collection of 17 Ellen G. White books, plus the King James Version Bible. EGW Free is the first iPhone / iPad application developed by the Ellen G. White Estate. The complete published writings and other Ellen White related materials will be released as future low-cost apps.About the authorEllen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith.Title listThe Acts of the ApostlesThe Adventist HomeChrist’s Object LessonsChristian ServiceCounsels for the ChurchCounsels on StewardshipThe Desire of AgesEducationEvangelismThe Great ControversyLast Day EventsThe Ministry of HealingPatriarchs and ProphetsProphets and KingsSteps to ChristThoughts from the Mount of BlessingTo Be Like JesusKing James Version Bible
Material123 Ellen G. White titlesComplete Published Writings title list: http://www.whiteestate.org/cdrom/cdrom.asp6-volume Ellen G. White biography17 Ellen G. White Devotionals167 Ellen G. White Pamphlets5,000 Ellen G. White Periodical articles12 Ellen G. White Miscellaneous Collections21-volume Ellen G. White Manuscript ReleasesKing James Version Bible1828 Noah Webster’s American Dictionary
