A New Voice in the Church and Social Media Arena

I am always looking for tips and other input on how to best reach people in sharing the Good News.  A new blog has just popped up and it looks really promising.  It is Episcopalshare – Adventures in the World of Church Social Media.   Laura is the curator of this site and her goal of […]

Content Strategy with a Plan

So does this sound familiar?  You or someone you know wants to create content and have it published on your website or a blog. That is pretty easy.  But now suppose that this person wants content that is attractive and engaging.  Content that starts conversations or inspires its readers to action.  Most people probably want […]

What Makes a Good Website?

A few weeks ago I received a link to a site called “40 Great Church Websites of 2013“.  Obviously I was intrigued. When I went to this site, it was interesting that there was no explanation or criteria as to what made these great sites, it was just merely a series of images and links […]

Branding, anyone?

As a followup to my TED talk in Vancouver, I would like to share some content posted by two of my favorite go-to people in Episcopal Communicators, Nancy Davidge of ECF Vital Practices and Richelle Thompson of the Diocese of Southern Ohio.  Richelle is starting a branding project for the diocese and has some good […]

Website Design Done Right

A few weeks ago I was at the Non-Profit Technology Network‘s annual conference in San Francisco.  It was a terrific conference in one of my favorite cities.  It was a really great experience to see how non-profits were using technology to further their mission.  There were way too many workshop offerings for only three days […]

Churches and Technology

Back in August I wrote a posting called “How Wired Do You Want to Be“, which talked about using mobile devices in churches.  A friend forwarded on the following story to me.  Some may say I’m a prophet.  Others may say I got lucky.  You make the call.  

Search Engine Optimization, Parts 2-4

Richelle Thompson over at Episcopal Church Foundation Vital Practices has been very busy the last week talking about SEO.  Here are parts 2, parts 3 and parts 4.

Help, I’ve been hacked!

Phishing is the act of sending an email that falsely claims to be from a trusted source, in an effort to obtain your password, personal account information, or just money.  One that I have gotten a great deal of lately is the “I’m in Europe, my passport has been stolen and I need $xxx to […]

Increasing traffic to your Facebook Site

With all of the other things on my plate, one thing that I need to tend to more is Facebook and using it support your mission in the world.  I found this link via @RevWeb and it has some good tips on how to make Facebook more effective for your church.  The site has an […]

Comparing CMS, Part 2

A while back, I wrote a piece about Comparing Content Management Systems.  My colleague Kat Lehman in the Diocese of Bethlehem has found a nice link and a fairly comprehensive list of CMS options. She compiles a great little e-newsletter called IT@Diocesan House which I commend to you to check out.  Lots of good stuff.  […]