Gavin Richardson

social media comprehensive : barbara rozgonyi

March 21, 2009 By Gavin Richardson

i met barbara rozgonyi a few years back at a worship leading & keynote session up in chicago. had some fab conversation and we’ve been blogger & twitter buddies since. she’s much more advanced than i in the world of public relations & marketing in the social media spectrum, so in the past years i’ve learned a whole lot more from her than i taught in one chilly morning. she posted one of her presentations on slideshare on social media presence. this doesn’t have her teaching it, which leaves out some of the fun, but within it you can find some very good numbers and warnings. for me too, it was a heads up that i probably need to pay attention to linkedin better (which as of now i just haven’t done much with).

Speaking Of Social Media Marketing and PR

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business cards & youth ministry : the green business card

March 21, 2009 By Gavin Richardson

i've been in youth ministry for going on 15+ years now. in those years i've possessed maybe two business cards, all bought for me by someone else. never in those 15+ years has a teenager asked me for a business card. so why have them? i never saw the need.

now, in this new day of my youth ministry career i find myself doing more networking within the larger church & most recently the nashville (soon to be hendersonville) tech community. i am feeling the need to get some business cards. here are my two options i'm going with.

1. i've put together the sms contxt card. all you need to do is txt 'gavoweb' to 50500 and you will receive some of my basic business card info. this is paperless, which is an excellent 'green' usage. wasn't technology & the computer supposed to get rid of the need for paper?.. right.. well, here is atleast a spot to try something new out that is paperless. not to mention, if you are a youth leader like me, your primary audience is one of people who txt like mad seems logical to use.

2. i am ordering "mini-cards" which are small, baseline essential versions of business cards. now, i don't know if they prove to be something more effective than a stack of traditional business cards, but i like the concept and the coolness factor of being smaller. i might not call this 'green' i don't know the ins and outs of paper product to say that just because this is smaller means it uses less paper. it probably does.. but really i think its cool, not to mention the cool mini card holder.

religious spiritual christ-follower emerging emergent missional : other defining typos

March 19, 2009 By Gavin Richardson

i just love religious satire. its so telling & holds up a mirror showing us how we really are. i pulled this gem out for a twitter conversation, but it reminds me of some of the whole definition/tags that people are willing & not willing to give themselves. it also reminded me of one of the snippets of prophetic twitterspeak i shared at my spirituality & social media session at podcamp nashville.

someone who gets social media : interview with charlene li @ sxsw

March 18, 2009 By Gavin Richardson

as i’ve mentioned. our church gets social media & networks wrong all over the place. here’s a gem of an interview with charlene li of groundswell. its not over the top point making, but she is so on target for where church/corporate entities need to examine themselves within the social media spectrum.

monday music : the new dj

March 16, 2009 By Gavin Richardson

if you haven't seen or heard kutiman through the blogosphere or cyber world in general. this is a song put together by mashing up a bunch of youtube videos of people playing instruments. the whole story can be found here. this is just fascinating, as well as the mother of all funk chords.