when i grew up in new jersey i remember these ad's saying something like 'new jersey & you, perfect together'.. well, matt cheuvront at 'life without pants' has posted the first in my guest series on spirituality and social media. today i throw out the case that this who social media / web 2.0 explosion can be good for the faith.. is twitter the new town square, introduction to spirituality and social media.
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marshall mcluhan on church safety : life without pants guest post
for the next few weeks i will be guest posting over at matt cheuvrot’s blog ‘life without pants‘ covering thoughts on spirituality & social media. some thoughts (listen for the return to tribal culture mention) i ponder in my first posting are reflected in this snippet of marshall mcluhan. as with most things i hear, i relate them to church life. can you guess what i was thinking?
hendersonville geek breakfast : come hang with all my geek friends
erin & i have been a part of the tech community for a few years now. our latest thing has been to attend the monthly geek breakfasts. tho we've missed a few cause our doctors appointments seemed to have fallen on the same thursdays. anyways, if you are around the hendersonville i invite you to join in with our first hendersonville geek breakfast. fellow geek bill seaver has taken upon himself to be our organizer.
details: thursday april 9th, from 7:30am to 9am at mimi's cafe.
twouble with twitter : hilarious look at twitter
i get asked about twitter & why enough times that i am fine with saying, if your skeptical don't do it. i like len sweet's framing of twitter as passing on the town green. i've established some relationships, made a bunch of jokes, shared a ton of information, & wasted some time that was probably better off done somewhere else. adam cleaveland shared this hilarious video about twitter, on twitter, by the folks at current tv. as with most good satire, you need to know a bit of twitter to get the full fun, but even without that knowledge you'll be able to laugh at it. for a more serious look at twitter you can check out the 'twitter in plain english'
update: the folks at neatorama are having a bit of a slam on twitter after sharing this video
social media comprehensive : barbara rozgonyi
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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