agoraphobic church : keynote by ministry 2.0

• some shifts in the church that david has seen

• fundamentalism
• seeker sensitive
• new shift, our methods don't work. cool methods only go so far

• have growing culture that knows not pharoah
• fragmentation, each person can start a movement. lots of 'mini-movements'
• we have methodological freedom & technical power to advance the church from agoraphobic stage
  • agoraphobia, fear of the marketplace
  • fear of open space or ideas
• as people of the church we are zenopobic, fearful of stranger
• mission miopia, greatest mission that churches have is survival. a mission of survival isn't very inspiring
• if we only go after the churched we are only hitting a shrinking population
• wall-less, wireless, worn-out
  • we live in a day with the death of distance. bricks & mortar are no longer defining
  • nimble simple lean are the thing of the future
  • a mobility that redefines sacred space
  • how does an entity survive being open only one hour a week?..
  • wireless, anyone everywere anytime
  • worn-out, live in a culture of intense complexity
  • we can't explain it in the same old world words
  • (talk on varieties in life reminded of this malcolm gladwell ted talk)
  • you gotta come when we are open & hear what we have to say, no longer
• marketing is now content
• how do we use tech to leverage our message. the gospel is our core message
• not sin management (from dallas willard)
• its one thing to have the tech equally exciting to have content that matters
• more open to dialogue, less open to rhetoric
• if we continue our walled in gardens we will loose 'the race'

david foster is pastor of the gathering a church plant in cool springs area of tennessee

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at the core of social media : workshop session at ministry 2.0 technology conference

what is social media? the process of using interactive web-based tools to establish community

• why? what do you want to accomplish? in being part of social media
• dangers of failure to planning ongoing engagement

• at the heart of the tools is conversation
• a wiki is where people collaborate on a document, not a forum
• www.wearemedia.org social media site for non-profits
• people move tools, how to design to keep people
• there are people who create content & those who spectate
• participation, openness, conversation, community, connectedness by chris brogan (download his latest ebook, fish where the fish are)
• "we are not sure who'll have time to moderate it?" are you really ready?
• do you want to be a platform for people to participate in that open conversation?
• how business sees this
  • broadcast : we tell you what to think of our service
  • interactive : tell us what you think of what we tell you
  • social media : tell each other
• characteristics of all the tools, at the center is people
• ideas & beliefs develop on experiences and trust
• what makes something a good experience?
  • accomplishment
  • exceeding expectation
  • saves time
  • task accomplishment
  • the experience itself
  • packaging
  • brand
• 3 broad groups to experiences,
  • the core interaction describes the 'thing' (product or service) being purchased
  • the presentation layer describes secondary elements that have a direct effect on our perceptions
  • the communications layer describes those attraction efforts which an indirect effect on perceptions
• two halves to the model
  • the top half is the company space and all things that can be controlled by the company
  • the bottom half is what a user can create/work with
• mix of rational & emotional

experiences and trust

• what builds trust? what looses trust?
• experiences are the currency of trust
• trust makes social life predictable, creates a sense of community,…
• community depends on trust

the church needs tools

• that connect people globally and locally
• help people group around shared interests
• make it easier to share with the …

tools

• shared corporate gathering via ustream
• twitter or small groups or missionaries
• blogs, share your heart
• etc.. start with you needs and then find the tools

these are some things i'd like to accomplish at, through or for my church: (my generated list)

• develop pride in the ministry and message of our community
• have extensions to relationships from sunday to sunday
• inform parents and key players
• play some role in developing apprentices of Christ
• have familiar grounds to have tough conversations
• challenge the status quo of the church
• inspire others

categories

• facebook, myspace, bebo, hi5, ning, linkedin are social networks to connect people to other people
• digg, del.icio.us magnolia, stumble upon are social bookmarkings and collaborative filters
• wordpress, blogger, typepad are blogging platforms
• pbwiki, wikispace, wetpaint are wikis for collaboratives
• socializer, friendfeed, socialthing, profilactic are lifestreams and new to landscape
• skype, thinkature, stixy are collaborative communication
• forums or messageboards
• podcasts & videocast
• content communities are youtube, slideshare, where people gather around content
• shared events eventful, zvents, google calendar where you can share things that are going on
• livecast are live video like ustream
• microblogging is twitter, pownce

tips

• follow jeremiah owyang

stephen anderson is the vice president of design at viewzi. stephen promises to put his slides from this session on slideshare.

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