youth ministry, web design, writing, photography by Gavin Richardson
When you get around a bunch of teenagers you will see them pulling out their cell phones & other devices to start chatting with some other friends miles away. You probably follow suit.. I know I do. Still, youth need their respite from technology. According to this 70% of teenagers
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Pinterest allows your church to be a curator of “cool” Pinterest is the fastest growing social media tool today, amassing over 10.5 million users as of late February. It has that same amount of referral traffic as Twitter does (AllTwitter), …
So you worked really hard communicating to the youth group via email but no one seems to have gotten the word. So you wonder who in your youth group has gotten your email messages? We’ve all been there. Check out this ‘how to’ tutoria…
I was again amused by the publicity campaigns of BeautifulPeople.com who has made news recently for kicking out some 30,000 ‘members’ of their social media site. Last time they did that they claimed it was because people “let themselves go” after the Christmas/New Year holidays and the ‘beautiful people’ were complaining that the site had [...]
I get to call some really creative people all over the world my friend. I’m so blessed that way, but not so far away is a super group of creative types that I hang out with as our Hendersonville Geekbreakfast. Once a month we all meet up for breakfast, talk some shop, make fun of [...]
This posting originally written for Sticky Sheep I’ve been reading this article by a Jewish Rabbi about social media, its impact on youth culture, and what the bible has to teach us about participation in social media. (I read)”..much of the narrative element of the Tanakh as a series of facebook or twitter posts. Frequently, [...]
i liked this little ted talk presentation on social media, in part, because it is short and tells a simple story. the learning point that i would suggest my church tribe needs to take a hold of is, “its okay to loose control” and that “no longer does the message come from the top down.” [...]
today i spent my morning (and greater part of the rest of the day) with chris brogan. if you do not know who chris is, my quick description would be that he is the mayor of twitter & one of the most recognized people in the world of social media 'who gets it.' i stumbled [...]
emergent conversant, fellow social media friend, steve knight put together this presentation on a theology of twitter. it has some great content. maybe the greatest content is him quoting me from my spirituality and social media series i did with matt cheuvront. The Theology Of Twitter View more presentations from Steve Knight.
one of my hendersonville geek buds, darren crawford, tipped me off to this quick piece of coolness. basically its an mit project that compiles the various persona's associated with your name on the internet. it was really cool to see some of the stuff i've written, been mentioned on showing up in the collection. neat [...]