Posts Tagged ‘social media’

Why Parents and Teachers Should use Private Collaboration Tools

Posted by Matt Harrell on June 16th, 2011 | No Comments »

 

Busy Mom with Cellphone
As parents of young children my wife and I are in the midst of learning the details of early childhood education. Both of our children attend a preschool at a local church and we’ve also decided to stick with the Wake County Public School system for Elementary school (my wife and I both grew up in this system after all). One thing is becoming clear, parents have a huge impact on the effectiveness of a particular school and private collaboration tools can help make communication easy. Read more…

10 Ways to Engage Members with Technology

Posted by Matt Harrell on January 11th, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Engage Your Members [gear shift]Churches, nonprofits, and associations are all member-driven organizations. The more involved the members are, the higher the likelihood that the organization will reach its goals. This is even true for schools with active parents. Quite simply, you need your members, constituents, and people to be engaged! Here are 10 ways that you can use technology to help engage the people in your organization. Read more…

Social Media Training for Churches: M2Live Coupon

Posted by Matt Harrell on September 21st, 2010 | No Comments »

Are you a church leader that wants to learn about social media? Heck, if you’re a leader at any organization you really MUST consider attending one of the live face-to-face trainings that M2Live is putting on this year.

There is one coming up in Chicago on October 8-9 and it’s not too late to register. We have coupon for you too!

Use the coupon code MEMBERHUB to get a 10% discount. Register here: http://m2livechicago.eventbrite.com/

There is a rock-star line up for this event including Tony Steward from LifeChurch.tv, Kem Myer and Justin Wise. These guys really know their stuff and I promise that you will get your money’s worth from this crew.

So you should definitely consider this event and keep in mind there is another one in our hometown of Raleigh in November. Needless to say we’ll be there with bells on. Oh, and we have coupon codes for that one too.

Just GO! Social Media is important.

Social Media Director: Does Your Church Need One?

Posted by Matt Harrell on August 18th, 2010 | 6 Comments »

One of the most common questions with regards to implementing social media objectives at churches, nonprofits and associations is “Whose responsibility is it?”. Should the IT people do it? After all, they know how all this techy stuff works. What about marketing/communication? They are in control of our “messaging” and “branding”. What about the leaders in the organization? They should do it because they reflect the vision and heartbeat of the organization.

The truth is most social media experts will suggest that all staff members at your organization should have social media as part of his/her daily tasks. Social media should be used at all levels of the organization.

Earlier today, during the free M2Live webinar, Cynthia Ware (a well-respected church technology consultant) suggested that churches should appoint a Social Media Director. Someone that is responsible for laying out the plan for your church’s use of social media. I for one think this is a great idea! Here’s why:

  • Every church should have a social media policy for their staff. This person is responsible for that.
  • This person is also responsible for all social media strategy. What should Facebook be used for? What should it NOT be used for. Will you use Twitter? What is the PLAN? Who responds to ridiculous comments on your Facebook page? Should your pastor blog? What is a blog? Should someone wear a Hootsuite?
  • All questions social media related are filtered through this person.
  • This person is responsible for new trends and staying on top of the rapidly-changing landscape that is social media.

Should you hire or does your social media director already exist? What else am I missing? Why is hiring a social media a director a good idea? Why is it a bad idea?