I had the pleasure on Saturday of leading a session as part of the first regional training day offered by the brand spanking new New Media Centre of Excellence at the brilliant Hope City Church Megacentre in Leeds. The New Media Centre of Excellence is focused on inspiring and equipping churches and Christians to use new … Continue reading »
A guide to Pinterest – what can it do for me?
The latest hot social network on the block to which I’ve become quite addicted is Pinterest. Pinterest is a social network that enables you to create ‘boards’ of ‘pins’ on whatever themes you like. Pins are represented by images and are links to interesting content on the internet. It’s like a giant scrap-booking tool for … Continue reading »
My essential guide to Facebook for businesses and organisations
I have had the fun experience over the last couple of months of creating materials to help people get the most out of Facebook for their business or organisation. I decided to create this quick and simple guide to Facebook based on what I’ve learnt so far. What you need to know about Facebook: Individuals … Continue reading »
Social Media for the Scared/Sacred – for Bradford Diocese – presentation and resources
I had the pleasure of leading a workshop at Bradford Diocese today introducing the delights of social media to a group of clergy and lay people from the local area all keen to get their heads around new media. Bishop Nick Baines gave us a useful overview of how he uses social media and encouraged … Continue reading »
An introduction to Facebook for Churches
I am running a workshop for Bradford Diocese on Monday entitled ‘Social Media for the Scared‘. Some of the delegates asked if I could come with some examples of the use of social media by churches. I realised that it’s quite hard to find churches on Facebook and so put out a request on Twitter … Continue reading »