Archive - July, 2011

Empowering Your Church Members to Embrace New Technologies

July 29, 2011 in Communications, Social Web, Web Ministry with 4 Comments

Empowering your church members to embrace new technology

I opened my paper this morning, actually my browser window, and found an article detailing the story of a local Middle Tennessee church planning an expo of sorts, inviting local professionals to come speak with children (K-12th grade). The day will include everything from robotic demonstrations to science experiments. Efforts are meant to inspire children to think about careers in science, technology, engineering or math — understanding that God’s creations are meant to be explored.

Kudos to this church for stepping out and exploring new ground. The role of the Church in exploring new technology, more importantly, empowering Christians to embrace new technologies is a passion of mine. Honestly, this is an area that I believe the Church has overlooked and has a responsibility to nurture.  Continue Reading…

Potty Posters: Church Advertising That Really Works

July 27, 2011 in Communications with 2 Comments

Restroom Advertising

In recent months I’ve been working with a church client, helping them audit their communications strategy. During the discovery phase of the project I was first introduced to the use of restroom advertising. They affectionately refer to their restroom advertisements as “potty posters”. Honestly, my first reaction was passive, all the while trying to not crack a smile. After a bit of research I learned that restroom advertising is surprisingly effective.

This is what I learned — these are some pretty astounding research results:  Continue Reading…

Open-Source Fonts: The Web’s Hidden Treasure

July 26, 2011 in Tools with 2 Comments

If you’re an avid reader of my blog, you know that I love beautiful typography. So you can just imagine my bliss when Google launched their collection of open-source web fonts. Literally hundreds of fonts free to download, and each one optimized for the web.

Google’s web fonts project is making hundreds of fonts free for anyone to us. They “believe there shouldn’t be any financial barriers for use of the technology websites are built on.” It should also be noted that Google is working with many of the top type designers to populate their font directory. As a designers and developer, I really appreciate Google’s willingness to embrace open-source this way.  Continue Reading…

Profile: Coy James of Cathedral of Hope

July 25, 2011 in Communications, Profile with 2 Comments

Coy James

Coy James is Canon of Stewardship and Special Projects at Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas.

I recently had the pleasure of conducting a virtual interview with Coy James, Canon of Stewardship and Special Projects at the Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ in Dallas, Texas. The Cathedral of Hope, home to more than 4,000 members, is the world’s largest liberal Christian church with a primary outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Coy’s experience includes over 20 years as a manager of various communications related organizations within Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division.  Continue Reading…

Communications Ministry: Making the complex beautifully clear

July 21, 2011 in Communications with 0 Comments

Into Foucs

For many church leaders communications is simply a punch list of to-do items. Do we have a website? Check! Do we have a logo? Check! And once the punch list is complete, the ministry of communications becomes an afterthought until a redesign is necessary.

When money is tight and staff are stretched thin, the act of communicating is often put on the back burner. Sharing the story of how you church is transforming lives and sharing Christ’s message is central to our charge.  Continue Reading…
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