Second.org Wins Houston Gold Addy Award
On February 13, the Houston chapter of the American Advertising Federation awarded Origin Design a Gold Medal Addy Award in Interactive Media for their design of Second.org. We are very excited about this recognition of our website.
As a gold medal winner, our website will now be submitted for a district award and hopefully then a national award. The Addy awards are a very prestigious honor in the advertising industry.
So join me in recognizing our in-house project team who worked tirelessly with me on our website. They share in the the reward of this great honor:
Chris Castle, Senior Applications Developer
Barbara Durand, Director of Marketing & Communications
Heather Halaska, Art Director
Brian Milinski, Volunteer Ministry Coordinator
Cindy Raymond, Communications Account Manager
Dave Riggle, Associate Pastor and Executive Sponsor
Cliff Young, Pastor and Director of Creative Media and SecondFilms
Great job gang! To see a list of all winners, go here.
More About Second.org:
- Video Overview
- Key Features: Online Prayer Room; Class/Group Websites; Streaming Media; Events Calendar; ShareThis; mySBC Life; e-Newsletters; Event and Media RSS Feeds, Completely integrated with Church Membership System
- Features of Group Websites: Events, Evites, File Sharing, Photo Albums, Class Roster, Small Groups, Email Personalization, Leadership Positions, Data Exports.
- Average Monthly Website Traffic/Usage:
- 60,349 Average Visits per Month
- 2,021,790 Average Page Views per Month
- Over 50% of our website’s traffic is attributed to use of group websites
- Average Monthly Emails Sent via Group Websites: 65,955
- 144 of 162 (90%) of Adult Bible Study Classes are using group websites
- Monthly Average Media Consumption:
- 19,684 Videos (Watched Online)
- 12,699 MP3 Down loads
- 4,164 MP4 Video Downloads
- 3,039 Photos Viewed
- 34,138 Podcasts Views
- 4,076 Registered Users
Project Partners: Origin Design (Design, CSS/HTML); RoundedCube (Sitecore CMS Implementation; Google Mini and Social Media Integrations)
About Equip Them
Equip Them focuses on technology as tools for evangelism and spiritual formation in the church and family. It is the personal blog of David Drinnon, pastor and Director of Information Technology and Websites at Second Baptist Church, Houston, TX. The opinions and views expressed on this site are his own and do not necessarily represent those of his church.
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