Social Media Policy for Church Staff
After looking at several social media policies of other organizations, we finally drafted a social media policy for our church staff. The purpose of this policy is to give our staff some best practices in their personal use of social media during their employment at Second Baptist Church, Houston.… READ MORE
Dangers of Social Media for Churches & Non-Profits
Social Media certainly poses its share of gotchas. For individuals, it’s identity theft. For corporations, it’s managing public relations nightmares (such as those experienced by Domino’s and Comcast). For churches and non-profits, we share these risks and more.
Three risks that churches and non-profits should plan for are:
Misrepresentation: There is a legal term called ‘Agency‘.… READ MORE
Differences Between Websites, Blogs & Social Media
Recently, we have been discussing the role of blogs in our web strategy. We have several staff who already blog (view list). We encourage that, but we also wanted to begin incorporating blogs into our church’s web presence. These blogs are different from our staff’s personal blogs.… READ MORE
Twitter: Growth Stats & Ministry Use
Twitter is the fastest growing social network on the web today.
Comparatively speaking, the total number of users on Twitter is slightly less than the population of New York City. So, I certainly wouldn’t consider it mainstream, but its growth rate is impressive.
What is even more interesting is who is using twitter.… READ MORE
Timelines for Web 2.0
Being a teacher myself, I love visual teaching aids. Today, I came across a phenomenal tool….one that I have dreamed about but did not know existed. It is a timeline creation tool for the web 2.0 generation. Head on over to Dipity.com and checkout some of the example timelines…all of which can be embedded in your blog or website.… READ MORE
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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