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.… READ MORE
Looking Back to the Redesign of Second.org
A few months ago, I reported to our Executive team the impact of the recently redesigned second.org. Since its launch in late March, our number of page views have doubled…reaching as much as 2.2 million in a single month. Today, we have 3,261 registered users, 1,000+ of which registered within the first week of launch.… READ MORE
Directory of Online Churches & Internet Campuses (Expanded)
Over the last year or so, Multisite Church Revolution, DJ Chuang at Digital Leadership, Cynthia Ware at the Digital Sanctuary, and Greg Atkinson have all posted lists of known internet campuses. I compiled their lists (and comments by their readers) and did some additional research to document the technologies used by many of these churches to create their online campus.… READ MORE
Social Media: New ‘Did You Know’ Video
The newest Did You Know (version 4) video was recently released. The latest version was produced for the Economist’s Third Annual Media Convergence Conference in New York City next month (10/20-21).
The video moves fast. If you want a transcript of its contents, you can read them at Michael Hyatt’s blog.… READ MORE
Social Media Governance & Best Practices
Bill Reichart passed along a great resource via twitter today. It is an online database of social media governance (i.e. guidelines and best practices) from several different organizations. This would be a great place to start for those writing one for your church.
Why does a church need this?… 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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