Church Communications

Latest Episodes:

Should Your Church Use Snapchat? Jun 14, 2018

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Today, we have a special episode featuring Nils Smith and Justin Dean. This is a live discussion about whether or not your church should be using Snapchat.

Instagram is Getting Longform Video! Jun 07, 2018

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Links mentioned in this episode:

How Instagram’s algorithm works

Instagram might soon let you post videos up to an hour long

New Tools for Nonprofit Fundraisers

Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018

WWDC

Lift up

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

Agenda App

Dropbox Paper

Pinterest is More Popular than Twitter May 30, 2018

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Links mentioned in this episode:

Pinterest 2017 Sales Rise 58 Percent to $473 Million

This Is What Happens In an Internet Minute in 2018

Hot Topics in the United States for April 2018

The first Snapchat lens that reacts to your voice has arrived

Lift Up

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Instagram is Going to Mute You May 24, 2018

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Links mentioned in this episode:

Introducing Mute: A New Way to Personalize Your Feed

Facebook Stories reveals 150M daily viewers and here come ads

Introducing YouTube Premium

Guest Host Justin Nava:

http://www.betterchurchwebsite.com/

https://www.justinnava.com

https://www.churchtrainingacademy.com

#AskAdam with Seth Muse - Answering your church communications questions! May 18, 2018

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Taking questions we've received, asked in the church communications group and questions that came in as we were recording. We answered questions about finding Instagram volunteers, moderating comments on social media, creating engagement and how to find out if your church is ready to do away with your bulletin.

Today's show was sponsored by touchpoint software:

TouchPoint is a church management system built by the church for the church. We are an online church management platform and mobile app designed to work together to keep your church connected at any time, and any place.

The newly relaunched TouchPoint mobile app enables church staff, lay leaders, and members to manage giving, check in for classes and small group, update their contact information, stream sermon audio and video, register for events, receive messages, complete ministry tasks, schedule marketing messages, and more. And because the app integrates with your TouchPoint database, your members’ contact information is correct and up to date.

Our mission at TouchPoint is to eliminate the need for numerous point solutions and free you from data silos. We want you to see disciples, not data.

Go to touchpointsoftware.com/churchcommunications to get a free e-book about using data to make smarter ministry decisions.

What Does GDPR Even Mean? (Also We're Not Lawyers) May 17, 2018

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On this episode, Katie and special guest, Emmy award-winning editor, Jenny Randle, chat about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how it might affect your church, as well as Twitter trolls, and Facebook's new rating system based on sentiment for pages and brands.

Google's Making Phone Calls May 11, 2018

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Links mentioned in this episode:

Making it Easier to Do Business on Instagram

How Facebook's News Feed Works - and What's Coming Next

Google’s AI sounds like a human on the phone — should we be worried?

New Live Tools for Publishers: Persistent Stream Keys, Crossposting and Live Rewind

#AskAdam with Ryan Holck: How can we best promote and design for Summer Camp / VBS? May 04, 2018

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Today, I'm joined by Ryan Holck From Rad-Ideas.com to talk about promoting and designing for Summer Camp / Vacation Bible School. Ryan gives us some great ideas on what to consider leading up to your church's Summer program.

Our mission at TouchPoint is to eliminate the need for numerous point solutions and free you from data silos. We want you to see disciples, not data.

Go to touchpointsoftware.com/churchcommunications to get a free e-book about using data to make smarter ministry decisions.

F8 and Facebook's Announced Changes May 03, 2018

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Today’s sponsor is TourchPoint. TouchPoint is a church management system built by the church for the church. They are an online church management platform and mobile app designed to work together to keep your church connected at any time, and any place.
The newly relaunched TouchPoint mobile app enables church staff, lay leaders, and members to manage giving, check in for classes and small group, update their contact information, stream sermon audio and video, register for events, receive messages, complete ministry tasks, schedule marketing messages, and more. And because the app integrates with your TouchPoint database, your members’ contact information is correct and up to date.
The mission at TouchPoint is to eliminate the need for numerous point solutions and free you from data silos. They want you to see disciples, not data.
Get your free e-book "The Field Guide for Data-Driven Ministry"

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All of the news from Facebook’s F8 developer conference

#AskAdam with Stephen Brewster May 02, 2018

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Stephen Brewster talks about leading creative discussions, with leadership, a brainstorming team and with a creative team at your church. The concepts are simple but plan to listen to this episode a few times to take it all in.

This episode is brought to us by touchpoint software.

Our mission at TouchPoint is to eliminate the need for numerous point solutions and free you from data silos. We want you to see disciples, not data.

Go to touchpointsoftware.com/churchcommunications to get a free e-book about using data to make smarter ministry decisions.