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News and Resources from JoPa
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Greetings!
(You'll have to read down further to find out about the free iPad
we're giving away...)
Thanks for your continued interest in what we're up to. This
month, we have an exciting announcement: while the event side of
our venture will continue under the banner of JoPa
Productions, all of our social media work now falls under
the name, Social Phonics.
As well as our Social Media Boot Camps, which you can read about
below, we're going to start offering coaching and consulting
services for churches, non-profits, and businesses. We're
currently building out the Social Phonics website, but in the
meantime, you can keep up with Social Phonics by following us on
Facebook and Twitter:
And, of course, drop us an email if you'd like to talk more about what we
offer.
Let us know how we can help you and your ministry!
Leaning Forward,
Tony Jones & Doug
Pagitt
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What Do the "New" Facebook Groups
Mean for You?
Last week,
Facebook announced that they were launching a new version of
groups. It can be difficult to keep up with all of the changes in
Facebook and Twitter, so here's a quick primer on the latest
change.
Facebook has come under scrutiny for privacy concerns in the last
couple years. Users were not comfortable, for instance, that when
they posted a picture or note on the wall of a group, that would
also show up on their own profile newsfeeds for all of their
friends to see. While there have been work-arounds for this, they
were never very intuitive.
What the new type of Facebook
Groups allows is for privacy. For instance,
something posted to a group will only be visible to other members
of that group, and it will only show up in the newsfeed of the
poster when viewed by other members of the group.
Practically, here's what we think it means: Churches and
non-profits and businesses still must have a Facebook
Page. That's a public place to give information about
your organization and to interact with parishioners, donors, and
customers.
But the new Facebook Groups now becomes the place for the
church staff, the board of directors, or a committee to work
collaboratively. For example, the Adult Education
Committee of a church could use a Facebook Group to discuss the
next committee meeting, post documents like the minutes of the last
meeting or the draft next Sunday's announcement. There is also the
ability to have a live chat in a Group, so there's the possibility
of online meetings. (If this sounds like Google's ill-fated Wave
platform, it is!)
Here's a good article on CNET that sums up Facebook's
announcement last week, and here's the official Facebook Help Center on the New Groups.
If you found this article helpful and you'd like help with Google
Maps, Google Apps, Facebook, Twitter, and more, JoPa Productions is
now offering one-on-one social media consulting services and
website design and management for individuals and organizations.
Please email us for more information.
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Social
Phonics Boot Camps --
Register to Win an iPad!
Our
one-day boot camps are a great way to get up-to-speed on how to
implement social media in your ministry, organization, or
business. You'll learn about how Facebook, Twitter, and blogging
can help you fulfil your mission, plus you'll be introduced to
Google Apps, search tools, and audio and video broadcast media.
There's not a better training day out there for social
media.
And
everyone who registers for a boot camp this fall will be entered to
win our grand prize drawing for an iPad, which we'll ship
out in mid-December, just in time for the holidays! So don't wait,
there's probably a boot camp near you:
OCTOBER 19, 2010 - Pasadena,
CA
OCTOBER 28, 2010 - Boston,
MA
NOVEMBER 15, 2010 - Sioux Falls,
SD
DECEMBER 2, 2010 - Dallas,
TX
JANUARY 13, 2011 - Minneapolis,
MN
Here's
what folks are saying about our Boot Camps:
"You
were so engaging and have vision around how these tools can
maintain authentic personal connection. Thanks so much for sharing
your vision and expertise in these areas with me."
-Amy,
Director of Lay Ministries
"I
wish I could get every church to hear your message!!! I feel better
equipped to 'make a case' concerning why resources and energy
should be invested in social media. You, your bootcamp and your
philosophy and mission will be shared with anyone who will listen
to me!"
-Karen,
Sunday School Superintendent
"You
were very genuine, pretty darn entertaining, and most informative.
Social Media Boot Camp should be a required seminary course."
-Stephen,
seminary student
"This
training was worth hundreds of dollars more than you charged"
-Keri,
Denominational Training Director
"I
want everyone in my business network to attend a boot camp. It was
an excellent day"
-Lisa,
Small Business Owner
We're
now scheduling boot camps for 2011, and we're
booking at presbytery, synod, and conference meetings, as well as
local churches and seminaries. If you'd like to host a boot camp,
email us.
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A New Book from
Doug!
In the last 200 years,
American culture has moved through three distinct ages: the
Agrarian Age, the Industrial Age, and the Information Age. We are
now in a fourth, which Doug has dubbed the Inventive Age. With each of these
ages has come a shift in what we think, what we value, what we do,
and how we do it.
Living in the Inventive Age is not
optional. It's here, and it's changing us. So the question
for the church is, can we figure out how to live and thrive in the
Inventive Age?
Phyllis Tickle says,
""Brilliant" is not a word I use very often in describing a book,
but I am using it with this one. Church In The
Inventive Age is brilliant in its conciseness and economy of
words, its clarity and its insights. But beyond all that, it's
alive -- alive with pregnant possibilities and with obvious
applications. It's a 'must read' for every pastor and lay person
concerned with Church in our times."
Read more endorsements, see a preview of the book, and enter
contests on Facebook:
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Thank
you for your continued interest in JoPa Productions!
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