Comments on: if you blog it, will they come?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:15:54 +0000

Ben: what do you mean you respond to spiritual interests of others through twitter? How does that work?
Lisa: How do you think Rhett and Link do a good job of using social media to advertise who they are?
Alex: Facebook events are seemingly the way to go – and way cheaper and less leg work than fliers.
brian: first props for using all lowercase in your commenting. (i notice these things). and i agree with the commenting stigma. i, too, need to learn to participate more in these conversations happening all around me; all the time. Maybe you’ve seen this, maybe not – a commenting system designed for discussion called disqus: http://disqus.com/
Ken: I don’t know that I do have a copy of that thesis – but man, some of it is way outdated (6 years old) But PROPS to you and your team for looking for ways to use social media to expand your scope and influence. I saw the Gen F post – but will reread it more closely.

By: Ken C

Ken C — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:26:33 +0000

Kelly, I appreciate your insights and would LOVE to see your thesis. Where could I find a soft copy? My team is pursuing every avenue we can to help students as digital natives be more aware of the opportunities to live out their faith in relevant ways through social networking.

Curious how you would respond to Gary Hamel’s insights related to leading Gen F here:
http://onleadingwell.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-do-we-lead-gen-f.html

Shoulder to shoulder, Ken

By: Brian Barela

Brian Barela — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:00:24 +0000

so glad you’re hosting kelly! great first post to kick things off.

i realize that i spend a disproportionate time reading/viewing but not participating and adding to the various conversations happening online.

at a winter conference seminar i hosted this year i challenged the attendees to listen, engage, and share. my goal has been to focus on developing my capacity in one of these at a time.

i just reorganized my rss feeds and began actively listening to them on a regular basis. i’ve also set up google alerts for various key words that are hot topics for me and began to chase down some of those leads.

i’m sure all of us have plenty of room to grow in our use of social media, but the bottom line for me is to start commenting on other’s blogs. the comments add so much value to the post and extend beyond the interaction to all those who read the post.

By: Alex Costa

Alex Costa — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:50:49 +0000

Alex Costa
CCC Staff
Ohio State University

I’m partially tech-savvy, so I don’t have any major success stories, but Facebook’s event application has improved attendance at events dramatically. Three years ago, when that application started, it took me a while to get that message across to the staff team here, but now it is just assumed that you make an event on Facebook.

By: Lisa Harmon

Lisa Harmon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:50:46 +0000

I spelled it wrong in the link. Here it is: http://www.rhettandlink.com

By: Lisa Harmon

Lisa Harmon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:49:59 +0000

I love the PC3 rap! We are going to be at the beach one week in May and we were hoping to come to PC3 that Sunday morning on our way home. I’ll look up the date and email you. We’d love to see you! As for the internet, the first example that comes to my mind is Rhett & Link. They use the internet to virally spread videos all the time – it is their job! http://www.rhettnandlink.com

By: Ben of BenandJacq

Ben of BenandJacq — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:51:43 +0000

No real answer to the question, because I’m responding from my phone and can’t post links. But I absolutely love the concept of leveraging new social networking technology to reach folks with the gospel. I am loving using twitter to monitor and respond to folks with spiritual intrest. I’ll post more tomorrow.

Ps. How does a FORMER staff person get to be a facilitator? You must know people.