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Video: The Power of Words (and 4 communication lessons we can learn from it)

April 20th, 201108:49 AM ET

By Paul Steinbrueck

This great little video was passed along to me by one of my fellow OurChurch.Com staff. Have a look. There are so many important lessons we can take away from this clever video: 1) Words have power. Words inspire. Words stir people to action. Words are how ideas spread. Words have been key to the rise of every nation and every movement in ...
5 Reasons Churches Should Use Social Media

March 15th, 201110:49 AM ET

By Paul Steinbrueck

If your church is still on the fence about using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or other social media tools to communicate with those in your church and those in your community, here are 5 compelling reasons. 1. Gets news/info to people who use social media. People miss church, they don’t pay attention to announcemets, they don’t read newsletters...
Less Clutter, Less Noise: It All Boils Down to 2 Questions

February 17th, 201109:39 AM ET

By Paul Steinbrueck

After 15 posts on 15 chapters of Less Clutter, Less Noise we have reached the end of this group blog project. I’ve enjoyed rereading the book and discussing it with you all. The blog posts and comments provided some insight and examples I hadn’t previously gotten from reading the book alone. Thank You! I want to express my gratitude to t...
Churches Want Private Group Communication Tools

October 21st, 200908:56 AM ET

By Matt Harrell

Back in April, I listened to a webinar put on by Drew Goodmanson and Cynthia Ware on the State of the Church Online. You can read an excellent review of the research findings that they presented over here and the slides from the presentation are here. These guys are doing a really good work. I personally believe that this research and the mot...
Equipping Seminary Students to Communicate Better

October 13th, 200909:54 AM ET

By Matt Harrell

Seminaries face unique challenges. Secular universities and colleges are up to their eyeballs in the new world of communications that include social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook. There are few if any filters on these offerings and they generally pose more problems for a seminary environment than they do solutions. Does that mean that se...
How to Use Private Student Pages for Better Parent-Teacher Communication

September 15th, 200902:32 PM ET

By Paul Steinbrueck

Back when I was in school, except for the occasional parent/teacher conference the only communication between teachers and parents were the papers that my teachers gave me... that I remembered to take home... made it there in one piece... and I remembered to give to my folks. Let's just say my delivery rate did not exactly rival that of FedEx. In...