National Gathering of Church IT Professionals
Posted by David Drinnon on Feb 4, 2012 | 0 comments
Information Technology Directors, Business and Network Administrators, Help Desk personnel and Web Developers will gather this spring to discuss topics and trends relevant to the uses of technology in a ministry setting at the Spring 2012 Church IT Roundtable Event on April 18-20, 2012 at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX.… READ MORE
Social Media Strategy for Student Ministries
Posted by David Drinnon on Apr 16, 2010 | 0 comments
This week I met with our Student Ministry staff to layout next steps for our website including the roll out of WordPress MU. We will be using WordPress MU as the foundation of our social media strategy. I gave them the following planning exercise to help facilitate a strategic social media framework for their ministry.… READ MORE
Dangers of Social Media for Churches & Non-Profits
Posted by David Drinnon on Mar 23, 2010 | 1 comment
Social Media certainly poses its share of gotchas. For individuals, it’s identity theft. For corporations, it’s managing public relations nightmares (such as those experienced by Domino’s and Comcast). For churches and non-profits, we share these risks and more.
Three risks that churches and non-profits should plan for are:
Misrepresentation: There is a legal term called ‘Agency‘.… READ MORE
Differences Between Websites, Blogs & Social Media
Posted by David Drinnon on Mar 17, 2010 | 0 comments
Recently, we have been discussing the role of blogs in our web strategy. We have several staff who already blog (view list). We encourage that, but we also wanted to begin incorporating blogs into our church’s web presence. These blogs are different from our staff’s personal blogs.… READ MORE
Social Media Governance & Best Practices
Posted by David Drinnon on Sep 21, 2009 | 0 comments
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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