Showing posts with label volunteers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volunteers. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

#ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: Branding, Love and Care of Communications Ministers, and more!

We followed up on key topics discussed
during this week's Church Marketing Sucks 
hangout. Here's the video.

This week's chat moderated by Neal Fischer (@nealffischer)

Topics:
T1: Every Church has a brand (planned or not). Do you have a plan/guide for branding? (Logo, Font, Style Sheet, Color)
T1A: If you have some form of shareable/written form of plan/guide for your ministry, how does it get shared/used?
T2: How do we reduce noise and share announcements without half of them being ignored?
T3: You are the communicator for your Church. Do you just disseminate info or do you help shape what gets shared?
T3A: How do we help the Church understand communications ministry and ministers are as important as youth pastors/other ministries?
T3B: How do we show our value and build relationships with those we serve?
T4: What are some ways we can take a Sabbath?
T4A: We often work alone, so how do we keep from feeling alone, overworked, and underappreciated?
T4B: How do we make the work we do sustainable so that it doesn't overwhelm us?
T4C: If you do have help/volunteers, which tools help you keep your team organized?



Graphic created by Chuck Scoggins (@chuckscoggins)

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

#ChSocM (Church Social Media) Chat Transcript: 3/4/14: Volunteers, Volunteering and Ministry

We chatted about volunteers whose mission and ministry
 is social media, and how to recruit, encourage, and support them. 

Tonight's chat moderated by Carolyn Clement (@singingcarolyn)

Topics:
T1a A question for all: how did you get started doing #chsocm? What moved you to begin?
T1b Looking at the T1a responses, what can we learn about identifying those in our congregations who might be interested in #chsocm ministry?
T2: So, let’s say we’ve found some folks interested in helping with #chsocm. How shall we train them? Who does that training?
T3a: We all need to feel appreciated & supported in our ministry. Volunteers: what, specifically, encourages you in your #chsocm work?
T3b: Another question for volunteers: What do you need from your church to most effectively do #chsocm?
T4 a quick Q about managing #chsocm volunteers: what kind of control should (can?) clergy have in social media use?
Parting thoughts about paid and unpaid #ChSocM ministry.

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