The Ministry Internet & Technology Summit
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Ekklesia, General Technology, Ministry Technology and Monk Dev on 09 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Christian Leadership Alliance has asked that I organize an Internet Ministry conference for CLA 2010 and beyond. This year it will be in San Diego, CA, on April 19-21, 2010. This year we have our schedule of speakers that will include numerous panel members from ministries around the world.
SUMMIT...
Online Conversions
Lately I’ve been in a couple conversations regarding online conversions. Are they happening?
Yes and by the millions according to sites like GodRev (see Joy in Heaven). Using GodRev as the example, they take people through a process of Knowing God where visitors go through a multimedia rich...
The Truth about Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Church Websites, Featured Articles and General Technology on 03 4th, 2009 | 16 Comments
Thank you for all who participated in today’s webinar, nearly 80 people signed-up for it. For those who missed it, here was the description of the webinar:
We have all heard about the importance of a church website, the craze of social networking and the need for pastors to blog. But how effective...
State of the Church Online : Goals Met
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Websites and General Technology on 02 21st, 2009 | 5 Comments
We have hit and now are exceeding our response goals! Thank you to all who promoted & participated in the State of the Church Online surveys. We have over 500 responses to the Social & Community Network survey and over 50 churches who will participate in the web analytics evaluation. Thank...
The State of the Church Online - Part II Church Websites & Usage
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 02 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
How effective is your church website?
Are regulars coming back frequently?
Are you gathering new people? If not, who is visiting your website?
Why are they visiting?
Where are these visitors coming from?
Church website designs have improved greatly over the last few years but are the designs created...
The State of the Church Online - Part I Social & Community Networks
Are churches using the internet to gather, disciple and build community? In the last couple years a number of new private church community networks have been launched in addition to numerous social networking sites. We are still very early on in understanding what churches are doing effectively online....
2009 Technology & Church Planting Conferences Roadmap
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Leadership, Ministry Design and Monk Dev on 01 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Here are a few good conferences coming up that are on my roadmap:
[REVISED 5/11]
National Religious Broadcasters Convention & Exposition (February 7-10 Nashville, TN) The NRB annual Convention & Exposition is the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assist...
Ministry Websites Launched
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 12 4th, 2008 | No Comments
Monk Development has a number of ministry sites coming down the pipeline, here are a few of our recent launches:
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) has spread to more than 100 campuses across the country and has grown to include well over 200 full time staff. RUF holds to the core beliefs of historic...
Cobblestone Community Network
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Faith, General Technology, Ministry Design and Monk Dev on 10 31st, 2008 | 8 Comments
The secret is being let out….Cobblestone Community Network teaser site is now up.
Cobblestone is more than a social networking site; Cobblestone is designed to engage users in behaviors that help them be the church.
Blog Stats & Demographics
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, General Technology and Monk Dev on 09 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment
A lot of bloggers can become stats monsters. Looking at how many unique visitors, links, page views, feed readers, etc. Well along comes a new research tool for gaining demographic information from your users and site visitors from Crowd Science.
There are a few invites left at Mashable if you want...
BlogWorld & GodblogCon
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Culture, General Technology and Monk Dev on 09 8th, 2008 | No Comments
I’m heading to BlogWorld & the GodblogCon conference later this month. The conference will be dealing with Blogging and emerging internet media technologies.
Anyone else planning on making this conference in Las Vegas?
Google Chrome
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, General Technology and Monk Dev on 09 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment
Google just launched Google Chrome, a web browser to take on IE. I just downloaded it and it looks like it is the beginning of something pretty amazing. Learn more here or download Google Chrome now.
The Hype of Social Networking and the Church
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Culture, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 08 4th, 2008 | 13 Comments
Lately I’m running across a number of companies that are building social networking sites targeted to the church market. A number that have set their sights at being the ‘church Facebook’. Yet, most of what is called ’social networking’ is meaningless. They often offer...
Upgraded Wordpress
Posted by D. Goodmanson in General Technology on 07 9th, 2008 | No Comments
It’s been too long so I finally upgraded my Wordpress to Version 2.5.1.
Shapevine Interview: Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & Renovo
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Culture, Faith, General Technology, Leadership, Sermon and Triperspectivalism on 06 23rd, 2008 | 3 Comments
One last reminder prior to tomorrow for you to join us on Shapevine June 24 at 4 PM EST (1pm PST) for an interview on Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & the Renovo Network.
There will be a time to ask questions and interact with David & I regarding what we've...
Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an Internet strategy and development company. Monk created Ekklesia 360 which is used by thousands of churches and ministries. Drew often speaks at conferences and has written for several national publications about how churches/ministries can use the Internet. Goodmanson.com is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, CA. More about Drew Goodmanson.
