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Communications 3.0 Trends that will impact your ministry.
by Drew Goodmanson|19 December 2011|Church Technology, Church Websites, Culture, Ekklesia, Featured Articles, General Technology, Ministry Technology, Monk Dev
Read the Communication 3.0 article at Outcomes With the growth of the web, new forms of communication are becoming dominant. Old methods of communication are impacted by this change. For example, the U.S. Postal Service is considering the elimination of...
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6 Ways Churches Fail with their Website
by Drew Goodmanson|12 August 2011|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, Featured Articles, Monk Dev
Over the last 5 years I've had the privilege of serving numerous churches and organizations to help them translate their mission into a web strategy. We've met with the key leadership of some of the largest, fastest growing churches in...
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Social Media for Ministry Leaders and Pastors: Where Do I Start?
by Drew Goodmanson|21 March 2011|Church Technology, Ekklesia, Featured Articles, Monk Dev
Just what is “social media” anyway? Why has it taken the online world by storm? In this webinar you’ll learn why the social web is absolutely crucial to communicating with the next generation. You’ll learn how the up-and-coming generation communicates...
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What is your Church Web Strategy?
by Drew Goodmanson|15 December 2010|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, Featured Articles, Monk Dev
It is increasingly obvious that an organization’s online presence is the new front door for many people. In 2010, according to Edison Research the Internet has become the most essential medium (from options such as television, radio and others). In...
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Website Wisdom
by Drew Goodmanson|02 November 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia, Monk Dev
Your Church magazine, part of Christianity Today published an article I wrote, Website Wisdom - New research, cooperative reveal best practices for churches in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue. The article begins: Research conducted earlier this year, which surveyed hundreds of...
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Story – Churches and Social Media breakout
by Drew Goodmanson|31 October 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia
Tim Schraeder did an excellent job capturing Cynthia Ware (http://thedigitalsanctuary.org/) and my session at the Story Chicago conference. Social Media Pulse What are churches current social media patterns? We are living in a world people dreamed of. There used to...
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The Shape of the Future – Online Ministry
by Drew Goodmanson|15 September 2009|Church Websites, Ekklesia, Ministry Technology, Monk Dev
Outcomes a quarterly magazine from the Christian Leadership Alliance just released their Fall 2009 issue highlighting Internet Ministry. I wrote an article entitled, The Shape of the Future - A four-part ministry Web strategy. The issue includes several articles you...
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The Ministry Internet & Technology Summit
by Drew Goodmanson|11 September 2009|Ekklesia, General Technology, Ministry Technology, Monk Dev
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...
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Internet Presence Management
by Drew Goodmanson|07 July 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia
Monk Development has begun our shift from a Content Management provider to an Internet Presence Management company. What is the difference? Most Content Management Systems (CMS) focus on managing the content to publish to a client's website. "If no one...
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Church Website Cooperative Project
by Drew Goodmanson|02 June 2009|Church Technology, Church Websites, Ekklesia
Kaleo Church along with several other churches plan on cooperating and implementing a new church web strategy. This strategy is influenced from a study that examined the analytics of 50+ church websites. In this research there were answers to questions...
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