Today is the First #GivingTuesday


I’m sure you’re well aware of Black Friday , Small Business Saturday , and Cyber Monday. Our national holiday to celebrate the goodness of God has become a retail-driven shopping frenzy! There’s a good change in 2012, though.

Several organizations and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, started a national campaign promoting #GivingTuesday, a day to volunteer and/or donate to charitable causes. Continue reading “Today is the First #GivingTuesday”

Lots of Blog Fodder from the Social Media for NonProfits Conference


I just returned last night from spending a great three days in Austin with our staff.

Conference

On Tuesday, Paul of Bridges, Donna of Here’s Life Inner City, and I attended the Social Media for NonProfits Conference. Continue reading “Lots of Blog Fodder from the Social Media for NonProfits Conference”

Facebook’s First Ad


“The Things That Connect Us” is Facebook’s first ad campaign, which was released , coincidentally, on the same day that we held a social media panel discussion at our international headquarters in Orlando.  The ad campaign began on the day Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg made this announcement:

This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. Continue reading “Facebook’s First Ad”

First Social and Digital Media Panel at Lake Hart


Alonzo, Matt, Howard, Justin, Nifer

We’ve been trying some seminars at Lake Hart in Orlando. This week we did our first panel. Alonzo DeJesus took the reins, bringing knowledgeable staff to the table to present ministry ideas for using digital and social media for MPD, with students, and more.  Stacie also was on the panel (joining us from Washington state) and several staff from Africa and other locations also listened in through video on Google + Hangouts. Continue reading “First Social and Digital Media Panel at Lake Hart”