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gary — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:36:33 -0000

the class was great. my dad even enjoyed it, and he just learned email this last year. great stuff.

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Dave — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:51:28 -0000

Hi Los,

Here's my one question about leading with social media...

How do you get buy in from those you are leading to use the social media. I've built a blog for my team, posted resources there, spent many hours ensuring it is a media rich experience, and emailed the team endlessly about new posts and resources. By the stats, no one goes there, and no one has ever commented. They don't seem to get the "concept" of a blog.

Stuck, and a bit frustrated.

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Mishababy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:15:33 -0000

ok so..i just went back and read the comment before mine.

oh bugger...

bleah.

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Mishababy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:13:55 -0000

well ya look more like a 24mo. to me...

:-P (yeah ok so that lame..but you had to have giggled just alittle)

question:

do you believe that the use of social media will eventually take over from "hands-on" ministry? and...how do you stress this and advise to keep this from happening.

just saying because for the most part...we're a lazy people. (that was a totally general, broad statement)

Mish

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jaysten — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:15:27 -0000

29 comments no made 30.

Congratulations, you've met your class attendance goal!

I would ask, something to the tune of, "how far is too far in social networking ministry? at what point does the difference between cyberland and real life face to face interaction?"

In response to article in last months collide mag.

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Jesse Phillips — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:11:50 -0000

Sorry about the name problem. You wouldn't believe how many spellings there are for Jesse.

I would like to know if there are any heuristics, or rules of thumb, for how to estimate the ROI for learning and engaging in this technological stuff.

Any kind of way to think about the ROI of social networking, or this kind of stuff, would be very helpful!!!!

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Renee Garcia — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:06:01 -0000

Seriously, Kameron would have had a meltdown over the T thing. At our church we have to sign them in every week and they print off name stickers for the kids (let's not talk about how much paper and ink that wastes every Sunday). Without fail, EVERY week they get Kameron's age group wrong. It should say Kindergarten and for whatever reason it ranges anywhere from 2 year olds to pre-k to 3rd grade. They are always baffled because no one else's gets mixed up... just my kid... with Autism. And every week he melts down while the poor volunteer tries to fix it. *sigh* I can't wait until the day that he can suck it up and move on... who knows, maybe he'll still meltdown when he's 30. His wife can fix it for him then! haha

Totally random comment, I know! Sorry!

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Rich Kirkpatrick — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:10:43 -0000

Cool teaching this class with you. I got the notes up on my blog from my part of it.

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JTCrespo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:38:47 -0000

That's not too bad, I got an email today from a class I'm attending this weekend that was addressed:

Dear, Ms. Jerry Crespo,

I wonder if I should play along and walk in with a wig and a purse?

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Leighton aka MyBestInvest — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:20:24 -0000

I think social media allows us to reveal to any of our "friends" (meaning coworkers, neighbors, business contacts, etc) how we live our lives.

As we blog and tweet, we show people that a relationship with Jesus Christ doesn't exempt us from life on Earth. They'll see that we get frustrated or angry, that we struggle with sin.

In short, social media allow us to show people that not every Christian is Ned Flanders.

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Carie — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:12:11 -0000

Aw. I feel ya. I'm a Carie, with 1 R. No one, and I mean no one, has ever spelled my name correctly. It's trivial, but it hurts, ya know? ;)

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S. Pihlaja — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:55:58 -0000

Dude, I'll spot you a t. Seriously, it's no problem.

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Cami — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:40:38 -0000

my name is Katharine Camille- but I go by Cami- that's right, a nickname of my middle name. so when the doctor, teacher, official, etc calls "Katharine", I just reply, "I go by Cami" which results in:
-Candy?
-Tami?
-Carrie?

And I'm all, "No, it's Ca-Mi"
and then we start in on the spelling:
Cammi
cammie
camie
cammey
camy
kammie

seriously.

Just Cami.

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Marcelo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:59 -0000

I am a 1L... Here in the Us people almost always assume that I am a 2L and I have to go "M-A-R-C-E-L-0" :0)

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Loran — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:51:06 -0000

Q: What would you say to the person who would like to blog but doesn't think they have anything to say?

Q: How do you as a pastor draw the line between being totally authentic and remain appropriate?

(as a long time ragamuffinsoul.com reader...I know your answer to the second question....it's actualy an answer posed in the form of a question...."What line"?)

Seriously....2 good questions to address..

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Rachel — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:39:26 -0000

Dude! One of my really good friends is at that conference for work purposes...his name is Brandon Snell. Maybe he'll manage to meet you. I just texted him and told him to sit in on your sessions. I think the two of you would have much to discuss, if you get the chance.

People spell my name incorrectly quite often, as well.

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Erica Foster — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:02:32 -0000

I understand pretty darn well the advantage to using Social Media as a Ministry Tool, but what I want to know is how do you explain the importance of it to other people who don't get it? Lately, a lot of people tell me that using Social Media is a "generational thing" so they don't really try to learn or want to hear why it's helpful. However, I'm one of the youngest bloggers in my blog and twitter network and I'm 23. Help! I want people to understand, so they can take advantage of this awesome ministry tool too!

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Josh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:55:43 -0000

Hey Carlos,

⌘F flips the image in Photobooth, so that text doesn't look mirrored...

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djchuang — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:13:10 -0000

Hey Carlos! See you soon at your workshop; will you be live-streaming via ustream.tv or something? I don't have a webcam, so I can't :(

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billychia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:03:02 -0000

If I was a total noob I'd most likely be overwhelmed by how many choices there are - blogging, digg, twitter, flickr, the list goes on.

I would want to know what is the fist and most minimal thing I can do to get involved w/ web 2.0 that would require the least effort/time commitment?

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Texas Ron Linebarger — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:44:44 -0000

Hey don't feel bad. Your name is not Linebarger. People alway, or almost alway misspell it. Ahhhh, Limberger, Limeberger, Linbarjer, etc. I got over it.

Texas Ron Linebarger

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Scot Longyear — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:37:10 -0000

Here is what I would be looking for:

Intro: Social Media definition and examples

1. Benefit: What you gain from social media with a team?
2. Hook me up: If I was on your team, what would our social medial communication look like including tools)?
3. Baby steps: First steps to get started
4. Time wasters: Social Media tools and practices that suck away time

Concl: Twitter them the conclusion.

Dude - I think I just wrote your seminar. "Throw me a freakin' bone here."

Hey - hope you rock it well!!!!

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Josh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:10:51 -0000

Here's my question...

How do you move from a continuing connection and ministry opportunity to people once you're to that point online, to where you're actually doing it in real life?

The transition process of just keeping up with who needs what kind of help/counsel/whatever seems to be an integral part of moving people from usernames and profile pics to people in the chairs with you at coffee or in church.

Thanks!

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Rich S. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:59:07 -0000

Blogging/Social Media is a great tool, but maybe I'm too "old-school" -- Could you explain how it "engages people in worship better than any other format of worship" -- or for that matter, at all?

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mondok — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:50:46 -0000

i hate that... every single day of my life someone spells or says my name wrong. every day. my parents had to be "original". that's what happens when you're born in the 60's...