Fredericksburg UMW Jan 2014: UMW Websites and Social Media by Betsey Davis

UMW WebsitesAnd Social Media

Betsey Davis 2014

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UMW WebsitesAnd Social Media

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UMW WebsitesAnd Social Media

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Different WebsitesDifferent Websites

vaumw.org

vaumc.org

new.gbgm-umc.org/umw

umwonline.org

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Different WebsitesDifferent Websites

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new.gbgm-umc.org/umw

umwonline.org

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Social MediaSocial Media

What is it?

What do you do with it?

Why should we?

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What is it?What is it?

Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.

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Virtual ChatVirtual Chat

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FacebookFacebook

Virginia United Methodist Women 

York, Arlington, Elizabeth River

Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church 

United Methodist Women

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Other Social MediaOther Social Media

Twitter

Linkedin

Google+

Pinterest

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TOP 10 in JAN 2014TOP 10 in JAN 2014

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1 | Facebook2 | Twitter3 | LinkedIn4 | Google Plus+5 | Pinterest6 | Tumblr7 | Flickr8 | VK9 | Instagram10 | MySpace

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Does Social Media Frighten Does Social Media Frighten Us?Us?

“The frozen world has thawed and some of us are waiting for it to re-freeze. The thing is… we need to learn to live in the slush.”

-Rev. Mark Brown

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“The problem isn't social media. The problem—and the solution—is us.”

Adam Jeske

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What surprised you the What surprised you the most?most?

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Great Cloud Great Cloud of Witnesses.of Witnesses.

As little as 10 years ago, ½ of humanity had never made a phone call and 20% of humanity had regular access to high-speed communications.

Today cell service is available over 90% of the globe, 77% have cells

from Leonard Sweet’s VIRAL19

On Facebook, you can only LIKE

There is no dislike Facebook does more to build

and broaden family ties than quash them.

from Leonard Sweet’s VIRAL20

TweetsTweets

Twitter has the potential to change me, you, and anyone who follows you or me- if we’re devoted to following Jesus.

from Leonard Sweet’s VIRAL21

Be a Twitter-disciple.Be a Twitter-disciple. Use social media to strengthen your

faith, and Twitter can be a truly transformative and evangelistic tool for recognizing God within the world- a virality of meaning.

Tweet for Christ?

Why not!from Leonard Sweet’s VIRAL

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The Great TweetThe Great Tweet

Love one another as I have loved you. (38)

When I look for something to tweet about, I find myself paying attention to life in heightened ways.

from Leonard Sweet’s VIRAL23

2014 Social Media Trends2014 Social Media Trends

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• Becoming more mobile.• Using more video.•The rise of social paid advertising.•Google+ will become a major factor in social media.

•Quality content will be even more important.

•More specialized.

Sample: Sample: one of one of

best best TweetsTweets

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Social networking may be creating new kinds of community, but wasn’t the church the original social network?

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From Sweet’s From Sweet’s ViralViral

...for the next two decades, the primary missional challenge of the church will be to incarnate the gospel in a Google world.

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Television interrupted human collaboration and innovation with passive consumption of mass-produced sedatives.

Encouraged Pew-potatoes

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a karaoke culturea karaoke culture Culture uses “text” as a verb and

“life” as a verb Creates interactive people Can’t just sit there and read or

watch They are wired to participate

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VisualsVisuals

St. Francis: Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary use words.

He came up with the idea for the first nativity scene in 1223.

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One of the saddest things you One of the saddest things you can say about anyone?can say about anyone?

They stood in the presence of greatness and missed it.

Let’s not miss our moment.

Help me to watch and pray, and on thyself rely, Assured if I my trust betray, I shall forever die. Charles Wesley

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Jesus is the same yesterday, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.today, and forever.

.. To do this he needs to become “fresh every morning”.

Jesus is fresh-baked bread and fresh living water.

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Final questions…Final questions… Is wisdom less something we inherit than

something we must discover for ourselves?

If so, why can’t we learn from other people’s journeys?

Is there nothing that an spare us from the pain of having to learn everything from scratch?

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From Sweet’s From Sweet’s ViralViral

“A charge to keep I have, a God to Glorify” Charles Wesley

“…to serve the present age, my calling to fulfill.”

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Top 15 Social Media SitesTop 15 Social Media SitesJanuary 2014January 2014

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites

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