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Part  4.  New  Leadership  Roles    John  Roberto,  LifelongFaith  Associates  

1.  Developing  religious  content  

2.  Designing  programming    

3.  Managing  programming  

4.  Teaching/Facilitating  programming    

u  Designing  learning  environments—architecture    

u  Curating  religious  content  and  experiences  

Current  Roles   NEW  Network  Roles  

Two  Emerging  Leadership  Roles  

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Faith  Formation  Architects  

1.  Researching  the  life  tasks  and  issues,  interests  and  needs,  and  spiritual  and  religious  needs  of  the  age  groups  and  generations  

2.  Planning,  designing,  and  implementing  faith  formation  networks  –  virtual  and  physical  environments  in  which  people  can  engage  in  faith  formation  experiences  

3.  Coordinating  people,  resources,  and  technologies  to  support  faith  formation  networks    

Faith  Formation  Architects  

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Virtual  &  Physical  Environments  

ü  Church  facilities  ü  Home  ü  Workplace  ü  Schools  ü  Camps  ü  Retreat  Centers  ü  Museums  ü  Libraries  ü  Restaurants  &  coffee  

shops  ü  Sports  settings  

ü  Network  Website  ü  Website  Resource  Centers  ü  Online  Schools  ü  YouTube,  Ted  Talks,  etc.  ü  Pinterest    ü  Facebook  ü  Twitter  ü  Google+  ü  Meeting  Sites  (Meetup)  ü  Edmodo  

PHYSICAL  ENVIRONMENTS   VIRTUAL  ENVIRONMENTS  

Faith  Formation  Curators  

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What  is  Content  Curation  (Beth  Kanter)  

Content  curation  is  the  process  of  sorting  through  the  vast  amounts  of  content  on  the  web  and  presenting  it  in  a  meaningful  and  organized  way  around  a  specific  theme.      Ø  The  work  involves  sifting,  sorting,  arranging,  and  

publishing  information.      Ø  A  content  curator  picks  the  best  content  that  is  

important  and  relevant  to  share  with  their  community.    Ø  It  isn’t  unlike  what  a  museum  curator  does  to  produce  

an  exhibition:  They  identify  the  theme,  they  provide  the  context,  they  decide  which  paintings  to  hang  on  the  wall,  how  they  should  be  annotated,  and  how  they  should  be  displayed  for  the  public.  

A  Faith  Formation  Curator:  is  someone  who  continually  finds,  groups,  evaluates,  organizes,  and  shares  the  best  and  most  relevant  content  and  experiences  on  a  specific  topic  to  match  the  needs  of  a  specific  audience.    

Faith  Formation  Curators  

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1.  The  increasing  diversity  of  the  religious  and  spiritual  needs  and  practices  of  people  today  require  personalized  and  customized  content  and  experiences  

2.  An  overwhelming  abundance  of  high  quality  faith  formation  resources:  print,  audio,  video,  programs  and  activities,  apps,  e-­‐books,  websites,  and  more  

3.  The  rise  of  online  providers  of  religious  content  and  experiences—“open  repositories”  of  freely  accessible  faith  formation  and  learning  content  hubs  

Why  Curation?  

4.  There  is  a  growing  demand  for  trusted  guidance  in  finding  and  selecting  quality  religious  content  and  experiences.  People  are  looking  for  trusted  guides  to  help  them  select  quality  faith  formation  experiences  and  curated  learning  paths  and  resources  to  explore  and  learn  more  deeply  on  a  specific  topic.    

5.  The  tools  are  now  available  for  finding  and  accessing  the  content,  storing  it  (websites),  delivering  it  to  people  24x7x365  (computers,  iPhones,  iPads,  etc.),  and  communicating  &  connecting  people  to  the  content  (Facebook,  Twitter,  email,  text,  etc.).    

Why  Curation?  

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5  Tasks  in  Curation    

1.  Aggregation:  gathering  and  sharing  the  most  relevant  content  on  a  particular  topic  into  a  single  location    

2.  Filtering/Distillation:  sharing  only  the  most  important  or  relevant  ideas    

3.  Elevation:  recognizing  a  larger  trend  or  insight  from  all  of  the  content      

4.  Mashup:  merging  2  or  more  unrelated  pieces  of  content  to  form  a  new  message  

5.  Chronology:  organizing  random  pieces  of  content  in  chronological  order  to  show  the  evolution  of  a  particular  topic  or  idea  

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¨  Congregational  Programs  &  Activities  ¨  Community  Programs  &  Activities  ¨  People  Resources  ¨  Print  Resources  ¨  Audio  &  Video  Resources  ¨  Art,  Drama,  and  Music  Resources  ¨  Online  Content:  Websites,  Courses,  Blogs    ¨  Apps  &  Digital  Resources  ¨  And  so  much  more.  .  .  .    

What  Do  You  Curate?    

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Research  

Aggregate  &  Evaluate  

Deliver  

Communicate  &  Connect  

The  Process  of  Curation  

ü  Biblical  Content  ü  Theological  Content  ü  Developmental  Appropriateness  ü  Ethnic-­‐Cultural  Appropriateness  ü  Inclusivity  ü  Ease-­‐of-­‐Use  ü Quality  of  Experience  ü  __________________    

Evaluation  Standards  

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Blogs  Newsle�ers  Websites  

 Curated  Websites  &  Organiza�ons  

6-­‐8  “Expert”  Resource  People  

Developing  Trusted  Sources  

Online  Resources  

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Things  to  Remember  

Things  to  Remember:  Change  

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Things  to  Remember:  Change  

1.  Follow  the  bright  spots:  investigate  what’s  working  and  clone  it.  

2.  Script  the  critical  moves:  don’t  think  big  picture,  think  in  terms  of  specific  behaviors.  Shrink  the  change.    

3.  Point  to  the  destination:  change  is  easier  when  you  know  where  you’re  going  and  why  it’s  worth  it.  

4.  Find  the  feeling:  knowing  something  isn’t  enough  to  cause  change.  Make  people  feel  something.  Build  an  emotional  and  rational  case  for  change.  

Things  to  Remember:  Connecting  

1.  Connect  to  (or  extend  from)  a  gathered  event,  program,  ministry.  

2.  Establish  a  Facebook  page  for  faith  formation  for  Network  announcements,  updates,  stories  and  photos  from  people  engaged  in  faith  formation,  etc.    

3.  Use  Twitter  to  announce  updates,  events,  and  invite  reflections  from  people  on  their  experiences  in  the  Network.    

4.  Send  e-­‐mail,  texts,  or  regular  e-­‐newsletters  to  targeted  groups  (Constant  Contact).  

5.  Provide  ways  to  share  experiences  using  blogs,  Twitter,  Facebook:  videos,  reports,  photos,  etc.    

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Our  social  network  is  made  up  of  all  the  people  we’re  connected  to,  all  the  people  they  are  connected  to,  all  the  people  they  are  connected  to,  and  so  on.    

 You  

 Your  Friends  

Your  Friends’  Friends    

Your  Friends’  Friends    

Your  Friends’  Friend’s  Friends  

Your  Friends’  Friend’s  Friends  

Your  Friends’  Friend’s  Friends  

 Your  Friends  

Your  Friends’  Friends    

Your  Friends’  Friends    

Things  to  Remember:  Connecting