pastor as social media guru
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Pastors As Public Theologians:Your Role as Social Media Guru
Presentation by Christopher Harris
Austin Seminary Recent Graduate SeminarAustin, TXNovember 3, 2011
Social Media Revolution 2
Socialnomics ~ via @equalmanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-
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Shema
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
Passing on The Best
Communication 101
~Thomas Pettit, Media in Transition 5: “Creativity, Ownership and Collaboration in the Digital Age”
Oral Written New Media
Back to the Future
Tele-Media = 1 to ManyPulpit, Stadium, Books, TV, Movies…
Social Media = Many to Many De-centralized
REASONS to ENGAGE:• Communicate
• Connect• Collaborate• Call to action
REMEMBER: Communication is a form of Hospitality!
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not
perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
(Isaiah 43:19)
Web 1.0 (1991 -2001/3) Web 2.0 (2001 to ?)
Web as reading platform
Developer authorship
Individual intelligence
Software applications
Commercial/proprietary
Static
Impersonal
Restricted collaboration
Short tail
Official releases
Text-based
HD as storage platform
Lecture
Read/Write/Collaborate
Web as publishing platform
Public authorship
Collective intelligence
Web as software platform
Open source/shared
Dynamic
It knows you & your needs
Collaborative
Long tail
Constantly versioning
Multimodal
Web as storage platform
ConversationFrom http://introductionworkshop.wikispaces.com
Collaborate! Amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7ZpWecIS8
Concerns:Are these ‘tools’ something
that can be used to enhance/grow spiritually?
enhance/foster community?
If so HOW?
Or are they just another distraction to be fought?
Safety
One More Thing
Trivial – no value
People not ‘Real’
Privacy ??
1. Consistency
2. Doesn't have to be perfect
3. Not about something new
4. Make digital primary vs. print
Best Practices
Christopher Harris
512.415.3324
http://faithgrowth.com
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Final Thoughts