On Friday, I gave a class at the Global Missions Conference on the subject of “Social Networking for Kingdom Advancement.” As I prepared, I’ll admit that I envisioned speaking to my peers, either people promoting a non-profit, a mission effort or a church. There ended up being a few college students in the class; I’m not sure that they got as much out of it.
I shared much of what I’ve shared here. I spoke of some of the history of the church and social media, looked at some myths about social media, then discussed the “best practices” that I presented on this blog a few months ago. From there, we looked at some practical tips for special media. I ran out of time, which is unusual for me. I realized that it would have been easy to do a whole class on Facebook, another on Twitter, etc.
At the end of the class, I offered some resources I’ve found. I won’t include all of them here, but if you’re interested in the subject, here are a few good sources of information:
I may get the chance to do similar presentations in the future. If you were going to attend, what would you want to learn? If you were going to teach, what would you want to share?