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Highlights from around the web – 2/5/2010

Dave — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:23:30 +0000

Here are the most interesting, instructive, and innovative articles from around the web that I’ve read in the past few days. I am sharing these, along with my comments on them, via Google Reader – you can read them all there or subscribe to the feed if you like.

Announcing the Excellence in Online Ministry Survey
Posted: February 3, 2010
From: State of Ministry Online
State of Ministry Online is launching their survey. If you are part of an online ministry, take a few minutes to do the survey and you'll score a discount to the CLA 2010 conference.
Teens Just Don’t Blog or Tweet [STATS]
Posted: February 3, 2010
From: Mashable!
The Pew Internet project just released a new report on teen use of the Internet. If you are targeting teens with social media, this is the scoop on what they do.
Who We Are Is Who We Are
Posted: February 3, 2010
From: Collide Magazine
A great perspective on the use of social media by...everyone. How do you use social media? How do those in your ministry see you using it?
3 New Ways to Measure the Social Web
Posted: February 3, 2010
From: Mashable!
One of the keys to a good online strategy is to have measurable goals. This article gives you three ways to measure your social media interactions. Are you using any of these?
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Pew Internet Project: a great resource

Dave — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:56:10 +0000

As I am working on planning my course in Internet ministry, I am spending quite a bit of time reviewing possible books and other supporting materials. One invaluable resource that I use quite a bit for my own research that I will be using extensively in the course is the work of the Pew Internet and American Life project. As I stated in my last post, it is extremely important for us to understand the users of our Internet ministry resources. If you are interested in understanding how the Internet is being used by Americans (sorry, this resource is US-specific), then you will find the reports issued by this organization extremely useful. Below is a link to their home page, along with links to a few of the most recent reports that relate to Internet ministry. If you find these interesting, I highly recommend subscribing to their RSS feed so you will know when new reports are released. Unfortunately, the last report they did on the use of the Internet for faith-related purposes is now getting quite old (2004) – I hope they will be releasing an update soon!