Earlier this month, I gave a webinar presentation for Our Sunday Visitor on the topic of Social Media for Pastors and Parishes. I didn’t record the original webinar, but after a few requests I sat down to record it again. In the presentation, I go through the basic of social media–what it is, what it’s [...]
I presented a webinar for Our Sunday Visitor this week on the topic of “Social Media for Pastors and Parishes: More than Friends, Meaningful Relationships” and as part of the presentation I mentioned some best practices and good examples of parish Facebook pages. I got a few questions in the presentation and afterward from people [...]
If you operate a Catholic website, whether for a parish, a ministry, or yourself, you might be interested to hear that the Vatican is now offering a website widget to give your readers the latest news from the Vatican, the Pope’s Angelus or Regina Coeli address, recent speeches and the daily Press Office bulletin. Once [...]
Choosing your parish domain name (i.e. the church’s website address. For example, www.example.com), Facebook Page address (www.facebook.com/example), Twitter handle (@example), and so on is a critical part of creating your parish’s new media presence. The right name/address could be the difference between parishioners and newcomers regularly visiting to read what you have to say and [...]
Pilot New Media collaborated with Our Sunday Vistor in the creation of their new “Faith In Action” websites solution. This was the same product we presented at our Forum last October on parish websites. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2012 CONTACT: Terry Poplava Director of Marketing, Sales and Customer Service Phone: 800-348-2886 Email: tpoplava@osv.com OUR SUNDAY [...]
While evangelization is not the same thing as sales—we’re not trying to sell Jesus to anyone—we can’t ignore the fact that there are elements of human nature that both sales techniques and evangelization share. The “call to action” is one of them. As we’ve said before, too many parish websites function too much like bulletin [...]
Several months ago, Facebook introduced the new Timeline for personal profiles. Among the big changes were the very large cover photo at the top and a re-ordering of how your content shows up below. The idea, they said, was to make your Facebook profile more a chronicle of your life, and even suggested that you [...]
Google offers a variety of its online applications available in a package called Apps for Domains. They give users access to email, calendars, word processor, spreadsheets, address book, and more, all under your very own domain name, like pilotnewmedia.com. Normally these services cost $50 per user per year, which is reasonable for most companies, but [...]
Loyola Press has a nice post today on its DRE Connect blog with a number of suggestions for how Directors of Religious Education can use the parish website for effective communications with the parish. Some of my favorites: Add religious education events to the online calendar. Include all registration forms, parent permission slips and releases, [...]
On Wednesday, October 26, Pilot New Media sponsored a Fall Media Forum for parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston on the topic of “Creating Excellent Parish Websites”. More than 60 parish leaders were present and more watched through online video streaming. All of our resources from the Forum, including a recording of the livestream (and [...]
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