On October 26, 2011, Pilot New Media presented a Media Forum for staff from parishes within the Archdiocese of Boston on the topic of Creating Excellent Parish Websites. We present here a high-definition video of the event:
Handouts, Resources, and LinksThe handouts from the packets presented to attendees are available below along with links to related information.
- National Survey: What Content do Parish Websites Have?
- Top 10 Tips for a Hassle-Free Parish Website
- Some Pertinent Statistics
- Parish Website Providers: Pricing & Packages
- OSV Radius Webtools for Boston Parishes Handout
- Radius For Parishes/Boston
- Catholic Tech Talk: Anatomy of a Blog: Creating a Great Parish Blog
- OurChurch.com: 11 Tips for Making Your Church Website a Great Resource
- Effective New Media Presence: A collection of resources from around the Internet, especially pertinent to Catholic parishes, dioceses, and organizations.
- The “Our Faith” content payload for parish websites mentioned in Domenico’s presentation is available for download here.
Presentations
The slides from the three presentations are available here as downloadable PDF. For Dom Bettinelli’s presentation as shown at the forum, we also make it available as a video without audio.
- Scot Landry: Introduction; Assessing RCAB Parish Websites; Partnering with OSV
- Domenico Bettinelli: Best Practices for Domain Names, Email Addresses, and Websites
- Our Sunday Visitor: Radius Webtools for Parishes
- Example Sites: St. Anne, Columbus, Georgia; St. Patrick, San Francisco; St. Rose, Topsfield (trial site); St. Thomas, St. Cloud, FL; St. Ann, Lafayette, IN; St. Francis, Waco
- The Good Catholic Life on Boston’s Catholic radio 1060AM WQOM, October 26, 2011: Interview with Kyle Hamilton, Terry Poplava, and Aaron Winn of Our Sunday Visitor on Creating Excellent Parish Websites
- “Parishes gather to enhance their parish websites”, The Pilot, 11-04-2011
For more information and inquiries, please contact us. As mentioned at the forum, we will soon have available a resource for Boston parishes of “Our Faith” content that they will be able to drop into their own websites (see an example). Sign up to receive an email when it is available on this page.
