How a limited number of communication channels limited the ministry of a church
This is the story of how a church communication team asked me why, when they had just redone their website, redesigned their bulletin, and converted their newsletter to PDF format that fewer people than ever were attending events at church. The answers aren’t as simple or as obvious as you might assume. They were making three false assumptions that kept them from being successful. Take time to evaluate your communications to make sure you aren’t doing the same things.
Websites & blogs, a foundation, answers to questions before you begin or revise a website or blog, a Webinar On-Demand
Every church needs a website–most churches would agree with that statement. At the same time, many churches don’t really know why or what their website should be doing for them. In addition, in many churches that have a website, most of the leadership have no idea how it was created or why it cost what [...]
Blogging for Boomers, a way to regain your first love of ministry, Webinar On-Demand
No matter if you are a Boomer or any age, for many of us, truth be told, we don’t have the same passion or love of ministry that we did in the past. As age, time, and financial challenges take their toll, it is easy to feel that we’re past the ability to serve our [...]
How to write for the web, Webinar On-Demand Training Series
Writing for the web requires the same basic writing skills for effective church-related writing on paper, but in addition it also requires an understanding of how people access information on the web. This 6-part webinar/video series will go step-by-step through how to be an effective communicator on the web. The first video is free for [...]
e-book: How to create FREE websites & blogs with WordPress.com, pt. 1
WordPress is an incredible, FREE software that anyone can use to create a website or blog. I created this e-book after our webinar last week to walk you step-by-step through the process of creating a site. It is free for ECC members, the link is below for you to download it. For people who are [...]
How to create a website with WordPress, the basics, a Webinar On-Demand
WordPress.com is a free and extremely flexible way to create websites for your church or ministry. In this replay of the Webinar on how to create a website with WordPress, I divided the steps you need to take to create the videos into six separate videos. In addition to the videos, I did 2 formats [...]
What makes an effective church website?
The debate is over—churches today realize they need to have a website. The question now is, what makes a website an effective ministry tool for the church? With many companies vying for your website development dollar, this is not an easy question to answer….or is it? Actually I think it is very easy to answer [...]
Why you CAN and SHOULD create your own blogs and websites
Don’t panic—I am not suggesting that every senior pastor or church leader drop the website creation and maintenance service they currently use, get a Mac; learn html, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop. The current service you use may be working out fine and if you have an affinity for the Mac and high end graphics you are [...]
How to create Custom Headers for websites with MS Publisher, Webinar On-Demand
Creating a custom header for a website can be an expensive and difficult process, but it can be a very simple process if you do it with MS Publisher. This video does not teach you how to do websites, but if you already have one, for example with WordPress, this will show you how to [...]
