Devotions for Church Communicators: What’s inside your heart will come out in your communications
Ed note: the material below is from the introduction to the book, Devotions for Church Communicators, an essential book that provides biblical, challenging and encouraging readings for each week of the year. To purchase a download of the book or for information how purchasing a print copy, go to the links at the bottom of [...]
ebook: Typography for Church Communications, a critical and foundational, but seldom-taught skill
Typography is one of the most important and key foundational skills in church communication. No matter what you say, if the typography is less than professional, your message won’t communicate as well as it could. Unfortunately, very few church communicators have had the opportunity for training in typography. That’s why this collection of materials was [...]
VIDEO: How to ZIP files using WINZIP
This 5 minute video was created to answer this question from an Effective Church Communication Member: “I’m having no luck creating a zip file so that I can e-mail projects-in-progress, such as flyer designs, around to other committee members for their input. I”ve tried the free 30-day trials of Stuff-It and WinZip and am [...]
Online Video, Foundation: The Uniqueness of Church Communications
Welcome to the first of our Online Video, Foundation: The Uniqueness of Church Communications, including the Five Steps of Effective Church Communications and Marketing and why marketing is not evil If you are serious about wanting to create communications that will not only look professional, but will make a significant impact on growing your church [...]
For effective church communications, “put the long term ahead of another quick fix”
The advice above to “put the long-term ahead of another quick fix” comes from an editorial in USA Today and, as you might assume, applied to the U.S. economy. While the merits of that advice, or any other, when it comes to economic policy can be endlessly debated, the wisdom of that statement when it [...]
