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		<title>Church Online Video/Webinar: Communication Channel Selection: web? print? social media? or all of the above?</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/07/church-online-videowebinar-communication-channel-selection-web-print-social-media-or-all-of-the-above/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have so many ways we can share the messages of our church today, often our biggest challenge is knowing which one to use. The video here is an overview of the communication channels available to church communicators today along with a discussion of the positives and challenges about each one. It also encourages you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will you do when an iPad costs $40? and what that has to do with how your church communicates today</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/05/what-will-you-do-when-an-ipad-costs-40-and-what-that-has-to-do-with-how-your-church-communicates-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 19:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a wise friend of mine, Bev M., asked me this question, &#8220;What will you do when an iPad costs $40?&#8221; He went on to remind me that you can get a case of paper for about $40.Obviously today, for most churches it costs much less to print on paper. Everyone has access to paper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is video the best way to market your church?</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/01/is-video-the-best-way-to-market-your-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/01/is-video-the-best-way-to-market-your-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The title of this article is a trick question. There is no BEST way to market anything to everyone. However, video is obviously an extremely powerful medium as the current advertising campaign by the Mormon Church illustrates. Some comments about that project, some suggestions for creating your own videos, plus some suggestions on how you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powerpoint, Screencasting &amp; Video: how to improve your church communication on the big screen</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/01/powerpoint-to-screencasting-how-to-improve-yourchurch-communication-on-the-big-screen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2011/01/powerpoint-to-screencasting-how-to-improve-yourchurch-communication-on-the-big-screen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love best about this ministry is that I get to research resources for church communicators and then pass on great ones to you. I do this in a way that is perhaps a little bit different than some reviewers or bloggers in that: I only pass on what I genuinely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a limited number of communication channels limited the ministry of a church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church Websites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Websites &amp; blogs, a foundation, answers to questions before you begin or revise a website or blog, a Webinar On-Demand</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/12/webinarsvideo-websites-blogs-a-foundation-answers-to-questions-before-you-begin-or-revise-a-website-or-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/12/webinarsvideo-websites-blogs-a-foundation-answers-to-questions-before-you-begin-or-revise-a-website-or-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every church needs a website&#8211;most churches would agree with that statement. At the same time, many churches don&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s always personal: how to communicate effectively and professionally as representatives of Jesus</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/how-to-communicate-effectively-and-professionally-as-representatives-of-jesus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/how-to-communicate-effectively-and-professionally-as-representatives-of-jesus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was preparing to write this article and introduce the topic of the importance of personal communications, including how we communicate on the phone, my husband who is a bi-vocational pastor (unpaid pastoral position at church, handyman for income) came home for lunch and shared this story with me. My husband was doing some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A church communicator reminds the staff that personal interactions matter</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/a-church-communicator-reminds-the-staff-that-personal-interactions-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/07/a-church-communicator-reminds-the-staff-that-personal-interactions-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes in the course of our work as church communicators we forget that we need to repeatedly share what we have learned about communications with the church staff. As with any skill, because we practice it on an ongoing basis, we forget not everyone has the knowledge base we have. If we don’t share why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multi-channel communication defined and why it is important</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/06/multi-channel-communication-defined-and-why-it-is-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/06/multi-channel-communication-defined-and-why-it-is-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Multi-channel communication means making the most of every opportunity you have to communicate the gospel message. Unfortunately this is not something most church communicators want to hear. In this time of ever-changing options for communicating in our churches, it is easy to be overwhelmed and we naturally want to simplify our communication workload. This desire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Steps Strategy #1: Create multi-channel communication</title>
		<link>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/02/strategy-1-multi-channel-communication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.effectivechurchcom.com/2010/02/strategy-1-multi-channel-communication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvon Prehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this time of ever-changing options for communicating in our churches, it is easy to be overwhelmed and we naturally want to simplify our communication workload.  This is expressed by the question I get frequently  in my seminars and through email when people ask me, “What is the best way to communicate with people today? [...]]]></description>
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