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+Mobile Apps. Widescreen Presentation. Combining YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to spark social media driven growth for your church. Tips and tools for creating and presenting wide format slides. +Mobile Apps. If God had a facebook page, what would His status updates be.
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+Mobile Apps Widescreen Presentation Combining YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook to spark social media driven growth for your church. Tips and tools for creating and presenting wide format slides
+Mobile Apps If God had a facebook page, what would His status updates be... • Off Limits: • I love you • I sent My Son for you • Bible verses • Think Creatively!
Sean Matthew O’Brien: +Mobile Apps • Currently attending DTS (3rd year) • I am involved in a formal internship with EFCA TX-OK district • Future EFCA church planter • Over 10 years of ministry work
Sean Matthew O’Brien: +Mobile Apps • Served in the US Army for 8 years • Founded several technology start-up companies • 2006: Boevo • Vidage Creative Media (freelance) • Over 13 years of experience in the Social Networking Space
Sean Matthew O’Brien: +Mobile Apps Liam The Crew Breanna & Callie • Family: • Wife Krysta and our 6 kids!! • Breanna, Callie, Logan, Caitlin, • Liam, Genevieve “Ginny” Caitlin “CJ” Logan Genevieve
Workshop Importance and Expectations: +Mobile Apps • Introduction video *Source VideoInfoGraphs.com
+Mobile Apps • 11% of the world population has a Facebook account • 130 Friends • 30 Billion pieces of content shared monthly *Source VideoInfoGraphs.com
+Mobile Apps • 225,000,000 users sending 1,736 tweets per second • 115 Followers • 70% age range 25 – 54 (all social media) *Source VideoInfoGraphs.com
+Mobile Apps • 490,000,000 unique monthly visitors • 35 hours of video uploaded per second • More on YouTube in 60 days than the 3 major TV networks • created in 60 years. *Source VideoInfoGraphs.com
+Mobile Apps Across Social Media • Smartphone users have twice the activity • Social Media Users: 55% Women vs. 45% Men • 60% admits smart phone use while • going to the bathroom *Source VideoInfoGraphs.com
Workshop Importance and Expectations: +Mobile Apps • You will learn… • The importance of social media use in the local church • Theological implications • Practical implications • Format: 40% presentation, 33% lab, 27% Q&A (at the end)
How social networks benefit you… Theologically: +Mobile Apps • Helps fulfill the Great Commission mandate (Matt 28:18-20; • Acts 1:8) • Fits the biblical mold (Paul at the Areopagus in Acts 17) • Fortify a bridge to a postmodern generation even if you're • not epistemologically postmodern.
How social networks benefit you… Practically: +Mobile Apps • More people, hence more opportunities for conversion • and discipleship. • Increases the relevancy of your church to the culture at large • Connects your current membership more strongly to the church (announcements, events, needs, prayer requests etc.)
+Mobile Apps • Channel examples… • LAB: 3 video ideas uploaded before the end of March. Share some with the group!
+Mobile Apps • Largest volume of questions about twitter • “Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to the latest stories, ideas, opinions and news about what you find interesting. Simply find the accounts you find most compelling and follow the conversations.” • “At the heart of Twitter are small bursts of information called Tweets. Each Tweet is 140 characters long.” *Source twitter.com
+Mobile Apps • Twitter is growing (Mashable Video)… • Best way to use twitter for your church: • Step 1: Have an account with a good profile message! • Step 2: Advertise using your profile message using the SEARCH, FOLLOW, ADVERTISE method
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+Mobile Apps • LAB: compose your 160 character profile message and your 140 character first tweet.
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+Mobile Apps • Connect and for mutual sharing • Click “edit page” button and check “manage permissions” settings • Invite personal networks to “Like” your church’s page • Consider asking congregation to check out and “Like” your church’s page (maybe during announcements)
+Mobile Apps • Consider an ad – • Ad optimization guide • LAB: generate campaign • ideas
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Social Networking: Advanced User’s Guide +Mobile Apps • A case study
Mobile Apps: A New Way To Connect To The Congregation +Mobile Apps • Just imagine for a minute…
+Mobile Apps Q & A?
Thank You! +Mobile Apps • Sean Matthew O’Brien • Sean@efcatxok.org
Widescreen Test Pattern (16:9) Aspect Ratio Test (Should appear circular) 4x3 16x9