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Copyright and Fair Use. Part one – images
The internet has made things easy to find, and easy to take and use without permission. As a matter of legal right, and Quakerly integrity, it’s important to think about copyright and fair use concerns when creating media for your … Continue reading
Learning from Others: Where to find inspirations and advice
I had a good teacher friend tell me once, “The best teachers are the best thieves”. He didn’t recommend formally “stealing” ideas without credit or attribution – but he did realize that sometimes the best practitioners of any craft have … Continue reading
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Facebook posts: suggestions for content
Congratulations – your Meeting has a Facebook page! Now what should you post? Reminder: Facebook is social media. Be prepared to post 2-3 times a day, sharing various content, asking questions and engaging with people that comment on your page. … Continue reading
The Social Media Gospel
This book, while to written in a specifically Quaker context, has been HUGELY helpful to me in areas of social media. Gould looks at the options for social media engagement from the “Church” perspective – how we are called … Continue reading
The opposite of “digital” is…
In a class I took recently, Jim Keat shared a helpful perspective that had not formally occurred to me before. He said we often get stuck in a strange error of perspective – and that the opposite of digital ministry … Continue reading
Creating a Facebook Event
So your meeting has a Facebook page. Congratulations! There are a number of basic things you can do to help the page help you. One wonderful aspect of Facebook pages is their ability to share Facebook “Events”. Here’s a bit … Continue reading
Creating a Social Media Policy for your Meeting
So your meeting has decided to have a presence on social media. Now what? In developing our own policies for both the New England Yearly Meeting, and my own monthly meeting, a few key concerns rose around this. How we … Continue reading
Should my Quaker Meeting/Church have a Facebook presence?
The short answer: yes! I hear from meetings grappling with this question a lot. Here’s a few things to consider when discerning a social media presence (primarily Facebook). Please note this is about a public Facebook PAGE, not a Facebook … Continue reading