Web presence is a communication tool. If you have good information, good products or good services that people need or want which can be delivered effectively online, being online will be a plus for your efforts. The operative word is “good.” And with all the competition for people’s attention online, it probably needs to be [...]

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At the end of June, I will be giving a half-day presentation to seminarians from St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia on Social Media for the Center for the Study of Church Management, Villanova University. These seminarians are in their acolyte year, which they spend interning in parishes. The program takes place one day a week for [...]

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Teens, Facebook, and Ministry

by Sr. Susan Wolf, SND on May 7, 2013

in social media

Facebook is still an important social network for teens, but their use of Facebook, (as well as Google+ and Twitter) has declined over the past few years according to a recently released report by investment bank Piper Jaffray.

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Websites are essential communication platforms for all organizations, institutions, communities and ministries.  Using them effectively to carry out one’s mission takes thought and care.

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More Facebook Changes

by Sr. Susan Wolf, SND on April 23, 2013

in social media

“The only thing that is constant is change…”  is a famous quote from Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher who lived around 500 B.C. This is certainly true about Social Media. Google+, Twitter, and Facebook have made changes from their beginnings and they continue to do so.  I think the newest changes to the Facebook pages can [...]

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Did you Know that Effective Web Ministry is Work?

by Sr. Susan Wolf, SND on April 16, 2013

in Pope Francis

We have come a long way on the web. That evolution has brought together new skills and technologies that are changing the way we communicate, collaborate, share information. Creative entrepreneurs have used Internet technology to bring us email, instant messages, friends and followers, tweets, smart phones, Google and Bing search engines and on and on. [...]

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