June, the month many ministries end their financial year, just finished, and that might have left many of you making fundraising phone calls more than ever before. If so, this video is a little late, but at least the memory of those calls is fresh in your mind. Fundraising coach Marc Pitman of fundraisingcoach.com has… Read more
Brian Barela has always understood that images and videos capture students’ attention. He’s long been an advocate of foregoing long articles and chunks of text in favor of quick images, quotes, and sound- and video-clips. He’s written recently on Images, Streams, Attention, and Influence at his personal blog. If you’re trying to use the Internet… Read more
One of the questions we’re asked most frequently is how to videoconference for free. One by one, the services offering this benefit are dropping or switching to paid accounts. Fring, a mobile-based Voice-over-IP solution, now offers video chatting for up to four users on iOS, Android, and Symbian devices. It’s not a perfect fit, because… Read more
Few campus ministers have the luxury of a dedicated office, and even if they do, it’s probably not on campus–hence our stereotypical residence in coffee shops. If you’re looking to find a way around the $200 headphone solution to get work done away from the house, you might want to try Coworking (Co-Working). Coworking spaces… Read more
If you’ve followed the adventures of Staffhacker up to this point, there’s a pretty heavy chance you’re comfortable enough with technology to use your web browser and mail even to sign up for email updates or an RSS feed. So when you see “The Basics of Using Technology,” you’re more likely to pass it along… Read more
We’re getting ready for another big series, and this time it’s going to be posts about welcoming your students back to school and starting off the semester right with New Student Outreach. Since many ministries get started during their Summer semesters, especially those with summer B semesters starting in July, we’re going to step it… Read more
Just like you can set a custom (“vanity”) username for your own Facebook profile, you can also set one for your ministry/group’s Facebook Page. You set it at the same place, http://facebook.com/username, so be careful when you’re setting it–you don’t want set your personal page to your ministry’s vanity URL by accident. Media for Ministry… Read more
This week seems to be turning out to be the week of campus-minister-as-information-worker, but if you’re anything like me, you’re finding yourself spending more and more time on the computer as students’ lives and our organizations utilize technology more and more. Here’s another tip to help you manage life as an information worker. Repetitive Stress… Read more
I stumbled across a great article a few weeks ago and shared it on my personal blog, but I can’t stop thinking about its significance for us as ministers. We’re not “information workers,” but we’re certainly not doing back-breaking labor as a regular part of our jobs, so it still has relevance. Why Your Brain… Read more
We posted a basic guide introducing you to podcasting, but if you want to really get involved in podcasting, you’ll want to check out MetaFilter’s founder’s post “Everything I’ve learned about casual podcasting.” He’s been at it for quite a while, and has some tips that go above the usual “just-buy-this-software” instructions. (via Lifehacker)
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Brian Barela, Brian Chang, Gordon Govier, Micheal Hickerson, Adam Jeske, Barney Lin, Berry Long, Dave Paladino, Brian Sun, Steve Tamayo