Church Social Media (#chsocm)

Celebrating 5 Years of Weekly #ChSocM Chats!

noreply@blogger.com (Meredith Gould) — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:00:00 +0000

Many thanks to all who have

helped make this chat and chat community so wonderful!

Moving forward...

Chat transcripts will be posted to: Our FB page

The Church Communications group on FB

Our Storify account

#ChSocM chat: Continuing #eform16 inquiries & conversations about social media!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 02:40:00 +0000

The Topic: We’re chatting about topics that came to mind while viewing tweets from #eform16.

This week's (06/07/16) chat moderated by Meredith Gould (@MeredithGould) (using @chsocm)

Topics:

T1: If you’re not a digital commexpert, what help from church communicators would be most useful?
T2: If communications is your ministry, how can those in other ministries help *you* support *them*?
T3: Relative to social media, which key concerns seem to persist for church leadership?
T3a: Which do you consider easily resolved?
T3b: What/who typically gets in the way of resolution?
Bonus: As a result of attending #eform16 or reading tweets, what new awareness/knowledge do you have about #chsocm?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Zooming in on Video and Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:36:00 +0000

The Topic: A quotation: “…engagement for non-video content is declining.”
Our jumping off point.

This week's (05/31/16) chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:

T1: We’re going to zoom in right away - *why* would you say engagement is falling when the content is non-video?
T2: What’s the last video you saw on social media? Why did you click on it? What drew you to it?
T3: Zooming in even farther…what, in your opinion, has worked in videography as it comes to social media? What doesn’t work?
T4: We can’t do it all ourselves. What are some good resources you know of/use when considering video in your own soc-med context?
T5: Next steps - how to incorporate video, even in small ways, for our communities? Let’s turn our creativity up to 11.

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: WWJD (What Would Jesus Design)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 May 2016 02:35:00 +0000

The Topic: Graphics-a-go-go.

This week's (05/24/16) chat moderated by Beth Felice (@bfelice)

Topics:

T1a: your current most used font
T1b: font Jesus' words should be set in
T1c: font Jesus would choose
T2: Does legibility-readability trump design? #chsocm
T2a: Any good social media specific ADA checking sites you use, like the old Bobby?
T3: Images fill in the blank: I ________ use stock photos.
T3a: Share one stock photo triumph or disaster....
T4: We often have to find images to represent/complement theology. How do you brainstorm finding these?
T4a: Cliche images--do you steer clear? try to frame them in a fresh way? try to localize them?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM: Online Community Development

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 May 2016 02:06:00 +0000

The Topic: Online communities start somewhere and they go somewhere too.

This week's (05/17/16) chat moderated by Meredith Gould / @MeredithGould (using @chsocm)

Topics:

T1: What are key signs that an online community has developed?
T2: How do those signs differ from those for face-to-face community development?
T3: What needs to be in place for online community to flourish?
T3a: How long is a fair trial for a new #chsocm space? What % of community reach is a success?
T4: What needs to be in place for online community to be *sustainable*?
T5: How will you know when online community is done or complete?
T6: You're charged with writing a position description for an online community mgr. What does it include?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Let It Goooooooo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:02:00 +0000

The Topic: When, why, and how to step away from #chsocm projects

This week's (05/10/16) chat moderated by Beth Felice / @bfelice

Topics:

T1: Back to that noodle on the wall to start a #chsocm project. Have you ever? Would you never? No wrong answers
T2: In the early #chsocm days we “sat on the real estate” as new media channels emerged, claiming a name. Valid now?
T3: St.Swithun’s is on Twitter!Rather the deacon & 1member after 1yr and 3 tweet workshops. Keep the account?
T3a: How long is a fair trial for a new #chsocm space? What % of community reach is a success?
T4: Might you share a great #chsocm you created that never took off? Ahead of its time? Let it go? Mothballed?
T5: You’ll discontinue the account. Keep an archive, a record of what was tried and accomplished?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Privacy and Copyright

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 04 May 2016 19:11:00 +0000

The Topic: What you use, why you use it, and what to keep an eye for when you share those images.

This week's (05/03/16) chat moderated by Melinda Mitchell / @revmindi

Topics:

T1: What guidelines for privacy and/or copyright on #chsocm has your denomination/governing body provided?
T2: How often do you check your website and #chsocm for privacy and/or copyright violations?
T3: What sources do you use for images, music, video etc. for #chsocm?
T3a: How do you check for copyright/user rights for photos, music, etc. posted to #chsocm?
T3b: Anyone pay a service to show video clips or music?
T4: Final thoughts? Suggestions? Other resources we haven't discussed? Any questions you have that you want to ask?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Planning for Late Spring and Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:12:00 +0000

The Topic: The Next Season starts..right now.

This week's (04/26/16) chat moderated by Regina Heater / @reckshow

Topics:

T1: How has social & digital media enabled you to experience God’s creation?
T2: Images help connect us to beauty around the world & in our own yard. What tools do you use to create/share images?
T3: Maybe this begs the question: not just how but why should we support local groups taking care of earth?
T4: Show&Share time! Can you share an example/link of a way you’ve used #chsocm to share natural beauty/creation?
T4b: What kind of response do you get when you share posts about caring for creation or God’s creatures?
T5: Let's talk hashtags. What #s can you use for Earth Day to connect your story to the story around you.
T6: Has your parish #CreationCare min used #social to garner excitement about their ministry? Why/Why not?

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#ChSocM chat: #chsocm for #CreationCare

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:08:00 +0000

The Topic: Spring has sprung, & Friday is #EarthDay! How can we use social media to care for creation?

This week's (04/19/16) chat moderated by Carolyn Clement / @singingcarolyn

Topics:

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#ChSocM chat: #StillEaster

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 02:18:00 +0000

The Topic: To many Easter is just one day but for the rest of us, the work continues. How do you keep the momentum of Easter going online?

This week's (04/12/16) chat moderated by Kwame Pitts / @SpiritualGypsy

Topics:

T1: When folks are waning and falling back into the shadows of the norm, how do we keep the spirit of Easter alive?
T2: What would Easter Sunday look like instead of or including a sermon, we shared &witnessed publicly the resurrection in our lives
T3: What does that mean “Now the work begins?” to you and your ministry? Are you embarking on anything new with regards to public ministry or advocacy in the spirit of Easter?
T4: New season, new tools. What new SM tools are essential in the here and now, with this public ministry in Easter?

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#ChSocM chat: Crowdsourcing (to a new level)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:36:00 +0000

The Topic: After the Alleluias - Crowdsourcing (to a new level). Let's learn from each other!

This week's (04/05/16) chat moderated by Jason Chesnut / @crazypastor

Topics:

T1: Outside of any specifics, what makes for a good, powerful online presence for a faith community? (In your opinion.)
T2: What’s the one thing that you see on a ministry’s social media profile that is an immediate deal-breaker for you?
T3: What have you found the most difficult in cultivating your *own* online ministry presence?
T4: How about deal-makers in #chsocm? What are the best examples you’ve seen of a ministry’s online presence? What excites you?
T5: (bonus) What examples of ministry content have you seen that might be so bad they…make Jesus weep? ;)

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#ChSocM chat: After the Alleluias

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 02:09:00 +0000

The Topic: After the Alleluias - Easter, Holy Week & Lent on social Media.

This week's (03/29/16) chat moderated by Beth Felice / @bfelice

Topics:

T1: This Lent, Holy Week, Easter-did you have/see a #chsocm post that took flight? Or brought engagement? Tell us!
T1a: Was the result of that #chsocm post/s unexpected or did you have suspicion it would take off?
T2. There were so many Lenten programs with #chsocm this year-did any knock your socks off?
T3. Any #chsocm uses that are beginning to feel contrived or formulaic to you?
T4. Baselines & best practices don’t always predict our reality. What was your % of new #chsocm content v. re-tweet/gram/post this season?
T4a. Tell us, do you favorite/heart/like your own
T5: A tweet, an IG, & a FB post walk into a coffeehouse to compare their #chsocm Triduum-who told the story best?

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#ChSocM chat: What should our ministry talk about on our #ChSocM outlets?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:10:00 +0000

The Topic: What should our ministry talk about on our #ChSocM outlets?

We have a story to tell. What should we say?

This week's (03/15/16) chat moderated by Neal F. Fischer / @nealffischer

Topics:

T1: What does your ministry inspire?
T2: What great things are happening for your ministry?
T3: How can you celebrate members on #ChSocM?
T4: How can you put a human face on your #ChSocM?
T5: How can you show what’s happening behind the scenes for your Easter preparations?
T6: What are some ways to make our information more interesting on #ChSocM?

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#ChSocM chat: The Wideness of Online Behavior

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 03:06:00 +0000

The Topic: Engaging with Negative (and Good) Online Behavior

How we define what’s “good” and “bad" behavior and how we might develop a more nuanced understanding of it.

This week's (03/08/16) chat moderated by Meredith Gould (@meredithgould)

Topics:

T1: Without detailing the spew, have you ever been attacked online?
T1a: What has typically been your response: mute/block/report/engage?
T2: What distinguishes “hate speech” from “trolling” behavior?
T3: What distinguishes trolling behavior from “bad manners”?
T3a: What might become possible by embracing a more nuanced understanding?
T4: What would be a ministry-based response to bad behavior online?
TBonus: What can and will YOU do to enhance civil discourse online?

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#ChSocM chat: Sustaining Ministry

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 03:27:00 +0000

The Topic: Worship and Social Media

Let's Lent Out Loud & Worship (via Social Media).

This week's (03/01/16) chat moderated by Alan Rudnick (@alanrudnick)

Topics:

T1: What helpful tools are out there for streaming and sharing worship online?
T2: When inclement weather occurs, how do/could you connect worship with folks virtually?
T3: What are the challenges involved in streaming and sharing worship/sermon on social media? Solutions?
T4: How have you engaged your social media audience during Lent?
T5: What would you adjust or change for next Lent? What have you learned?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Sustaining Ministry

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 03:06:00 +0000

The Topic: Sustaining Ministry

Let’s talk about sustaining you, the #chsocm champion, and your #chsocm ministry!

This week's (02/23/16) chat moderated by Katy Dunigan (@kdunigan)

Topics:

T1: Share part of your story w/us. When did you feel inspired to get involved in #chsocm ministry?
T2: What are you doing now to fuel your passion for #chsocm ministry?
T2a: How are you protecting yourself from burnout? #chsocm
T3: What are you doing to ensure your #chsocm ministry is sustainable, in case you need to “step away” for a time?
T4: What feedback do you use to measure your #chsocm ministry’s effectiveness. (i.e. analytics/engagement/feedback/words praise)
T5: What inspires you to stay working in #chsocm ministry?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM chat: Why Church?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 03:17:00 +0000

The Topic: Why Church?

As in: why do we do what we do? Why should anyone else be interested in this thing we call "church" in the first place?

This week's (02/16/16) chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:

T1: What is a working definition of “church” from your own experience/situation?
T2: With "church" in mind, let’s go to the beginning. What got you here, doing what you do, in the church, right now?
T3: When you are asked #WhyChurch? (or if you’re not asked, there’s a first time for everything!), what’s your gut response? #chsocm
T4: What aspects of social media help to solidify for you the claim that church *does* matter, right here, right now? #chsocm
T5: How about our biblical tradition? What bible stories help to answer the question #WhyChurch? (Feel free to get creative!) #chsocm
T6: What’s one thing we can do, as this #chsocm community, to specifically answer the question of #WhyChurch in our own contexts?

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#ChSocM: Helping Your Online Ministry Take Off

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 03:10:00 +0000

The Topic: Helping Your Online Ministry Take Off

Whether you are just starting are been at this for years, we are talking about moving to the next level

This week's (02/09/16) chat moderated by David Hansen (@rev_david)

Topics:

T1: What are you most excited about in your online ministry this Lent?
T2: What 1 piece of advice would you give to someone just starting on #chsocm?
T3: What is the advice that you need to give yourself? The thing that you aren't doing that would make your #chsocm better?
T4: What is BEST thing you've done to improve your #chsocm ministry in the last year?
T5: Besides this chat (naturally), where do you turn to learn new things about #chsocm?
T6: What ONE THING can you do this Lent to make your #chsocm ministry better?

Read the transcript on Storify

#ChSocM: Policy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 03:20:00 +0000

The Topic: #ChSocM Policy

How to create one

This week's (02/02/16) chat moderated by Neal F. Fischer (@nealffischer)

Topics:

T1: Should we treat #ChSocM platforms differently? Explain your answer.
T2: Who should initiate connections on #ChSocM platforms?
T2a: Are there any #ChSocM connections to avoid?
T3: What types of #ChSocM conversations should happen privately?
T3a: What types of #ChSocM conversations should NOT happen privately?
T4: What types of images are okay to post on your #ChSocM outlets?
T5: When is it appropriate to delete a #ChSocM post?
T6: What privacy settings will we use on our #ChSocM outlets?

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#ChSocM: Storytelling and Storytellers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:27:00 +0000

The Topic: Storytelling and Storytellers

Not just story telling, but story sharing!

This week's (01/26/16) chat moderated by Amy Rork (@azrork)

Topics:

T1: Do social media users have the patience for storytelling?
T2: Faith-based or secular, do you have any favorite social media storytellers?
T3: What can you learn from your favorites that translates to your own storytelling?
T4: What SM platforms help you tell your (or your org’s) story?
T5: Are there other or new SM platforms you’d like to explore for telling your story?
T6: We've heard a few mention this -- anyone else want to share a personal storytelling success story? Either for you or your org?

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Flipping Your Conference...Talk/Panel/Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Meredith Gould) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:44:00 +0000

Note: Originally posted on August 27, 2014 to the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network blog. Slightly edited and reposted here so it's out from behind a paywall. Yes, written for healthcare folks but easy to extrapolate for use in the world of church conferences.

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Presenting at a conference? Even if it's sooner than soon, thanks to social media you still have time to generate more engagement by "flipping" your talk or panel presentation or workshop or poster session.

I've known about this tactic for a while, but have become even more convinced of its value beyond the classroom after seeing what happened when Pam Ressler (@PamRessler), Susannah Fox (@SusannahFox), Colleen Young (@Colleen_Young) and I started using it two months before our Stanford Medicine X conference panel (Communicating the Experience of Illness in the Digital Age).

Here, I'll describe what's involved and offer practical tips for... flipping!

Flipping Origins

Flipped teaching or what's sometimes called the "flipped classroom," emerged over a decade ago as a corrective to the traditional and inherently passive lecture format.

Flipped teaching requires student engagement with material before showing up for class. Actual class contact time is then focused on discussing and processing material. (For a detailed introduction to this technique, see: Flipping the Classroom.)

Flipping the Panel

"Flipping the panel," which involves engaging conference attendees before their arrival, benefits presenters as well as participants.

Trotting out background information in advance increases the probability of generating an educated audience. Sharing a conceptual framework in advance allows observers to provide input that, in turn, gives presenters an opportunity to rethink and revise the presentation.

Online social networking platforms makes flipping the panel easy and swift, while extending active participation beyond the conference's physical space and time. As ever, start by thinking strategically about this tactic by asking:

Who is my audience?
Where online will I find my audience?
What do I want my audience to learn/know/do?
What message(s) will help me accomplish my goal(s)?

Investing a bit of time thinking through these questions will make it easy to choose social networking tools.

Practical Tips For Using Social Networking PlatformsTo enhance our panel presentation, my panel-mates and I used the following social media tools in the following ways:

Blogs: We used our blogs to rollout information about the panel itself, flipping the panel, and what each of us would address. Our blog posts included a strong CTA (call to action) viz., an invitation for readers to comment on the post itself as well as via other social media. We cross-posted on one another's blogs and tweeted links.

Twitter: We continued blog post conversations during two Twitter-based chats: 1) #hcsmca, Health Care and Social Media Canada, founded by Colleen Young, who moderated that day's chat; and 2) #hpm (Hospice and Palliative Medicine, founded by MCCSM External Advisory Board member, Christian Sinclair and moderated for this chat by Pam Ressler).This has helped us predict which issues will emerge during the real-time Q&A period. We also RT'd (re-tweeted) to advance the educational/conceptual points we want to make and to generate awareness about our panel. (For a meta-level example of this tactic, see: "One person's TMI is another person's need-to-know" post by Susannah Fox.)

Storify: Susannah Fox, whose Storify use is always brilliant, set it up to provide resources, capture tweets, link to transcripts on Symplur, and enhance the conversation with images. (For the Storify transcript, see: Communicating the experience of illness in the digital age, noting where Susannah added interlinear notes.)

While using any single one of these platforms would probably have been effective, taking an integrated tactical approach makes more sense. Different tools will appeal to and be used differently by different sectors of your audience (e.g., lengthy blog comments v. tweets).

So, what do you think? Have I persuaded you to flip your next event? Have you already given this tactic a try? If so, what worked, what didn't, and what could have worked better?

Image: Source

#CHSOCM: Hosting your own #chsocm conference

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 03:26:00 +0000

The Topic: Hosting Your Own #CHSOCM Conference

What would your conference look like?

This week's (01/19/16) chat moderated by Neal F. Fischer (@nealffischer)

Topics:

T1. What would you want to learn at a conference?
T1a. You’re the organizer, how do you figure out what your attendees want to learn?
T2. Who are the presenters you’d want to have to cover the previously mentioned subjects?
T3: What are some resources available to you that would help defray some of the costs of a conference?
T4. What are some ways to have presenters able to interact and present without being in the room?
T5 What are some of the tools you are using as communicators to get the job done? (anything you find helpful)
T6. Finally, Where do you go from here? How do you keep up the relationships and momentum?

Read the transcript on Storify

#CHSOCM: The Psychology of Social Media (and how to use it better)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 03:11:00 +0000

The Topic: The Psychology of Social Media (and how to use it better)

We’re going to look at some research findings and what that might mean for the way we use #chsocm

This week's (01/12/16) chat moderated by Carolyn Clement (@singingcarolyn)

Topics:

T1: What does the importance of images to our psyche mean for our use of #chsocm?
T2: Content that arouses strong emotions (good or bad) is more likely to be shared. Comments? #chsocm?
T3: We use social media to reveal and share our best selves. What does that mean for our use of #chsocm?
T4: How can we use #chsocm to help meet peoples' need for connection?
T5: How can we use #chsocm tools to help others feel that they belong, & find meaning?
T6: How can we leverage nostalgia in our #chsocm posts to make life more warm and fuzzy?
EXTRA: Anyone have anything else they’d like to share? Any of those great posts from your homework? #chsocm

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#CHSOCM: New Year. New Reflections. Going Forward.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:13:00 +0000

The Topic: New Year. New Reflections. Going Forward

Taking stock of 2015 and moving forward in 2016

This week's (01/05/16) chat moderated by Meredith Gould (@MeredithGould)

Topics:

T1: Which #chsocm tactic or tool worked best for you in 2015?
T2 What’s something you tried in 2015 that you’ll ditch in 2016?
T2a: What isn't working but you're not yet ditching?
T3a: How will you move past those barriers in 2016?
T4: What will be different or done in the world of digital by July 2016?
T5: Reality check: Lent begins on 2/10. What do you need to be doing right now?

Read the transcript on Storify

#CHSOCM: The Underside of Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:17:00 +0000

The Topic: The Underside of Christmas.

How do we understand and engage Christmas from the underside?

This week's (12/15/15) chat moderated by Jason Chesnut (@crazypastor)

Topics:

T1: Let’s check in first. On the eve of this holy season of Christmas, how are you doing? How are you feeling?
T2: What aspects of Advent/Christmas excite you, energize you, give you/your community hope?
T2a: So. What about the aspects that frustrate you/your community about this time?
T3: How do we fully engage our communities in the essence of Advent/Christmas with those who celebrate it…and those who dread it?
T4: Bible time! What pieces from our biblical story illustrate for us how Christmas is a story for both the joy- and sorrow-filled?
T5: What’s a specific memory of an Advent/Christmas moment that remains with you even today?

Read the transcript on Storify