2013-07-02T11:42:46-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/best/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11210 2013-07-02T11:42:46-05:00 Email remains the best way of maintaining contact with an opted-in list of friends or supporters. Facebook, Twitter and other social media area great at building relationships, finding new contacts, and enhancing your profile among your affinity group or community. But to ensure a specific message reaches people who have asked to hear it, an email list remains the best way in most circumstances. http://internetevangelismday.com/bullfeed.xml 2013-04-19T13:35:23-05:00 This twice-monthly email newsletter brings news, ideas and strategies for all types of digital outreach. It is a part of the ministry of Internet Evangelism Day. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9720 2012-11-20T13:05:05-05:00 Yet another reminder in this video short, that storytelling is the key to communicating any message, anywhere, any audience, any purpose. My heart sinks every time I’m exposed to a sermon that contains no illustrations, no personal stories, no imagery, no jokes. Because I know that I will almost certainly have forgotten it by lunchtime. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9457 2012-10-18T11:54:03-05:00 Check the striking message of the first pie chart in the infographic below, based on a study by Buzzplant. Admittedly, the polled sample of churches was relatively small, and only within one country. But… see how churches claim that social media was twice as effective as any other means of connecting to the wider community. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9086 2012-08-28T16:29:16-05:00 "Oh, no, how did I miss that?" Unfortunately, in the eyes of many people, that grammatical error will rob your piece of writing of credibility. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8405 2012-06-13T13:04:55-05:00 If you are considering starting a new website including church site or blog, put WordPress near the top of your list of options. It is a CMS (Content Management System) website creator, and is no longer just a blog tool. Large static websites can be built with it, for example the 1000s of pages of the PowertoChange outreach site. It powers 20-25% of all new websites coming online. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8062 2012-05-08T13:20:07-05:00 All colors are not the same! Use colors that match your message. This is second nature to graphic designers, but not necessarily for the rest of us. And in some cultures, colors may have a special significance, often religious, that we are unaware of. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8048 2012-05-01T09:56:49-05:00 If you are a blogger, writer, speaker or storyteller, you may sometimes get stuck for ideas and inspiration. Copyblogger’s infographic could help you... http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4894 2011-07-01T11:51:02-05:00 He saw the book in the shop. Had even heard well of it before. But it looked strange. Poetic prose. Although he liked the cadences of poetry read aloud by others, he always found it hard to recreate these by reading from the page himself. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/4190 2011-04-25T14:37:22-05:00 Words, images, and loving actions within unconditional relationships, are all means of sharing the good news. Words can kill, or bring life. Unimaginative words, chosen without an understanding of how they may resonate with hearers or readers, may sadly fail. Creative words can illuminate. Infiltrate barriers. Smuggle meaning to the heart. This moving video shows the principle.