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The power of grounded questions to create change
Grounded questions, says Mark Strom in this short 16-min TED lecture, have the power to release stories, creative thought, and transformation.
They are not yes/no questions, or even questions about facts or feelings. Mark’s insights are helpful in any area of life, work, or ministry.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12734
Being heard in a secular world: 21-min video by Sheridan Voysey
Sheridan Voysey is an Australian writer, speaker and broadcaster currently living in Oxford UK. You may have see his recent new book Resurrection Year, which has helped many. Check his blog.
Here he is speaking at the November 2013 Christian New Media Conference in London. His insights into appropriate effective evangelism apply across the spectrum.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12125
Collaboration is essential for evangelism and missions, anywhere
See what can happen when mission agencies collaborate AND use digital effectively, in this video by Create International, producers of films for the Majority World.
Of course, collaboration is vital in any area of ministry, in whatever location: "All of us are smarter than one of us."
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12214
Using hashtags effectively - infographic from Huffington Post
Helpful infographic from Huffington Post on using hashtags effectively:
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12202
Latest Erik Qualman 'Socialnomics' video short released
Erik Qualman has done it again. Released his latest annual iteration of his view of the state of social media, as a 3-minute YouTube summary.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12241
Understanding media and evangelism - conversation with Phil Cooke
Lots of challenging wisdom from Phil Cooke, author of Creative Christian Media, on creatives, media, culture, storytelling, film, evangelism and effective communication.
Here are 18 minutes of high-value insights – do make the time to watch.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12228
Are you using the best method to communicate your message? What does research show?
There’s a magazine from my childhood which has hugely influenced my thinking since. And it wasn’t Superman comic!
It was WHICH?, the magazine of the pioneering UK consumer group CA. In what is now a common worldwide concept, they buy and exhaustively test various consumer products, and choose a 'best buy', or a range of recommendations based on various criteria.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12302
Digital alters everything, everywhere, for everyone
"My two-year-old is teaching my one-year-old to use the iPad," a Christian writer tweeted recently. As these two young 'digital natives' grow up, they will barely distinguish between online and offline, face-to-face or virtual. They will be unaware of that strange world just 20 years ago, which was almost untouched by digital media. They may never see, except in a museum, such ancient artifacts as typewriters, rotary-dial phones, or film cameras. Their use of digital will be totally instinctual, a seamless extension of minds and fingers. As the years pass, they will effortlessly handle digital tools and platforms yet to be invented.
Digital has transformed our societies faster than any previous media revolution. And it is transforming evangelism and discipleship too. Read more...
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/11858
Short video from Igniter media explains significance of relationships
This short fictional video from Igniter demonstrates how we are all links in a chain.
Note that a key element in almost every conversion was a relationship with a Christian over a period of time. Any model of evangelism which does not integrate the significance of this is unlikely to prosper.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10812
Christian evangelism or manipulative propaganda - what's the difference?
Daily Writing Tips is a – well, there's a clue in the title. A valuable email on many different aspects of writing, often about grammar or sentence construction.
But a recent topic covered was a bit different – an analysis of 50 types of propaganda.
As I read down the list, I began to squirm. Many of these methods sounded awfully familiar. Chillingly so. Manipulative...
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10989