Do the Word

During today’s PDX seminar someone asked me how to stay on top of all the relevant sites with the limited time we all have each day. Furthermore, they were worried about the inevitable barrage of spam that could be generated from releasing their email address into the wilds of the web. The answer is simple – RSS.  Props to Copyblogger for a fantastic RSS mini-tutorial (after the jump).  Not sure which RSS Feeders to get started with, here’s a couple suggestions – and they’re FREE! GreatNews; SharpReader; and NewsGator.  There are others, so feel free to look around and use which ever one works best for you.  And happy reading – you might be surprised at what you were missing.   http://www.copyblogger.com/what-the-heck-is-rss/

How timely! A full article in the 9/12 New York Times detailing how older people are congregating on social networking sites especially built for them. Especially if you’re doing ministry with older adults, you’ll want to check out this link:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/technology/12social.html?ex=1347249600&en=437a4c72f256fa39&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

Greg Stier and his team at www.dare2share.org and I have been working on a transformational giving strategy that I think nicely illustrates the point we discuss at the seminar that we need to encourage “multimedia-ism” (engaging our champions in a variety of media, online and off, in order to increase their long-term value and retention):

 http://www.gregstier.org/rants/fundraisingi-love-it