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Technology and the Church: Facing Up to Facebook
Pragmatic Advice on the Nuts and Bolts of Using Web-based Tools
and Social Networking to Support Your
Congregations
New social networking technologies like Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, photo-sharing, podcasting and blogs can
be overwhelming. Dave Schroeder, a Chief
Information Officer with an M.Div. and extensive
non-profit experience explains these new
technologies and shares practical advice on how
to make them work for local churches on tight
budgets.
Questions for consideration:
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Where do we get started on using social
networking?
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What are the best uses of each technology?
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What sites and tools are your current
members using?
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What are the best ways to reach potential
new members?
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Who should manage social networking
technologies?
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How can we use new technologies
inexpensively?
Dave Schroeder has served as a Chief Information Officer
and Chief Technology Officer for several public
and venture-capital based companies and has
helped design and implement web sites for major
companies such as Hertz, Starwood Hotels and
Price-Waterhouse-Coopers. Dave has a BA from
Swarthmore College and an MBA from Carnegie
Mellon University with a focus on Management and
Organizational Behavior. He also has an M.Div.,
magna cum laude, from Drew Theological
School (United Methodist) and has attended
Princeton and Chicago Theological Seminaries.
Dave has extensive non-profit management
experience and has taught classes for local
pastors, staff and laity on web design and
leveraging Internet technologies to support the
local church.
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