In this podcast episode Blessing Mpofu has a conversation with Chris Wilson about creating useful guides and documentation. This insightful conversation has many principles and ideas that can be used in church and organizational life. Oh! we’ve also got the-yet-to-be-named segment with two noteworthy items.
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One of the biggest concerns for parents raising young children in today’s technology-filled era is the problem of completely not understanding how the technology works. If you jump on Snapchat and do inappropriate stuff, it’s not gone forever, Snapchat does store it. When you attempt to do sinful things online, even when you think you are being sneaky, people can still easily access what you have done.
One area also that remains a bit of a mystery are smart speakers like Alexa, Google Home, or other similar devices. But what if you could teach your kids how it works and even builds a small version yourself with them to understand it fully?
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‘Newspaper Blackout’ by Austin Kleon [Saturday Morning Review]
I used to write a lot of poetry. In the past few years, though, I have primarily written prose. Prose requires a certain amount of creativity, but poetry—to me anyway—always seemed to something that shouldn’t be attempted without a ton of creative fuel in the tank. That’s why I was really eager to read Newspaper Blackout by Austin Kleon.
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How to Get Started with Video Marketing
As a ministry, church, or non-profit organization, reaching people with your message is probably of the utmost importance to your vision. Whether you are engaging with a congregation through video announcements, teaching a message or series via social media, or advertising an event or fundraiser, the presentation is paramount. With this in mind, consider a few statistics from Roar:
- 46.1% of churches surveyed say that social media is their most effective method of outreach, compared to knocking on doors, newspapers, tv, and radio ads.
- 73.49% of high schooler ministries surveyed use social media.
Learn To Create Great Social Media Graphics With Visual Content Course
Back in 2010, you could just about get away with having a webpage with one or no images. Good content and the benefit of faster loading web pages just about balanced out the benefit that visuals brought to the user experience. But in 2018, visuals are essential. Widespread faster internet connections and the prevalence of visual content around the web has adjusted our minimum expectations.
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How to Remove ANYTHING From a Photo In Photoshop [Video]
For those that do visual arts at your organization or for your own personal photos, you ever have those photobombers or objects you wanted to remove from an impact? I am embarrassed to say how many times I’ve done this, but the old school way is to grab the clone tool in Photoshop and attempt to remove the item without anyone noticing. It’s frustrating and usually not very convincing.
The video below shows three alternatives in Photoshop: content-aware fill, patch tool, and an advanced model.
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