It’s that time again.
This is our weekly Q and A session with the 8BIT Team. You can ask us anything and one of us will hook you up with an answer in the coming week.
Simple, right? Oh, and did we answer your question from last week? Let us know.
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It’s that time again.
This is our weekly Q and A session with the 8BIT Team. You can ask us anything and one of us will hook you up with an answer in the coming week.
Simple, right? Oh, and did we answer your question from last week? Let us know.
by Eric Dye
Hashtags, in my mind, could be one of the coolest features on twitter. For those who don’t know, a hashtag is a simple way of organizing and searching topics and tweets on Twitter:
A hash tag is simply a way for people to search for tweets that have a common topic. For example, if you search on #LOST (or #Lost or #lost, because it’s not case-sensitive), you’ll get a list of tweets related to the TV show. What you won’t get are tweets that say “I lost my wallet yesterday” because “lost” isn’t preceded by the hash tag.
So how exactly can this make ministry conferences even more awesome than they actually are?
[Read more…] about Attend Conferences Virtually with Hashtags and Mobile Devices
I’ve never been a super-big user of video and podcasting technologies but I’ll be the first to let you know that I’m spending more and more time there (so expect a few neat things coming down the pipe here with the 8BIT Team…).
There are a number of options that exist already for Video and Podcasting but none that look as nice as MediaCore does right out of the box. They’ve just recently announced their first public release ever with version 0.8RC1 and I’m taking a careful look at it.
And perhaps you and your ministry should too, because it looks pretty darn robust.
[Read more…] about MediaCore: Open Source Video and Podcasting System
These techniques keep us super-productive.
How does your team communicate? Got some tips for us?
(Not like we need any……………..)
by Eric Dye
Today was a first for the 8BIT Team.
You might be wondering what that first may be, seeing as how we have done everything else in the world…
Today was the first time all the members of the 8BIT met in person, physically, instead of the internet. We decided have this colossal meeting at a local IHOP.
There was a lot of laughs, zings, thoughts from our hero Andy Stanley, and coffee.
Above is the point dashboard for the week which was taken on a paper napkin.
We’re so high-tech…
Brad Lomenick, the Executive Director of the Catalyst Conferences, has officially announced his involvement with SoChurch as an Advisor.
And we’re certainly happy that he’s on board! Brad brings a unique blend of perspective, insight, and experience to how churches and ministries leverage new technologies for communication.
In addition, he leads an innovative team at Catalyst and the Catalyst Conferences that features some of the brightest communicators on our planet and he knows how to empower leaders, which is one of the features that SoChurch aims to provide…
[Read more…] about Brad Lomenick, SoChurch, Real-Time Connections, and Empowering Leaders