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What better way to start the new year than with a new blog?
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We blog and write something at least once a day.
Yet do we really know the English language correctly?
I read a lot of blogs and one of my biggest pet peeves is finding incorrect grammar or spelling. I’m not saying I’m a scholar, I just wish we knew how to write better and correctly more often! You’re, your is one of the worst or is it worse examples. Here is a guide on how to write better – A to X How to Write Better.
A few rules I found quite interesting:
The question about wearable technology isn’t about when it will become part of our lives, but how.
Several products have hit the marketplace: Google Glass, Apple Watch, and other Fitbit-type products. And with the projected market for these wearable applications projected at $53 billion, the market will likely see a huge surge in wearable technology for vision, hearing and more.
Here’s how wearable tech might change your life:
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As diligent ChurchMag readers may know, I’m Dutch. Not in the Holland, Michigan sense, but born and raised in The Netherlands (here’s a short tutorial for those who wonder about the difference between Holland and The Netherlands). That means I still have loads of Dutch friends on social media, including Facebook.
Lately, many of these friends have been posting alarmist stuff about the new Facebook terms of service, that go into effect on January 2015. And more than a few have announced they will leave Facebook because of these.
Why?
Do your parents have a smartphone?
How about grandma or grandpa?
There’s something special that happens when you mix new technology with an older generation…
Many churches focus on growing their church by targeting the 20-something crowd. This is a great strategy for congregational growth. Yet if you want to experience growth on the web, the demographic that lags behind is older.
How do you engage digitally with the over-50 crowd?
This article will explore common barriers that group encounters. In addition, it will showcase a few tools and solutions to these problems. This way all ages in your congregation are informed and connected online.
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