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Expert Series: What Are You Doing For Easter?
3 Comments » February 21, 2011

Expert Series: What Are You Doing For Easter?

Easter is only nine weeks away. Is your church ready? We’re launching a new series where we ask some church marketing experts for their input and our first question is ...

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Church Marketing Lab: New Site, Logo Work, and More
4 Comments » February 18, 2011

Church Marketing Lab: New Site, Logo Work, and More

Plenty of folks don't know about the helpfulness of the Church Marketing Lab, so we look to demystify the lab and show you some of what's been going on lately.

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poll-results Article
2 Comments » February 17, 2011

Facebook Strategy Poll Results

We've shared how your church can make the most of Facebook, but we're curious, how are you currently using it? That's the question you answered in this week's poll results.

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The Table Project’s Jason Wenell
20 Comments » February 16, 2011

The Table Project’s Jason Wenell

Jason Wenell talks about social media and the church, giving us an inside look at The Table Project before it officially opens to the public.

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CFCC Meetups Announced for 2011
1 Comment » February 15, 2011

CFCC Meetups Announced for 2011

What was the most significant part of your event experience? For many of us, it's the conversations. So we're planning some intentional conversations at events throughout the year. Hope to ...

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Michael Cina: Creativity, Catch Up & Clip-Art
7 Comments » February 14, 2011

Michael Cina: Creativity, Catch Up & Clip-Art

Rock star designer Michael Cina talks about improving creativity, why the church is always playing catch up and the new clip-art.

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Catlayst West Giveaway, Meetup & Discount
2 Comments » February 11, 2011

Catlayst West Giveaway, Meetup & Discount

We announce the winner of our free ticket to Catalyst West, offer a discount to the event for everybody else and reveal details about a CFCC meetup.

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poll-results Article
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Office Hours Poll Results

In this week's poll, we asked whether your pastor would be up for holding online office hours with your community. You weighed in, and we've got the results today.

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Wayne Elsey: Everyone Can Do Something
2 Comments » February 10, 2011

Wayne Elsey: Everyone Can Do Something

Wayne Elsey, founder of Soles4Souls and author of Almost Isn't Good Enough, offers advice for the church about focus, cooperation, evangelism and outreach.

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We Want to Send You to Catalyst West
44 Comments » February 9, 2011

We Want to Send You to Catalyst West

Want to be in California from March 2-4? We're giving away a free ticket to Catalyst West. Read more about the event, who will be there and how you can ...

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Almost Isn’t Good Enough by Wayne Elsey
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Almost Isn’t Good Enough by Wayne Elsey

Part inspiration and part practical thump upside the head: "The story you tell matters. If you want more people involved in the work, start telling better stories."

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Churches & the Facebook News Feed: How Can You Leverage It?
5 Comments » February 8, 2011

Churches & the Facebook News Feed: How Can You Leverage It?

Now the rubber meets the road as guest author Stephen Smith explains four ways your church can make simple changes to increase its impact by leaps and bounds.

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Super Bowl Ad Lesson in Making the Boring Engaging
1 Comment » February 7, 2011

Super Bowl Ad Lesson in Making the Boring Engaging

What do you do when you have to communicate something that isn't inherently interesting? Take Bridgestone's example and get creative.

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Churches & the Facebook News Feed: Why Should You Care?

Churches & the Facebook News Feed: Why Should You Care?

Gaining traction on Facebook isn't as tough as some would have you think, and the secret is in real, human news feed interaction. We'll explain why you should care.

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Church Marketing Directory: Blogs and Sites Edition
1 Comment » February 4, 2011

Church Marketing Directory: Blogs and Sites Edition

Your church might not need a consultant or a contractor. Sometimes you just need some advice. Check out these sites and blogs recently posted to the Church Marketing Directory.

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Cultivate is Back
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Cultivate is Back

The church communication conversation is coming to Southern California in May and supports our nonprofit parent, CFCC, and InvisiblePeople.tv.

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Message Trumps Art
17 Comments » February 2, 2011

Message Trumps Art

A Lego commercial serves as a good example of the message being lost in art. The message has to be communicated and not drowned out by the creative.

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CFCC Leadership Changes

Our executive director, Cynthia Ware, is stepping down to focus on a new role. In her place, the board has unanimously appointed two co-directors, Justin Wise and Tim Schraeder.

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