Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Getting Started: Meredith Gould
December 3, 2012

Getting Started: Meredith Gould

We talk with Meredith Gould about budgets, strategy, fears and failures when it comes to church communication. She brings years of expertise and a focus on liturgical congregations.

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Getting Started: Angela Bengtson
November 26, 2012

Getting Started: Angela Bengtson

Angela works at a big church in a small town, but they're no megachurch and that's OK: "Although it is great to be inspired by what the 'gurus' are doing, ...

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Wrecked & Writing with Jeff Goins
November 19, 2012

Wrecked & Writing with Jeff Goins

We talk with Jeff Goins, author of Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life, about writing, wrecking and life.

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Getting Started: Josh Burns
October 15, 2012

Getting Started: Josh Burns

"When it comes down to it, church communication isn't about the technology, methods or design. It is about relationships."

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Getting Started: Steve Fogg
October 8, 2012

Getting Started: Steve Fogg

"I don't equate boring with what I do," says church communicator Steve Fogg. "If something is boring yet informative and nails our mission... win!"

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Getting Started: Ryan Spilhaus
September 24, 2012

Getting Started: Ryan Spilhaus

"Good and 'cool' communications aren't the end goal--changed lives are." Ryan Spilhaus shares his insights from four years in communications.

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Getting Started: Danielle Hartland
September 10, 2012

Getting Started: Danielle Hartland

Creative Director Danielle Hartland offers some advice to newbies for handling the stress and pressure of church marketing: "Stop making forms and rules and start having lunches and coffee. When ...

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Getting Started: Cleve Persinger
September 4, 2012

Getting Started: Cleve Persinger

Cleve Persinger of MediaBleep, Creative Missions and The Chapel talks about getting started: "Take a lot of deep breaths and learn to stop taking criticism personally."

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Getting Started: Kelley Hartnett
August 27, 2012

Getting Started: Kelley Hartnett

"I approached my church communications role with a rainbows-and-unicorns perspective. Most of the time that worked. But sometimes it knocked me on my rear, to be honest."

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Getting Started: Kelvin Co
August 20, 2012

Getting Started: Kelvin Co

With 25 years of communication experience, Kelvin Co shares his insights on getting started in church communication.

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Getting Started: Joe Porter
August 14, 2012

Getting Started: Joe Porter

From volunteer to creative director, Joe Porter has been in the church marketing trenches. We talk to him about what he's learned and how churches can get started in church ...

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Getting Started: Chuck Scoggins
August 6, 2012

Getting Started: Chuck Scoggins

Chuck Scoggins wrote the book on getting started in church communications. Literally: It's called Getting Started in Church Communications. We talk with Chuck about insights for beginners.

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Church Social Media Chats #chsocm
July 30, 2012

Church Social Media Chats #chsocm

We talk with Meredith Gould, the founder of #chsocm, a weekly Twitter chat about church social media.

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Series Engine: WordPress Plugin for Church Media
July 25, 2012

Series Engine: WordPress Plugin for Church Media

Series Engine is a new WordPress plugin that helps you organize and share sermons, lectures, audio, and other media content on your site and across the web.

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Rediscovering Vision: Tim Stevens & Granger
July 9, 2012

Rediscovering Vision: Tim Stevens & Granger

We talk with Tim Stevens of Granger Community Church about how after nearly 20 years of growth the church got stuck but didn't stay there.

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