Going Social

by Terrace Crawford

Overview

Terrace Crawford helps uncover reasons ministry leaders may resist the use of social media and dispels some of the myths surrounding it. With short, accessible chapters, Going Social: A Practical Guide for Church Leaders provides a step-by-step guide to getting started, crucial insights to help you develop an effective social media strategy, and gives real-life examples of ministries and leaders who are using media in powerful ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834129245
Publisher:	Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

TERRACE CRAWFORD is a nationally recognized youth speaker, mentor to youth and youth workers, social media consultant, founder of the Youth Worker Coaching network, and writer and editor for ChurchLeaders.com, and according to his Twitter bio, a chicken wing connoisseur. You can connect with him at TerraceCrawford.com or via his Twitter @terracecrawford.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction: #More_than_Buzz 12

1 Lost in #Translation 22

2 What Is #socialmedia? 30

3 Here Comes #the Boom! 38

4 #Facebook 48

5 #Twitter 62

6 #Blogs 80

7 #YouTube 104

8 On #the Fringe 120

9 #Baby Steps 128

10 #Lean_ln_ 136

11 Twenty Examples, #Twenty_Stories 144

Glossary of Popular Social Media Terms 173

For Further Help 182

Notes 184

Sources 185

About the Authors 189