Craig Gilman Digital Youth Adviser CEOP Ambassador

Digital Disciples…

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Welcome!

Are you ready?

Social media is online media that starts conversations, encourages people to pass it on to others, and finds ways to travel on its own. Idealware - http://www.idealware.com

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Who are we talking about?

Generation Y 1980’s -1995? 18-32 year olds

iGen / Gen Z 1995 – Present 0-17 year olds

Appeal of Technology to GenY & iGen

• Always on • Anonymity • Addictive • Access to the world • Active not passive medium • Away from supervision • Acceptance – identity and status • Amplifier (gives children a voice) • The online world IS the child’s world

“If you took away my mobile phone you would take away a part of me”

The Appeal of

• News feeds – boast by post • Applications – huge range of apps • Photos/tags comment and tag photos – face recognition • Events/groups • Friends find link, be in constant contact + on your mobile • Messages (superseding email) • Live chat – (superseding IM) • Time line • Video link and embed • Social location

User age distribution on Facebook in United Kingdom

But I hate charts…

Generation Y 1980’s -1995? 18-32 year olds

55% of UK Facebook Users

iGen 1995 – Present 0-17 year olds

11-15%(ish) of UK Facebook Users not supposed to have facbook before age 13!

70%(ish) of UK Facebook Users! 34% of the UK population

Generation Y + iGen =

It has never been easier to keep in touch with other people – and people all over the world.

The church should be part of the public market place, and making contact in new ways are an opportunity not a threat.

I’m sure St Paul would have been a regular blogger had the technology been available to him. Bishop of St Asaph, Gregory Cameron

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48% OF 18 TO 34 YEAR OLDS

CHECK FACEBOOK RIGHT WHEN THEY WAKE UP… ABOUT 28% CHECK THEIR FACEBOOK

ON THEIR SMART PHONES BEFORE GETTING OUT OF BED.

Smartphones

• 17% of households use as primary web connection • Over 55% of UK mobile phone sales are smartphones

– 28 million in use • Usage – 59% to check social networks,

49% to purchase • 81% never turn their phone off • 18% of Domino's Pizza sales are via mobile app • Orange – Do Some Good & Vinspired apps

"In the past you were what you owned. Now you are what you share." Charles Leadbeater – We Think

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken

together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.“ Luke 6:38

“The desire to be part of a group that shares, cooperates, or acts in concert is a basic human instinct.” Clay Shirky

“Communities already exist. Instead, think about how you can help that community do what it wants to do”

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook For Church: Reaching The Missing Generation

The Importance of Privacy Settings

of 12-15 year olds don’t use privacy settings on their social networking profiles – Ofcom Medial Literacy Report 2009

31%

Inline Privacy

Who are you with?

Where are you?

WHAT IS IT? "Twitter allows churches to send quick updates, drive traffic to

websites & remind people of events more efficiently than ever.“

USERS ARE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ONLINE GROUP

Reason to Tweet Company or Brand (% of US Twitter Users) Reason to Tweet % of Users Get updates on future products 38% Stay informed about company activities 32 Receive discounts and promotions 31 Get updates on upcoming sales 30 Get free samples, coupons, etc 28 For fun or entertainment 26 Get access to exclusive content 25 Learn more about company 25 Show support to company to others 23 Share ideas, provide feedback 20 For education about company topics 14 Recommended 14 Get direct message from company 10

Source: ExactTarget, August 2010

10 top tips

1. Focus your Twitter use for communicating general church information

2. Use Twitter as one part of your overall social media presence

3. Brand your Twitter page to match your church website

4. Connect with your followers through # tags

5. Be social! Retweet or reply to tweets

6. Mix up your tweets 7. Keep a metered, steady

flow 8. Reach out to bloggers in

your church that are on Twitter

9. Give and it shall be given unto you.

10. Keep your tweets positive and to the point

Online tools you shouldn’t live without… maybe… And some I just think are nice!

twitterfall.com

• Twitterfall is a Twitter client specialising in real-time tweet searches. New tweets fall into the page.

• Twitterfall has a huge feature list and there are many actions that can't be done on other clients.

visibletweets.com

visibletweets.com

sxc.hu

picmonkey.com

aviary.com

gimp.org

scribus.net

inkscape.org

pinterest.com

pinterest.com

• Online Pinboards.

• 56% UK users are Male

• 200,000 UK accounts

• Most followed brands are Topman (52k), ASOS (14k), Topshop (8k)

• 'Home Decor' is most popular category

• Most popular age is 25-34

• Pin boards and share collections of pictures

• In USA most popular with female web users (83%)

• 7.9 million visits in Sept 2012 (786% growth over 12 months)

pinterest.com

1. Weekly events

2. Staff recommendations

3. Behind the scenes pics

4. Local community

5. User Artwork

6. Wallpapers

7. Share videos

8. Self-improvement

9. Words to live by

10. Share Stories

10 ideas of how you might use it for your group!

hootsuite.com

storify.com

doodle.com

do.com

google drive

dropbox.com

Google+

foursquare.com

instagram.com

instagram.com

instagram.com

5 ways to engage youth with it

1. Generate Buzz

2. Behind the scenes of a movement

3. Hash Away

4. “What did I miss?”

5. Show your impact

youtube.com

video streaming

http://uk.24-7prayer.com/stories/big-brother-prayer-room-sheffield-part-2/

video streaming

animoto.com

lwks.com

eventbrite.co.uk

surveymonkey.com

mailchimp.com

prezi.com

prezi.com

pptPlex

audioboo.fm

audioboo.fm

screenr.com

shapecollage.com

wallwisher.com

goanimate.com

pencilanimation.org

gabble.com

quickmeme.com

getpocket.com

getpocket.com

evernote.com

youthministrymanagement.co.uk

youversion.com

unitaglive.com

QR Codes

geocaching

Stations of the cross in Hanley http://vfxhanley.wordpress.com/2011/10/ • around the city centre there are 14 QR Codes hidden. • each QR Code leads to a password protected post on this blog. The password can

be found with each QR code. • each post has a picture (station of the cross), a short meditation and the co-

ordinates of the next QR Code. • The first blog page that introduces the idea will not be password protected but will

have a QR code that will be made into postcards (left in shops with all the nightclub fliers etc.), put on church notices in the city and, hopefully, the local newspaper.

• the first blog post will be the beginning of the journey. • people will be invited to journey through a physical/digital pilgrimage centred

around the stations of the cross. • Once you have found one, reflected on the station, you use the co-ordinates to

find the next. • you can do it in a day or a take a few months • you can either use a smart phone or a good old fashioned map and compass! • when you’ve found one you can leave a comment on the relevant station blog

post!

village.rhythms.org

village.rhythms.org

BIGbible.org.uk

Over to you!

• What things are you using that I’ve not mentioned!

• Any innovative ways of using them? • Ideas… let’s throw some around!

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Rules for Online Engagem

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1. Pray Bring Christ into the relationship at the very beginning, and let your prayer have more of the ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening’ than ‘Lord, open my lips that I may declare your praise . . .’

2. Listen Engage with others, don’t preach at them. Know when to be quiet. It’s O.K. to have nothing to say!

3. Respect Don’t abuse anyone or vent your anger online. It will scare off some people and make others feel uncomfortable in your presence.

4. Encourage Give help when you can; affirm, compliment, if appropriate.

5. Spend time you can’t build good relationships in just a few minutes. You have to be serious about wanting to build a relationship and prepared to commit yourself.

Sr Catherine Wybourne @Digitalnun on 16th October 2011

6. Share not only what you are doing, but also what others are doing. This particularly applies to Twitter — don’t use it just for self-advertisement!

7. Be welcoming you need people who disagree with you.

8. Be grateful

whingers are not very attractive, nor are those who take things for granted.

9. Be yourself truthfulness is essential. ‘You’ online should be the same person as ‘you’ offline.

10. Love

Like prayer, it’s obvious, but unless you pray, unless you love those with whom you come into contact online, you’re wasting your time as well as theirs.

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

1. Practice regular check-ins

2. Make the intention to not go online immediately before bed and immediately after waking up

3. Practice mindful Social Networking

4. Practice authentic Social Networking

5. Adopt one or two Facebook friends for one month

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

1. Practice regular check-ins

• What am I feeling now?

• What kind of thoughts are going through my head

• What kind of emotions did that email surface?

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

2. Make the intention to not go online immediately before bed and immediately after waking up

• Give yourself space

• Perhaps memorise a passage (maybe Psalm 23)

• Say a short prayer – invite God into the details

• Perhaps try a simple examen

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

3. Practice mindful Social Networking

• How much time do you spend on FB, twitter, etc.?

• How do you spend that time?

• Check in with yourself

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

4. Practice authentic Social Networking

• Take a look at the pictures you’ve posted

• Evaluate the information you’ve shared

• Try to be YOU

Practice Intentionality, Humility, Authenticity

5. Adopt one or two Facebook friends for one month

• Pick a couple of people to give special attention to

• Find out what’s going on in their lives

• Pray for them daily

• Send them nice messages, pictures etc.

• Invite them to meet up

Digital Footprints

• What goes online stays online • What would a future employer

think? • How much time are you online?

Sister Maria Jesus Galan was expelled from her convent after spending too much time on Facebook

25 per cent of employers have reportedly rejected job candidates after looking at their Facebook page.

The digital revolution has created a new kind of eternity

What we do online is there for ever So let’s make sure it is worthwhile and consistent with what we believe

Sr Catherine Wybourne @Digitalnun

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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think *(blog, tweet, post) about such things. Philippians 4:8 *okay so I added that bit…

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