Planning a month of social media in 20 minutes
When you plan social media, can you create a month’s worth of social media in less than 20 minutes? We can. Here’s how.
Creating & Managing Content Teams for Communications, Ep. 139
If you’re in communications at your church, you probably need some help. Before we hire more staff, we first try to find volunteers. So where do we start? How do we recruit volunteers for our content teams, what teams should we create (like a Photography team)? In this episode, we’ll tell you what has worked for us to recruit, train, inspire, and lead volunteer content teams for communications.
Your first 100 Days as a Communication Director, Ep. 138
Whether you’re a communication director just starting out or you’re starting over, the first 100 days is an important time in the life of your ministry. What do you do first? Where do you start? In this episode, Seth and Meagan will give you some advice for how to execute a solid communications plan by laying out a few milestones and tools to help you activate your strategy!
There’s no “Ta-Da!” in TEAM, Ep. 137
Pulling a rabbit out of a hat is a welcome time for “Ta-Da!” but when it comes to working with church leaders who hate magic but enjoy the big reveal, it’s frustrating. This episode explains why playing your cards close to the chest, big reveals, and mixing metaphors is not a good leadership strategy!
Stop it! Things the Church needs to stop writing immediately, Ep. 136
Usually, the copy comes last. It’s an afterthought behind the graphics, the plan, and the aesthetic. But the copy is what causes people to take action, so it should be an important checkbox on our content creation list. Because we often mail it in when it comes to writing, we write garbage. This episode is about easy alternatives to copy garbage.