I saw over on Doug Fields' blog, that his podcast returns today. It's now called the YouthMinistryGarage and the new site launches at 5:30 PM EST. I'm so excited the crew is back. I got to see a little bit of the first episode and it's the return of everything I...
Social media is a wonderful marketing tool, if used correctly, but just using it to link to your website is completely under utilizing the power that social media can provide for you. Social media should not be your only way to get your content to customers, but it...
I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to really learn to code. I feel like I know just enough to know about programming that I don't know what I'm doing. This weekend I stumbled upon Codecademy which is a free site that will teach you some basic coding /...
As I wrap up my involvement in a project for a local ministry as their free web consultant, I have some tips that I wanted to pass along to those who use web developers or web consultants. This has been a unique experience for me, as a web consultant does not actually...
How are you getting information to your students? Years ago you had to stick a piece of paper to a bulletin board and send home a newsletter. Remember having to actually cut clip-art out of a book? That used to be incredibly effective at getting information across to...
With back to school in full swing or coming very soon, you may be working on flyers or calendars for your fall season. I saw these two collections of free fonts come across my twitter feed this week, and thought i would pass them along. Enjoy! Fresh Collection Of...
Facebook is a great tool for ministry. Outside of going to school campuses, there are very few places a youth minister can go outside of the church and interact with more students. However, Facebook added a setting which they made default that is proabably hindering...
I may be late to the game but did you know you can email notes to Evernote? They have created a slick way to not only send your notes to your account but also to tag and place them in folders. Here’s a clip from their site: How it works First, find your Evernote...
Simply Youth Ministry has always been about saving youth workers’ time. I too love efficiency. I want my computer to run faster. I organize files like an archivist. I even plan my calendar down to the day and hour I’m going to fill up my car with gas. Well, not that...
I love taking pictures with my iPhone and Droid X. I always have one of them with me, and at 5 and 8 megapixels they take pretty good pix. My favorite photo app is instagram (FREE) and a close second is Halftone. Both of these apps are only available for iOS (sorry...
