by Rhett Smith | May 21, 2008 | Technology
Back on Wednesday, April 23 I wrote a post called This Isn’t Your Parent’s Prayer Chain. The post was about a young woman in our church, Katherine Wolf, who was one of the volunteer leaders in the Young Marrieds ministry, and who went through an...
by Rhett Smith | May 16, 2008 | Leadership
DISCLAIMERS: 1)There are better technical people out there concerning the web. 2) Do as I suggest, not as I do. I’m trying to keep up myself, and our college website reflects almost nothing of what I talk about. That’s how fast things change. 3) There are...
by Rhett Smith | May 12, 2008 | Leadership
I have blogged a lot on this site about the collapse of hiearchical structures, especially within the Church, and the rising level of leadership from the bottom. I see this change in structure as a good thing and I saw a couple of good posts over the weekend. First,...
by Rhett Smith | May 1, 2008 | Technology
Everytime I think I am advanced with the Web 2.0/New Media stuff, I realize I’m not. I usually realize it after reading one of Andrew Jones’ posts. Take yesterday’s post for example. His spring cleaning led to my anxiety. But don’t worry...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 28, 2008 | Technology
I think most of you know by now, I have become a huge fan of the New Media and Web 2.0. But there is one aspect of it that I am most excited about: collaboration. With immediate access to amazing and simple tools we are able to collaborate more rapidly and effectively...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2008 | Technology
It seems like Facebook has just really exploded over the last couple of months. When I got on Facebook a couple of years ago it was basically my college students who I was friends with. Which makes sense since it began as a college social network. But recently I have...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 18, 2008 | Technology
Obviously we have reached the tipping point, or maybe we are now beyond it. But as others are saying more eloquently than me, the New Media is not a trend, and it’s here to stay. The New Media, Web 2.0, Social Networking, etc…. Check out Collective Muse....
by Rhett Smith | Apr 18, 2008 | Technology
I was already sold on Twitter about six months ago and I have been using it more and more everyday. But if you are not sold, or if you are asking yourself, “What is Twitter?” Then here you go. Thanks to Jared Kleier for pointing me toward...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 17, 2008 | Technology
Over the course of the last four and half years I have blogged primarily about church, ministry, theology and anything related to it. But one area that has drawn increasing attention from me is the area of technology, specifically Web 2.0, New Media, etc. I’m...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 16, 2008 | Technology
I’ve come across a couple of interesting items the last 24 hours regarding Web 2.0, New Media, technology, etc. First. Cynthia Ware posted Is Your Church Leadership Interactive? at her blog, and at the Leadership Network Digital blog. I love what she says: The...
