Tutorial Videos
We love the local church and you need help navigating communications in the digital world. We wanted to make the best resources and experts accessible to every church, no matter the budget, so we’ve partnered with Compassion Canada and the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities to bring the church a growing library of tutorials.
For free.
Compassion Canada
Canadian Centre for Christian Charities
Why Reopening is Harder Than Closing
The pandemic shut the world down in March 2020, and since then, we’ve been in an awkward dance of opening and closing. This tutorial discusses the challenges of reopening (sometimes multiple times) and how to communicate effectively in this unpredictable environment.
Photos of kids and consent - do you have a strategy?
This tutorial is about how to approach consent with children in the digital spaces your church interacts. Specifically, we are providing some tips for posting photos on your church's social media and website.
Communicating Staff Transitions
In this tutorial, you'll learn some helpful tips when you need to communicate a staff transition. Having an agreed-upon standard for how people are informed, what channels are used to communicate (i.e. face to face, on the platform, email), and the sequence of letting people know so you let the right people know first :)
It's often bittersweet to see a staff member go, other times it can be a very emotional and unexpected change. Whatever the situation, having a plan already in place will help the communication go as smoothly as possible.
Check out our video on "How to lead in a crisis with Justin Dean" here: https://youtu.be/RIKDFio7iJw
Crisis Communication for Churches- How to Prepare for the Unexpected
Whether you're dealing with a pastor who had a moral failure, or a natural disaster, or a financial crisis- we need to communicate well in our church or charity during crisis. We talk to a person with a LOT of experience- Justin Dean lead communications during the crisis of Mars Hill Church with Mark Driscoll. He'll help us prepare in advance for when crisis comes, and how to care for yourself in the midst of it if you're the communicators director.
We tell the truth.
This episode is so important to us at Word Made Digital. We need the priority of truth in our communications strategies now more than ever. It's tough to take the potential negative feedback that comes with being honest, but the truth matters whether it's good or bad.
Helping your leadership team, when they don't like technology.
This tutorial is about how to work alongside your Church leadership team when they are resistant to using technology. We provide some helpful tips to win them over and suggest some practical first steps to transitioning your team to a more digital-first (but not digital only) approach.
