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.
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Canadian Centre for Christian Charities
Do you need to be on all platforms?
It feels like there's a new social media platform, or website hosting service, or trend every time you blink. So how do you determine what platforms will work best for your church or ministry? Check out our tips to help you get started and stay focused.
How to Increase Engagement on Sundays using Social Media
The potential to connect with your congregation in between Sundays is so great, it can often feel overwhelming.
We sat down with Justin Piercy to chat about his approach to connecting with people online through his job (Connexus Church, Barrie) and his personal page (@daddygotcoffee).
In this tutorial, you'll learn about increasing engagement, how to communicate important information on social and practical tips about what types of posts will show up in your followers' feeds.
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.
Help! Not everyone is a Digital Native in our Church!
This tutorial looks at ways to engage with and communicate with seniors or "digital immigrants" in your church community who are not born and raised in digital and may struggle to connect to digital communication strategies. We're in a huge transition and here's some ideas of how to bridge it to pastor and serve everyone in your community.
How Churches can Leverage Clubhouse (+ Twitter Spaces, Facebook Live Audio Rooms)
This tutorial is about the Clubhouse App and other Audio-Only tools that mimic it like Facebook's Live Audio Rooms and Twitter Spaces. This is an exciting new tool for churches to consider leveraging in their communities and I suggest a few ways in this video.
Stop Doing it Alone! How to find Volunteers for Church Communications
This tutorial teaches you how to identify people who would make great volunteers for church communications, how to interview them with things like a portfolio, onboard them, and communicate with them!
How to Film Church News
How to create news videos to streamline communication on Sundays or weekend services
Increase Engagement in your Social Media and Messaging
This tutorial teaches you about lighting, mics and audio, basic camera gear, clothes that look great on camera and much more! You'll see that you don't need a ton of fancy or expensive gear to record a great talk and film yourself at home.