Date registered: March 8, 2012
Nov 27
The concept of “commercial broadcasting” – presenting something to many people simultaneously and expecting an action from an audience – has led to many small non-profit organizations thinking they can use the same idea. On the surface it seems quite simple: if enough people see a message, a percentage will respond. What some fail to …
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Aug 02
As communication paradigms shift, the new media affect society. This presentation looks at how media shapes the minds of those with whom the Church is trying to communicate the Gospel. It was created for and presented at a Lutheran Hour Ministries Regional Outreach Conference in Saskatoon, Canada, July 2012. How media shapes society from Adnams …
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Jul 25
Canadian religion observer Reg Bibby has published an e-book “A New Day” which looks at the current trends and state of religion and non-religion in Canada. It’s available here: http://www.reginaldbibby.com/
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Jun 16
Back in the late ‘90s I was one-half of a team that worked with churches to help them develop some media skills that would help raise their visibility in their community. One of the recommendations made in the presentation was to keep connected with local media with news and stories. The idea was not to …
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May 22
A few years ago I tried skeet shooting. I didn’t do well (which is good because I never found a good recipe for grilled skeet!) I discovered the trick was anticipating the position of the clay disc in the air and pulling the trigger at the right time to make sure the shot hit the …
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May 16
At the recent annual conference of The Canadian Church Press I conducted a workshop dealing with expanding the reach of publications “Beyond the Pew.” Here is the PowerPoint presentation.Beyond the Pew View more PowerPoint from Adnams Group PDF: Beyond the pew CCP2012 Handout
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May 08
On Thursday and Friday of this week I will be in Toronto for the annual Canadian Church Press conference. I serve as the association’s vice-president. CCP is more than 50 years old and began as a networking opportunity for church publications, most denomination-based. As independent Christian publications came along, then newsletters and websites its focus …
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Apr 30
What earlier generations considered science fiction is reality today. The proliferation of mobile devices is changing our lives individually and collectively. Think about the last time you gathered with other people for an event of some kind. Were people texting? Did they use tablet devices? How did they interact with the speaker or presenter? Mobile …
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Apr 17
The World Wide Web came onto the scene about 20 years ago. Google’s search engine was online by 1997. Facebook launched eight years ago (yes, only eight!) and YouTube the next year. Twitter celebrated its sixth birthday this year. A change in technology and the software it drives initially attracts what are known as “early …
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Mar 29
When I was a child and my mother caught me heading out before telling her my plans she would ask, “Just where do you think you’re going?” That’s a question many organizations fail to ask, and sometimes it’s the unasked question in the minds of supporters and donors. I know how it is in many …
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