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• Enhance your communication – learn from Len
  on Dec 15, 2015 in Missions Internet Usage Effective communication Storytelling
  If you are a communicator of any sort, learn from the best. Len Wilson’s blog posts are full of wisdom to help us with better communication and storytelling, whatever our particular focus. Check our his blog at LenWilson.us. You will be glad yo...
• Using powerful online opportunities before Christmas
  on Dec 10, 2015 in Church Christmas Current events
  I‘ve had to switch radio stations more than once recently, to avoid wall-to-wall Christmas music starting right at the beginning of December. Too much, too soon! But, out in cyberworld, many millions of non-Christians around the world are alrea...
• AIDS: More To Do
  on Dec 8, 2015 in Felt needs Infographics Missions
  In a world full of huge challenges, we all want to declare “Mission Accomplished,” check things off our list and move on. Many have done just that with AIDS. But should that be our response? We have made so much progress, but there is sti...
• The Parting Gift – new short outreach film for Android and Apple smartphones/tablets
  on Jul 21, 2015 in Mobile devices Video
  A Simple Tool For Sharing Your Faith In A Powerful Way! A 6 minute short film embedded within a guided explanation of the gospel. Works without the Internet and tracks your progress with helpful statistics. Free training resources available now at wo...
• Understanding the challenge of refugees: infographic
  on Jul 2, 2015 in Infographics Missions
  The last few years have seen a tragic upsurge in refugee movements. This new GMI ‘missiographic’ explains the situation, and can also be embedded into any webpage. Stepping Beyond the Tents Every 4 seconds someone is forced to flee their...
• Leading change – wisdom from Phil Cooke in Lausanne seminar
  on Jun 17, 2015 in Effective communication Relating to culture
  We live in a ‘culture of unlimited choice’, with thousands of messages being communicated to us through a plethora of media platforms. Phil Cooke discusses how ministries and organizations can clearly communicate their cause in this ̵...
• Reading trends and needs in Africa
  on May 27, 2015 in Future trends Infographics Internet Usage Missions Mobile devices
  To understand people’s reading habits is to get a glimpse into their lives. This infographic from GMI gives you insight into the bookmarks that highlight the patterns of African Christian readers in three countries (Kenya, Angola and Central Af...
• Digital outreach training days: London, Tirana, Accra, your town?
  on May 14, 2015 in Advocacy Current events Missions Training
  One of the best ways to envision people to see the potential of digital evangelism and ministry: draw them together for a training day in their locality, or their own church. The international team called Indigitous, a broad umbrella of CRU (formerly...
• Storytelling – key to effective communication
  on May 5, 2015 in Infographics Storytelling
  Helpful look at how and why storytelling works so well. Check other recent posts on storytelling. Subscribe, share & re-use . . . GET UPDATES BY EMAIL & TWITTER Get our blog posts by email, once or twice a week: Feedburner email | + Fe...
• Heartwarming Reese Witherspoon film The Good Lie – free discussion materials
  on Apr 14, 2015 in Movies Relating to culture
  Culturewatch team Damaris are offering free official community resources for The Good Lie. This engaging and heartwarming film, starring Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon, reflects the real-life stories of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan...
• Are you a maven*? Do you want to publish curated content?
  on Apr 4, 2015 in Advocacy Effective communication Infographics Writing
  It’s an obvious truth that you should only write about what you know, and what enthuses you. The CopyBlogger infographic below gives you guidance and ideas about how you might write a curated email newsletter. On anything. See also What can I c...
• 1.5 billion English speakers – the need for simple English
  on Mar 17, 2015 in Effective communication Missions Mobile devices
  English is unique in being a world language. In a review of new book What is English? And Why Should We Care? (Tim William Machan, OUP), London Times columnist Oliver Kamm writes: …debates over the nature and purpose of English are longstanding...
• A language that Christians mostly refuse to translate text into
  on Mar 17, 2015 in Effective communication Missions Mobile devices
  English is unique in being a world language. In a review of new book What is English? And Why Should We Care? (Tim William Machan, OUP), London Times columnist and language-use expert Oliver Kamm writes: …debates over the nature and purpose of...
• Questions that release stories and space for change
  on Mar 13, 2015 in Effective communication Storytelling
  Grounded questions, says Mark Strom in this short 16-min TED lecture, have the power to release stories, creative thought, and transformation. They are not yes/no questions, or even questions about facts or feelings. Mark’s insights are helpful...
• “You win, infographics!” Print: not so quick
  on Mar 9, 2015 in Effective communication Infographics
  “You win, infographics!” In communicating overall concepts quickly and simply, visual beats text. Learn how churches can use infographics, which apply also to non-profits and other teams. More about infographics. Source: Rickmann’s...
• Damaris discussion resources for Exodus and Unbroken
  on Jan 10, 2015 in Movies Relating to culture
  The Damaris team offers resources for two new films; Exodus Gods and Kings and Unbroken. These provide a great opportunity for groups of churches to get together around a purpose, share the social experience of going out to a cinema and then enjoy so...
• Mobile evangelism: Indigitous digital conference in Bangalore, consultation in Europe
  on Jan 7, 2015 in Advocacy Missions Mobile devices Training
  An Indigitous digital evangelism conference is coming to Bangalore on February 13-15, 2015. This is an exciting opportunity for any follower of Jesus who has an interest in digital technology. As far as I am aware, it will be just about the first tra...
• A new (to me) Christmas folk story from Germany and Ukraine. About spiders!
  on Dec 17, 2014 in Christmas Contextualization Short story Storytelling
  Out in a small town the other day, I stumbled upon a one-day Christmas market, and some hand-crafted glass jewelry caught my eye. Or, more specifically, beautiful hand-made spiders about 3 inches/8cms high, sitting over the other jewelry on display.
• Using a custom Facebook community group to connect with life issues
  on Nov 25, 2014 in Bridge Strategy Facebook Felt needs Social Networking
  Guest blog post by the TruthMedia.com team One of our ministry goals is to make sure that we create relevant and responsive content. This includes creating articles, videos – even something as seemingly simple as social media posts – that...
• Reaching hurting people with a Facebook community group
  on Nov 25, 2014 in Bridge Strategy Facebook Felt needs Social Networking
  Guest blog post by the TruthMedia.com team One of our ministry goals is to make sure that we create relevant and responsive content. This includes creating articles, videos – even something as seemingly simple as social media posts – that...