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A little transition

September 2, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments campus, change, ministry, online, social media, transitions

October 15 will mark the beginning of my 4th year at New Life Christian Church.  It has been a great

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Launching new Ministries

August 14, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments campus pastor, launch, middle school, ministry, online, organization, outreach, prayer, social media, startup, WyldLife, young life

The closest thing I’ve come to “launching” a new ministry was in the late ’90s (I know I’m dating myself

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the Social Sidekick: And teens favorite social media site is…

August 7, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, Instagram, outreach, snapchat, social media, twitter

…FACEBOOK!  Yep, according to a new survey of 7,000 high school graduates, Facebook ranks #1.  According to this survey, behind

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the Social Sidekick: Phoster

July 10, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, dodgeball, flier, outreach, partnerships, phoster, promotion, social media, young life

During the spring, our Student Ministry partnered with Young Life for a Dodgeball event.  As we were preparing to promote

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the Social Sidekick: Online Politeness

June 12, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments lebron james, nice, online, polite, rude, social media, tony kornheiser

I was listneing to the Tony Kornheiser Show on the Radio on Monday and I heard him interviewing someone about

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Parents Will Respond

June 2, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments dangers, facebook, gaming, information, Instagram, lecture, meetings, online media, Parents, social media, video games

For years and years I have tried to do Information Nights with parents to share with them the vision and

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the Social Sidekick: A Social Media Info Night

May 29, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments dangers, Parents, social media, Teens

Working with Teens we know that social and online media is here to stay.  We used to communicate with fliers,

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the Social Sidekick: Making your viral video

May 22, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments editing, facebook, social media, videos, viral, viral videos, youtube

A while back, in a way of promoting our upcoming nZone Rave, we decided to make a video that we

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the Monday Morning Debrief: What I learned at OC ’14

May 5, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments andy stanley, atlanta, blog, conference, doubt, facebook, Instagram, jon scuff, kara powell, mark batterson, ncc, oc, orange, perry noble, prayer, reggie joiner, social media, spirituality, washington dc

I love conferences!  I know they are jammed packed with tons of insights and information.  Although it can be a

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Orange ’14: “Social Media is Visual, Measured and Strategic”

May 1, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, hootsuite, social media, stats, Strategy, youtube

Matt McKee led this session on “Social Media is Visual, Measured and Strategic” Our world is mobile and social. They are

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