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After a number of requests about Park’s Twitter policy, I decided to share it with the rest of you: we don’t have one.
I’m not a huge fan of policies. They take too long to write out and shouldn’t really be an issue as long as you are managing what you are doing well.
That being said, [...]

A welcome distraction in my day is emails I receive from many of you about different things we do at Park. I’ve decided to share the emails and my responses with all of you since I’m sure it could serve you and your churches, as well as answer some questions you are asking!
Here goes…
From Jenni [...]

I’m going to old school here for a minute.
Remember rabbit ears?
No, not the ones your friend in high school or your Uncle Joe gave to people in pictures, but the rabbit ears that you used to have to use to get reception on your TV?
Yeah, it’s been awhile since most of us have had to [...]

The MGM Grand in Las Vegas is using social media and Twitter in a unique way, they are rewarding people for their sins.
Yeah, I thought the same thing when I heard about this…
MGM Grand wants to take the guilt out of sinning. Tweet a sin on Twitter, along with #mgmsin, and enter to win [...]

This video has been making rounds on the interweb the past few days…
And if you ask me, I think in under 4 minutes it presents a rather compelling reason why you, as a church leader, and your church MUST engage with social media.
The revolution is coming.
It’s already here.

Ok, I’ll be honest.
I stopped following @imogenheap earlier this year as she was recording her latest project, Ellipse. Girl twittered like it was going out of style.  It was too much.
But, being a fan, I downloaded Ellipse this morning. Two listens in, I’m already in love.
So creative. Breathtaking at moments. Lots of energy. Just all [...]

So today has been a bit wild.
Even though Twitter crashed for awhile (and we all thought it was the end of the world), I was amazed to see how word about my notes from the Leadership Summit spread across the Twittersphere… thanks in part to @ShawnWood, @CatalystLeader and others.
As of this blog post, nearly 2,000 [...]

About Dawn Nicole Baldwin
Dawn Nicole Baldwin is a strategist with a passion to help churches reach people more effectively. She lives this out as founder and lead strategist of AspireOne and as a senior partner with Jarbyco, a mobile communications firm specializing in live events that works with organizations such as Park Community Church, Lifechurch.tv and [...]

Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an internet strategy and development company. Drew often speaks at conferences about how churches can use the internet, his blog is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs, he wrote a chapter in Voices of the Virtual World: Participative Technology [...]

Well besides my little Twabbatical, I’ve been busy the past month or so… here’s
a quick rundown on things I would have Twittered or blogged about…
A Month in 10 Points…
1 – Our website was stolen. Park’s website was stolen by another church. Like for real. It was a valuable experience in learning that imitation can be [...]

I’m back.
I was going to wait until June 13 to make my triumphant re-entry back into the social networking world, but I’m headed to the Willow Creek Arts Conference tomorrow and know that I’ll probably go insane if I’m not Twittering things I’m hearing and learning from the fantastic lineup of speakers… so here [...]

Social media amazes me.
Only being on Twitter for a little over a year, I’ve been connected to some
incredible people who share the same passion and vision I do for ministry,
church, communications and everything else.
I’ve met some amazing people and been blessed with some pretty crazy
opportunities, all thanks to 140 characters and the connection they’ve created.
But [...]