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Welcoming First Time Visitors Online with Video
Join Peter Bowden for a strategy session with Q&A on using VIDEO to help first-time visitors connect with your congregation. We’ll talk specifically about first-time visitor landing pages. When people visit your...
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"Meet the Minister" videos and the digital path to membership
Learn how "meet the minister" videos on congregational websites support the visitor research process and membership development. Have you ever heard someone say they chose to visit the congregation after meeting the...
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Rev. Mike O’Sullivan and Peter Bowden: A conversation on ministry, media, and video strategy
Join me, Peter Bowden, for a conversation on ministry, media, and video strategy with the Rev. Mike O'Sullivan of the Unitarian Church of Cork, Ireland. We connected early in the pandemic and have been watching each...
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The BIG Mistake Small Congregations Make That Keeps Visitors Away
Does your congregation have very few or no visitors? Talking with leadership teams in small congregations, I'm finding some are waiting for visitors to come BEFORE they establish or re-start their process for...
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Congregations versus the algorithm!
Driven by TikTok's success, social media platforms are changing how they decide what content people see online. Instead of relying on an individual's stated preferences and social connections, they're shifting to...
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Time for an Announcement Makeover
In this episode, how to write announcements that get results, including a worksheet download you may share with other leaders in your congregation.  Get the worksheet...
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Three Easy Ways to Grow Your Congregation
Do you want to help your congregation grow? In this episode, I share the key to growing congregations today and three easy ways to help connect newcomers, build community, and grow your congregation's membership. ...
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What is Digital Ministry? Marketing vs. Doing Ministry
For congregations to thrive in today's digitally oriented world, their leaders need to understand how DIGITAL MINISTRY differs from SOCIAL MEDIA and MARKETING. To illustrate, I explain how to shift from using social...
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Rev. Christana Wille McKnight's Ministry Playbook
In this interview with the Rev. Christana Wille McKnight, UPDATE: now former minister of First Parish in Taunton, MA, we discuss the principles and strategies that helped this Unitarian Universalist congregation move...
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Exploring Hybrid Ministry
The Covid19 pandemic forced us to move congregational life online. When we are able to safely phase in offline physical gatherings, how do we integrate our digital/online and physical/offline ministry? In this...
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Digital trends and ministry strategy tips for 2021
This episode features audio from session three in my Leader Recharge 2021 video series: Making sense of digital trends and the factors impacting your congregation's 2021 strategy. This on-demand leadership series is...
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Tips to reduce "Zoom fatigue" and increase engagement
This episode features audio from session two in my Leader Recharge 2021 video series: Tips to reduce "Zoom fatigue" and promote engagement.  This on-demand leadership series is designed to help you start the NEW...
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