Friends, if you want to rock your social media and grow your congregation come the Fall, join me on May 16th for a day-long training at our UU congregation in Framingham, MA. We have a tiny window to infuse our teams with new ideas, intention and skills if they are going to be ready to implement … Continue reading Event: UU Social Media and Membership Growth – May 16, Framingham, MA
One of the highlights of my years of guest speaking at Unitarian Universalist congregations happened October 5th, 2014! I was leading the service at High Plains Unitarian Universalist Church in Colorado, Springs speaking on "Friendship in the Digital Age." This was during a service after a weekend training on UU Social Media and Growth. Following … Continue reading Peter’s video on “Welcoming Newcomers” with song by Joe Uveges!
Friends, this Fall I'm leading two separate day-long trainings on UU social media and membership growth. I hope you'll join us! Colorado Springs, CO - October 4th, 2014 Providence, RI - November 8th, 2014 Here's the deal. Today we need to be intentionally integrating our social media, visitor greeting and other membership development efforts. If … Continue reading FALL 2014 UU Social Media and Membership Growth trainings
Update: If you're watching this in 2016, remember this year's GA is in Columbus, OH. Friends, I told people using the UUA's mobile General Assembly event app that I'd make a quick tutorial on how to get started on Twitter. Here it is! In this video I walk you through the process of setting up … Continue reading UU Gotta Tweet at #UUAGA video Crash Course
I'm excited to announce that the four part #UUsGetSocial workshop series at the UUA's General Assembly conference is going to be live streamed! That's right, wherever you are you, if you have internet access you can watch this series. I'm presenting at the Saturday, June 28th 10:15am EST workshop, number 408. I hope you'll save the dates for these workshops now, tell your congregation, and plan on joining us either in person or via the live stream.
The following list of tips for attending your first General Assembly conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association was made collaboratively by the UU Growth Lab. It was first published in 2011 and has since been updated annually. The UUA's 2014 General Assembly takes place this June in Providence, RI. Before you go: Plan your GA … Continue reading Tips for Your First General Assembly – 2014 Edition
If you're going to the UUA's 2014 General Assembly conference in Providence, RI this June and have a smart phone or tablet, you'll want to make sure to download the brand new UUA General Assembly app. I just gave it a test drive and it is fabulous. But don't wait until GA, you'll want to … Continue reading Before GA, make time to play — with the mobile app!
Friends, we are working on creating a multimedia piece for Sunday morning worship at General Assembly to the reading “Beatitudes for Justice Builders” by the Rev. Lindi Ramsden. In order to bring this message to life, we are looking for additional photographs of people engaged in many different kinds of activities: social action, worship, meetings, … Continue reading Collaborative Mulitmedia Piece for Sunday Morning GA Worship
Those of you interested in UU ministry, theological education and finances --- this post is for you. What's the future hold for our theological schools? What does the past tell us? Can we overcome crushing student debt? What are the choices for our association? If the questions above interest you, read Larry Ladd's new paper shared … Continue reading Larry Ladd on the Ecology & Economy of UU Identity Theological Schools
Here are a some thoughts in response to Rev. Daniel Harper's The year in review: UU social media in 2013. I'll share more thoughts when I have time. Thanks for kicking off the review, Dan! ~ Peter BLOGGING We've discussed the issue of UU clergy vs. lay person blogging in the UU Growth Lab and … Continue reading UU Social Media Year in Review for 2013
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