Tagged with "Social Media"
Today in the Bloggernacle: New Mormon.org widget and temple news
Mormon.org widget: I am pleased to present a new tool for bloggers and site developers: the Mormon.org widget, which lets you share Mormon.org content right on your blog or site! It’s easy to upload to your sidebar and is, as explained at the link, “a simple way to engage others in learning...
Y grad aims to build a social network for LDS singles
MR says: The site allows people in the network to not only look for other singels, but to plan and host social events, find housemates or landlords, form groups around shared interests, get recommendations for dating activities in the city where they live, and more. It's hardly a new idea to use the Internet...
DailyLDS.com launches the first Groupon-type website for LDS people
DailyLDS.com launched last week the first website in the world that offers exclusive deals to LDS members. DailyLDS.com is comparable to Groupon, but it is truly unique to LDS people. Every day, for a 24-hour period, one LDS product or service is featured for purchase at a discounted price –...
Churches use apps, websites and social networking to extend their reach
Churches in America are stepping up their efforts to reach out to people by using ultra-modern tools that reflect the direction most Americans are already going. USA Today reports that believers have historically been early adopters of the latest technology to reach beyond the four walls of church...
Bloggernacle Back Bench: Introducing three new blogs, a travel site and a comedy web series
I love highlighting new blogs. And spotlighting new and fascinating blogs doubles the excitement. Here are four new, fascinating blogs for you to bookmark, ranging in subjects as being Mormon, being peculiar, traveling, provident living and...
Sharing the gospel: 'He is Risen' Bible video
MR says: Members of the Church have been invited to be involved with the campaign. A three-day advertising campaign by the Church over the Easter weekend will take place on YouTube and Facebook. The purpose of the ad campaign is to help people understand the LDS faith and beliefs. Members of the Church are...
LDS Church to blitz YouTube, Facebook with messages of Jesus Christ on Easter weekend
MR says: I love that the Church is doing this. Wouldn't it be awesome if all members shared the videos this weekend on their own social media? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to blitz the world of social media this weekend with a new media campaign aimed at helping "those not of...
Michelle King: On 'Mormon Times TV': Sharing the gospel online
Social networking is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, but it’s also an incredible venue to share your religious beliefs. When serving our LDS mission in Georgia, we asked missionaries and members to “post their profiles” on the LDS Church’s mormon.org website. Tens of...
Changing the Mormon image: Behind the scenes of LDS Church media efforts
MR says: This article stems from the "Mormons and the Internet" conference held last week. The calls were strange, Buddy Blankenfeld said. The 2008 raid on the FLDS compound in Eldorado, Texas had many in the media confusing the LDS Church with the fundamentalist polygamist group. "Members of the media...
The Mormon Internet battleground
MR says: A quick recap of the conference so far. Mormons are changing as they encounter the Internet with its quirks, challenges and dangers. A conference on "Mormonism and the Internet" at Utah Valley University today and Friday is examining how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are...
Mormon scholars: Internet spotlights LDS taboos
Online exploration of formerly taboo subjects is changing how Mormons talk about their faith, both officially and socially. What this means to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members was the subject of a UVU conference which launched on Thursday. Joanna Brooks, an...
LDS members prepare for conference, social media explosion
After the Savior appeared to the Nephites, the Book of Mormon records, “And it was noised abroad among the people immediately, before it was yet dark, that the multitude had seen Jesus, and that he had administered unto them, and that he would also show himself on the morrow. … Yea, and even...
Unforgivable Pins: Mormon Women, Pinterest, and the Defining of Virtual Self
MR says: This author makes a great point about the design site. She's on to something. Mormon women are in trouble again. Not for selling out to the patriarchy or for working outside the home. Not for having too many or not enough kids. Not for wearing skinny jeans or peep-toe shoes. No, this time...
LDS missionary blogs useful missionary tool
MR says: Did you know that a few missions are testing the possibility of using missionary blogs as a way of sharing the gospel in their assigned areas? Very cool. A full week of training and instruction for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues Tuesday, when the first two of...
Today in the Bloggernacle: Blogger suggests ways to celebrate Relief Society
MR says: I really like the idea of pinning your Mormon.org profile on Pinterest! Leadership Library: I told you about the amazing Leadership Training Library, remember? Hopefully you have already taken advantage of this neat new resource, and now it’s in “11 Languages,” so this handy helper can reach a...
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