Comments on: Social Media Revolution

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:30:26 +0000

1. I think putting the seminary videos/church dvds up would be good. I’d love to share “The Mediator” with my friends — it’s the best explanation of the Atonement I’ve ever watched.

2. Also, if ward/church activities are put up online as events and invitations go out that could be used as a springboard to invite others.

3. Ecards would be nice.. and I don’t mean like 3 or 4 but a large selection of beautiful ecards for important life events — births, deaths, marriages. They shouldn’t be pushy — just a scripture. That would be nice.

4. I’d really love a church wiki where ward members can post activities-that-worked really well. I’ve seen good church activities and really bad ones. It’d be nice to see what others are doing — the better activities we have and the more confidence we have that an activity is going to be stellar the more likely we are to invite someone. I’m not inviting my friends to a read-the-Book-of-Mormon-in-24-hours overnight sleepover. It’s just not happening.

By: Aaron Curtis

Aaron Curtis — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:05:20 +0000

I think we need to focus on following Elder Ballard’s council to engage in conversations and think how we can generate and share ideas and content around which conversations can be initiated or supported. Two suggestions:

1. I think Facebook updates & RSS feeds should feature discrete articles & other content. If I subscribe to the Ensign (RSS, podcast, facebook, etc.), I expect to see entries for each article or media item. What I get instead is a large post for the entire issue, which is difficult to meaningfully share on facebook or in an email. We want to generate conversations about these items.

2. I think whoever’s writing posts for the church magazine’s facebook properties should check out Jacob Nielson’s recommendations featured in the “Twitterative Design” post over on the northtemple.com blog.

By: David Nielson

David Nielson — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:46:53 +0000

Neil, thanks for your online efforts. Members are very much encouraged to post Mormon Messages videos on their blogs, personal websites, and/or social media profiles.

By: Neil Birch

Neil Birch — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:40:48 +0000

I’m very impressed with how the means of effective communication has expanded. I’m realistic enough to realize that at my age, 77, and with the abilities I’ve been blessed with, I need to find my own special niche and stick with it. My blog, “Have You Really Read the Book of Mormon” was started in response to Elder M. Russell Ballard’s request that members consider setting up a blog to teach the truth about the Restored Gospel. That’s the niche I’ve grown into and I probably won’t expand into Facebook, etc.

I’m grateful for the availability of two sets of Church oriented paintings and photos, but I’ve seen photos and painting in various Church publications that I wish were available to persons such as I.

I have been posting in every blog post for several months now the Mormon Messages. I was selecting certain Mormon Messages for certain of my blog posts and the message emphasized in them, but now I always post Mormon Messages whatever the message may be. They are done so well and are alway such vital messages. I’m glad I can make them a regular part of my blog posts. I guess the Church approves of me doing this? I hope I’m helping by doing so.

By: David Nielson

David Nielson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:29:49 +0000

Thank you for your excellent suggestions. I spoke to the head of the Church’s Intellectual Property Division today and shared your feedback with him. He agreed to work with us in the Audiovisual Department to try and make more media materials available for members to use on the Internet (without guilt). This will not happen instantly, but we will begin working on in. Please keep the suggestions coming.

By: Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:15:00 +0000

I believe that we need education in emedia use. Like, we should have an alternative Sunday curriculm for internet usage, availability of media for talks and lessons. We need this now.

By: Bill Rice

Bill Rice — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:48:06 +0000

I thought the Church wanted us to share the gospel. Rather than trying to block us when we use our own initiative, why aren’t they actively encouraging and facilitating it? I’d love to see a page where members can go with clear guidelines and links to text, images, and even videos that are ok to include in blogs and websites.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:31:58 +0000

I am often asked, “How did you get the Church to give you permission to use that?” I respond, “I didn’t. If they want me to take it down, I will, but they can’t give me permission to use anything, so I’m not going to ask.”

By: Bill Rice

Bill Rice — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:07:09 +0000

I wrote to the Church asking to use a few simple pictures on my blog, and was told an emphatic NO. Can’t the Church find a few images that they can license us to use?

By: ktopham

ktopham — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:03 +0000

Can people download Church magazines via Kindle?