Could the days of trying to cram all your professional accomplishments onto a single sheet of paper be a thing of the past? Some job experts say we’re already there. With news that Facebook might be joining the ranks of online-employment brokers, it’s looking more and more like the old-fashioned resume might be growing obsolete. […]
*The TV ratings numbers were off a tad from last year, but on the other hand, BET Award’s social outreach was “ginormous!” This year the network’s tentpole social event stirred up enough interest and interaction to generate over 10 million unique tweets — up 683 percent from 2011. Overall, the BET Awards was the third […]
Worship leader and recording artist Ricardo Sanchez uses social networks to provide advice to worship leaders, worship teams and churches. As an experienced worship leader, he is a part of both the church and the worship team. Being in this position, he generously shares his experience with both sides, to support them and help them […]
Should young children be able to use Facebook? And if so, under what conditions? Those are the questions bloggers and Twitter users are batting around the Internet on Monday following a news report saying Facebook is looking into ways it could let kids under the age of 13 use the site with parental consent. Currently, […]
Christian leaders and their ministries are some of the most popular Twitter users – not in terms of followers, but in how many times their messages are forwarded to others. Tweets from influential voices like Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, and T.D. Jakes do better even with less followers than celebrities like Justin Bieber. The […]
CNN ran a story yesterday about the explosive growth of social media, smartphones and digital devices and how they are transforming our kids’ lives in school and at home. But is this a good or bad thing? Children, often even more than their adult parents, are congregating online, using tablets and smartphones, and downloading apps. […]
Today, users of the Twittersphere have been offering up their weaknesses to God by using the hash tag “#ThingsWeAskGod2helpUsWith,” which pushed the theme to the social platform’s “Top Ten World Trends” list Friday for several hours. While some of the requests prove simple, such as “help passing a test” or “Lord please help my […]
As time passes, more and more churches are turning to high tech solutions to solving some of their outreach problems. Christ Fellowship in Texas not only have a website where you can download a weekly worship guide and connect to the community through facebook, they also have customized QR codes that look like crosses, […]
Raise your hand if someone you know was laid off in the last month. The odds are pretty good (meaning awful). Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that hiring slowed dramatically in March. Although more people are being taken on than cut loose in the private sector as a whole, the public […]
President Barack Obama touted his jobs bill and took questions on the economy in Silicon Valley Monday at a town hall run by LinkedIn, the professional networking website that some job-seekers flock to. It was the president’s latest outreach to voters via a major social networking company. In April, Obama held a town hall targeted […]
President Barack Obama touted his jobs bill and took questions on the economy in Silicon Valley Monday at a town hall run by LinkedIn, the professional networking website that some job-seekers flock to. It was the president’s latest outreach to voters via a major social networking company. In April, Obama held a town hall targeted […]
A North Carolina diet doctor has come up with a formula to create the most highly engaged audience on Facebook in the world, far surpassing marketing efforts by celebrities and sports teams. He draws on the words of Jesus and posts them four or five times a day. The doctor, Aaron Tabor, 41, grew up […]
