Browsing: Facebook

Facebook has rolled out a new privacy policy and new privacy settings. Facebook claims the changes give users more control over who they share their content with, but there is a deceptive downside to the changes you definitely need to be aware of.

In social media, human is the new black… Part of becoming a Trust Agent is understanding how to maintain a human-shaped network. Here’s a few suggestions that I think could help us go a long way in adding value to our online [and offline] relationships.

Michael Hyatt, CEO of Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson, has an excellent post this morning explaining his new Facebook strategy. He went into Facebook with no strategy – well, no defined strategy. His strategy by default was simply to accept all friend invitations figuring the more friends the better. He ended up with thousands of friends… and along with them lots of messages, solicitations, and other annoying garbage which left him on the verge of deleting his FB profile.

After a lot of thought and input from readers of his blog, he decided to keep his FB profile but implement a new “friend” strategy.

Yesterday I read an interesting article by George Simpson titled The Sun Sets On Social Media. Prophesying a forthcoming end to social networking is pretty bold. It’s contrary to all the hype social networking is getting these days. So, let’s take a closer look…

For the last couple of decades Willow Creek Community Church outside of Chicago and Saddleback Church in Southern California have been the twin towers of influence in American evangelical circles. Thousands of churches have sought to emulate their success by adopting Willow Creek’s seeker church model and Saddleback’s purpose driven church model.

But in the last several year’s Willow Creek’s and Saddleback’s influence has begin to decline. Pastors and Christian leaders have been looking elsewhere for ideas, resources, and leadership. More and more of them (especially those in their 20s and 30s) are being influenced by churches like North Point Community Church in Atlanta, led by Andy Stanley, and LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, OK led by Craig Groeschel.

There are some obvious reasons for this, but there are also some not-so-obvious reasons.