Unlike Joe Friday, we really don't want "just the facts"--we're interested in what others are thinking about issues that concern us as broadcasters, and as believers. You might be too!
Green or Orange . . . Pick Your Color!
- Thursday, March 17, 2011
- Evelyn Gibson
- Insights
I've worn orange on St. Patrick's Day for years and have suffered (well it's really not suffering unless you feel "suffered") a rolling of the eyes which people often do when they don't have a rebuttal.
So, what's up with wearing orange?
Check out the flag of the Republic of Ireland. You'll see green, white and orange. The orange is loosely referring to Protestants, green for Catholics and white to represent the unity between the two, which in some parts of Ireland is certainly in question.
Wearing green is an American tradition...not an ...
Read Full Post »150 Women Who Shake the World
- Tuesday, March 15, 2011
- Evelyn Gibson
- Insights
- Ministry Updates
It's the banner above the title for the March 14 edition of Newsweek.
And it includes some fascinating women-undoubtedly all of them deserving of the "honorable mention."
What's more fascinating is those women not included. Names like Joni Tada, Anne Graham Lotz, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Vonette Bright, Elizabeth George, Emilie Barnes, LuAnne Crane and many other women we could name! These women shake the world every day to thousands who listen to their programs, thousands more who read their books and blogs and hear them speak in venues around the world.
Newsweek promises "this year and every year ...
Read Full Post »Is SEO Going Out Of Style?
- Monday, March 14, 2011
- Carolyn Kim
- Insights
That's a question I am hearing more of--especially with Social Media's proliferation. The answer? Not at all! Being able to have your website found online isn't going to go out of style--you'll always want to have that happen. Has the game changed? Absolutely!
SEO is all about learning to optimize your site so that when someone goes to a search engine and types in something, they come to your site. Social Media is making an impact in search results. Geo searching has also added a new twist as localization within searches is more and more prominent ...
Read Full Post »Social ROI??
- Monday, March 7, 2011
- Carolyn Kim
- Insights
In almost any conversation about social media, the question of ROI comes up. Of course, with the investment of time, staff and other resources...you should want to know the value your social media is bringing to your organization!
There's a variety of ways you can measure ROI, depending on your situation and platform. Here's 5 steps to help you get started.
1. Determine why you're on Social Media in the first place: You need to know why you're using a specific platform before you can decide if it's accomplished its goal. You may be ...
Read Full Post »Doing the Right Thing!
- Monday, February 7, 2011
- Evelyn Gibson
- Insights
- Ministry Updates
- News
Doing the right thing and the Colson Center tour of the same name, is exactly what Chuck Colson and a panel of leading ethicists, theologians and other scholars did on Saturday on the Campus of Biola University.
I listened with rapt attention to speaker after speaker over a three-hour time period as they spoke to the ethical and moral breakdown bombarding our culture from every side. It was stunning in its scope and its challenge!
Chuck Colson, through his Colson Center legacy, wants to provide people like me--that same challenge to raise ethical questions and issues in what he calls ...
Read Full Post »Sacrifice, Suffering, Struggle
- Monday, January 17, 2011
- Evelyn Gibson
- Insights
"Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot down on the balcony of his motel in Memphis in 1968. He would have been 82 years old on January 15.
The 60s began with an assassination that shocked the world and ended with two that were widely predicted in a nation enmeshed in violence-Martin Luther King, Jr. in April of 1968 and Robert Kennedy in June of that same year. It was a decade of division, violence, agonizing conflict in homes ...
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