Social media is an important tool for evangelization that can help bring others to Christ. It allows communities to create and share photos, videos, and links to build virtual environments for communication. While some platforms have over a billion users, like YouTube and Facebook, others like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram each have hundreds of millions of active users every month. For the Diocese, maintaining a presence on these platforms can help advance its mission and engage people in the life of its communities.

1. Social Communications
Central Administration Meeting
October 1, 2013
What is Social Communication?
Why Should We Care?
How Should We Participate?

2. “Social Communications
is for bringing others to
Christ.”
Excerpt from: Pope Francis Sept. 21, 2013 Social Communications is for Bringing Others to Christ
What is Social
Communication?
Web based communications that become “living
environments” where communities
create and share photos, videos and links.

3. Why Should We Care?

4. You Tube
Facebook
How Should We Participate?
1.15 billion users
1 billion users
“I like coffee!”
“Watch me make coffee!”

5. Twitter
https://twitter.com/BishopBurbidgehttps://twitter.com/RaleighDiocese
500 million: “I’m drinking my 3rd cup of coffee.”

6. Linked In
238 million: “My skills include coffee management”

7. Instagra
m
150 million: “Look at the design the barista made in my latte.”

8. 70 million: “Here’s a picture of my coffee mug and a how to buy”
Pinterest

9. Slide Share
50 million: “Statistics on coffee drinkers.”

10. E-newsletters
 Add view in browser to allow sharing
 Add images and logos-use centralized
mail to copy/paste logos or ask me
Only 15% of American do not use the internet or email.
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11. Trends
1. Mobile / Tablet
2. Images
3. Video
Goals
•To Advance the mission and teaching of the
Church
•To Engage people in to the life of DoR
Communities

12. “Do not be afraid to
be this
presence, expressing
your Christian identity
as you become
citizens of this
environment.”
Excerpts from: Pope Francis Sept. 21, 2013 Social Communications is for Bringing Others to Christ