How Technology is Changing Our Faith & Worship: Whether We Know it Or NotAdam Walker Cleaveland
So many churches today are feeling the pressure to become "relevant" and "hip" and use as much technology as possible in the midst of worship. We will discuss reasons why you should and shouldn't use new forms of media in your church's worship. We'll also look at the ways in which the technology of our times can actually not only change the practices of our churches, but our theology as well - and whether that's a good thing or not. Finally, we'll look at some examples of practical ways that you can faithfully use technology in your worship gatherings.
Intro to Social Media for Lisa Pearl and The Girl with the Curl slideshareSarah Allen Consulting
An introductory workshop to social media for brilliant designer and artist, Beth aka The Girl with the Curl and boutique Sydney photographer Lisa aka Lisa Pearl Photography.
Social Change: Social Media's role in BusinessMichael Murray
This is a presentation on using change management best practices to encourage social media adoption within organizations. It begins with a "Social Media 101" section, then explains Enterprise 2.0 as the 'other' social media. The presentation then presents change management as a vehicle for encouraging social media adoption. Finally a case study and basic social media strategies provide readers with some tangible suggestions for how to get started.
How Technology is Changing Our Faith & Worship: Whether We Know it Or NotAdam Walker Cleaveland
So many churches today are feeling the pressure to become "relevant" and "hip" and use as much technology as possible in the midst of worship. We will discuss reasons why you should and shouldn't use new forms of media in your church's worship. We'll also look at the ways in which the technology of our times can actually not only change the practices of our churches, but our theology as well - and whether that's a good thing or not. Finally, we'll look at some examples of practical ways that you can faithfully use technology in your worship gatherings.
Intro to Social Media for Lisa Pearl and The Girl with the Curl slideshareSarah Allen Consulting
An introductory workshop to social media for brilliant designer and artist, Beth aka The Girl with the Curl and boutique Sydney photographer Lisa aka Lisa Pearl Photography.
Social Change: Social Media's role in BusinessMichael Murray
This is a presentation on using change management best practices to encourage social media adoption within organizations. It begins with a "Social Media 101" section, then explains Enterprise 2.0 as the 'other' social media. The presentation then presents change management as a vehicle for encouraging social media adoption. Finally a case study and basic social media strategies provide readers with some tangible suggestions for how to get started.
Enhancing Participatory Culture: How to design international collaboration th...marcamacho
This is the presentation we used for the delivery of our workshop at Online Educa Berlin 2012. It is a collaborative preso built by Ilona Buchem (DE), Helen Keegan (UK) and myself Mar Camacho (CAT).
TED Fuller event | digital user-generated content - My tales from the fieldDr Mariann Hardey
Workshop presentation for TEDfuller event at University Lincoln on user-generated content and digital technology. Pitfalls and opportunities for social researchers.
This isn't what I thought it was: community in the network ageNancy Wright White
A narrated version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB82kbj-NXw This was a short remote presentation that was part of a panel at the CACUSS 12.0: Engaging Digital Citizens conference <http: /> in Vancouver BC, Canada.
Young people, in particular, have grasped the enormous capacity of the new media to foster connectedness, communication and understanding between individuals and communities, and they are turning to them as means of communicating with existing friends, of meeting new friends, of forming communities and networks, of seeking information and news, and of sharing their ideas and opinions. What does this mean for catechetical ministry?
Enhancing Participatory Culture: How to design international collaboration th...marcamacho
This is the presentation we used for the delivery of our workshop at Online Educa Berlin 2012. It is a collaborative preso built by Ilona Buchem (DE), Helen Keegan (UK) and myself Mar Camacho (CAT).
TED Fuller event | digital user-generated content - My tales from the fieldDr Mariann Hardey
Workshop presentation for TEDfuller event at University Lincoln on user-generated content and digital technology. Pitfalls and opportunities for social researchers.
This isn't what I thought it was: community in the network ageNancy Wright White
A narrated version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB82kbj-NXw This was a short remote presentation that was part of a panel at the CACUSS 12.0: Engaging Digital Citizens conference <http: /> in Vancouver BC, Canada.
Young people, in particular, have grasped the enormous capacity of the new media to foster connectedness, communication and understanding between individuals and communities, and they are turning to them as means of communicating with existing friends, of meeting new friends, of forming communities and networks, of seeking information and news, and of sharing their ideas and opinions. What does this mean for catechetical ministry?
Community collections: what are the challenges? PaolaMarchionni
This brief presentation discusses some of the key challenges in setting up community collections/corwdsourcing projects. There are some notes attached to the slides with a bit of background on the projects mentioned on the slides.
Bells, Whistles and Digital Tools for the 21st Century CatechistCaroline Cerveny
So you know you should be using Digital tools in your ministry! Yet, we find so many excuses to stay in our comfortable world. What steps do I take as a catechist to get on board with what the Pope has referred to as the Digital Continent? In this ever evolving collaborative and digital communications world, how do I stay abreast with what is happening all around me? With a limited budget, how do I stretch it to include technology? Where do I start? How do I share my success stories? Is Digital Discipleship and Digital Citizenship important today?
@GregSwan's presentation to the Social Phonics Summer Camp on 7/16/2012.
Join Social Media Shepherds on Twitter (@smshepherds), Facebook and our monthly meetups in Minneapolis.
Email: info@socialmediashepherds.org
For public relations educators, social media are presenting new challenges. How do we teach our students the new skills required? How can we gain a better understanding of the problems facing organizations today? How can we develop a curriculum to support these areas? During this webinar, participants learned about the challenges and issues facing the profession from Jeff Beringer, Senior Vice President, Dialogue/GolinHarris; Robert French, Instructor, public relations and digital media, Auburn University; and Toby Ward, President, Prescient Digital Media.
The Gutenberg printing press in the 1450s opened new technology that affected the everyday world. This change was part of a disruptive force on church and society – a Copernicum Revolution. New ways of learning and new resources became available. What happened then was a gradual, profound change not just in the ways people communicated but, in the ways, people thought and the ways in which they formed meaning. I believe similar changes are unavoidable now and in fact are already happening. Digital Culture is surrounding us in a variety of ways, is real and can no longer be feared or ignored in the Church. Today’s workshop will provide a place to begin exploring what is meant by Digital Discipleship and/or Digital Ministry.
In the 50th World Day of Social Communications message, entitled Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter, Pope Francis said that “emails, text messages, social networks and chats” can be “fully human forms of communication”.
“It is not technology which determines whether or not communication is authentic, but rather the human heart and our capacity to use wisely the means at our disposal,” the Pope said.
He added: “Communication, wherever and however it takes place, has opened up broader horizons for many people. This is a gift of God which involves a great responsibility. I like to refer to this power of communication as ‘closeness’.”
Goals:
• To raise consciousness – What does it mean to “lead” at a time of transition often referred to as “middle space” in our evolving digital culture?
• To identify the new skills (best-practices) that are needed to effectively engage in ministry in our evolving digital culture.
The everyday world around us is utilizing tools and social media in their communications world. How are our parishes engaged in this digital communications world? What can parish clergy, staff, and parishioners do to engage others in this digital world?
Rather than lament the loss of a 1950s model where churches were typically the center of social of social and cultural life in American, how do we adapt to a world where technology is an integral part of everyday life?
Pope Francis recently said "that if guided by the Holy Spirit, we can discover opportunities to lead humankind toward God" by using the Internet. Is this opportunity one of being a DIGITAL DISCIPLE? Being a Digital Disciple involves being a real person with a passion to share goodness, faith, and more in an online environment. Is it possible? What is the balance of digital communication and authentic and direct human relations? Does it just involve social media or is there more? What does it mean to be connected? What is the "attitude" that I bring to the digital environment? As a lay minister, when I communicate in today's online environment, what are my family, friends, and parishioners expecting? Is proclaiming Christ in the digital era a work of youth or of all of us?
The Technology & Pastoral Planning workshop explores what is important while planning and implementing technology into your parish (or diocesan) Pastoral Plan.
Yes, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are the often used tools in our parish digital spaces! Yet these social media tools remain the tip of the iceberg. A number of other tools are available to you! Just because they are strange names does not mean they are to be ignored and forgotten. Rather these twenty-first century tools can each be valuable additions to your ministry resources. Many graduates of our Digital Discipleship Boot Camp have been amazed at how easy and helpful these tools can be in ministry and evangelization. No matter what your ministry these are a gift waiting for you. Come and See! You will be wonderfully surprised!
Building the Future of Catechesis in a Digital WorldCaroline Cerveny
A presentation for the sponsoring groups of Dioceses of Owensboro and Evansville and St. Meinrad School of Theology for the Catechetical Leadership Institute.
This 21st century presents opportunities and challenges. What do today's catechetical leader and catechist need to know about technology? How do we employ technology to transform and enhance catechesis? What does it mean to accept the challenge of, and actively participate in learning new technologies? What catechetical materials exist in a digital format and are we ready for them? What technology standards do we need to move forward? Come to engage in a conversation as we ask ourselves, how do we catechize in a Digital World?
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
2. Today’s Conversation
Engaging Our Mission Through Technology
1 A New Media Missionary – The Digital Disciple
2 Stages of Social Media
3 Today’s Ministers – Where Are They With Technology
4 Stewardship is more than $$$$... It is…
5 Q/A Time
6 Closing Prayer – The Technology Canticle
7 Thank you!
3. New Media Missionary
Moving Mountains
”I extend the invitation which...
I have wished to express to the entire world: ’Do not
be afraid! Do not be afraid of new technologies.”
- Blessed John Paul II, The Rapid Development
4. My Story
Meeting the Digital World
1983
Hyde Park,
Chicago
12 Year Old
Caroline You’re
Outdated!
5. 2 Minute Buzz
Turn to your neighbor
What is your digital story?
Where did you begin?
7. Social Media Map
Current Social Media Landscape
• Social Networks
• International Social Sites
• Music Social
• Social Gaming
• Video
• Tools/ROI Tracking
• Conferences
• Microblogging
• B2B Social
• Photo Sites
• Social Bookmarking
• Social Q&A
• Podcast
• Mobile/LBS
• URL Shorteners
• Social Search
• Social Couponing
• Blogging
• Reviews/Travel
• Social Wikis
• Lifecasting
8. Where are the Examples?
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
10. New Media
Missionary
Pastoral New Media Specialist Director of Electronic Evangelism
An individual who is responsible for An Electronic Evangelism Director would
1 digitally proclaiming the Gospel by 2 be responsible for the day to day running
employing the latest generation of of the online life of the parish. This
audiovisual resources (i.e., images, position would be designed to enhance
videos, animated features, blogs, the online presence of Nativity Catholic
websites). Basically, he/she is a Church, and to develop the tools and
missionary digital disciple for non- trainings necessary to involve all points of
traditional media (meaning the digital ministry with all possible interested
world). The Pastoral New Media communities. The projects of this position
Specialist ought to be knowledgeable and would be designed as a bridge between
competent in social media, web design, the hectic modern life online and the
and/or educational technology. In physical church. All of the pojects will be
addition, he/she must have good designed to draw people to the physical
communication skills and love for all church as that is the true community.
things online and digital. Training of
others is very important.
13. Stages of Social Media
POTS – PLOTS – PLANTATIONS
1. POTS: Test and learn, experimenting with
diverse and separate initiatives
2. PLOTS: Formalized structures and
processes, along with increased investment,
begin to take hold. Culture change becomes
more deliberate through new hires,
employee training, and shifts in roles and
responsibilities.
3. PLANTATIONS: Social media activities and
thinking are integrated into the core
business and aligned with the strategy; the
organization has reinvented itself without
losing the essentials of its MINISTRY .
Nancy Kaplan - http://bit.ly/piqPaE
14. Stages of Social Media
Some people breeze through, others take more time and still others get stuck along
the way and never advance to GO!
16. The Challenging News
We go there because that is where the people are. And where the
people are, there the Gospel needs to be.
Blogging Facebook Twitter
1 Pope: Blog the Gospel! 2 Fr. James Martin, SJ 3 American Papist – Tom
Posted at: Saturday, Facebook Peters
January 23, 2010 11:03:59 Won 2011 Readers Choice
AM https://www.facebook.com/F Awards
Author: James Martin, S.J. rJamesMartin
http://bit.ly/q2guJB
17. The Church and New Media
Blogging Converts, Online Activists,
and Bishops who Tweet
Engaging Membership via New Media
• FlockNote Story, see pgs 61-65
• Young Adults – Methodist Church
• Digital Discipleship Bootcamp a.k.a.,
Summer Institute for Technology in
Ministry – See Projects at:
http://sitm2011.wikispaces.com/Capsto
ne+Project
• The Parish Website-An essential Tool
for Ministry (pg. 144) by Carson Weber
http://diocese-sacramento.org/website/
http://bit.ly/n5ocf1
18. New Ministers
Who Will We Need?
Director of Electronic Evangelization
Education and Qualifications – Ed Tech Specialist
• Collaborates with staff to develop curriculum
Nativity Parish, Brandon, FL materials and specific lesson plans that integrate
1
technology
• Models the integration of technology in all curriculum
areas
Pastoral New Media Specialist • Facilitates participation in technology programs and
activities
• Conducts professional development in areas of
Who ?? Where?? technology integration
2
• Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum
Competencies for Educators
• Collaborates with media specialists to provide
Faith-Based Ed Tech Specialists leadership in the use of instructional technology
resources to enhance learning
• Follows a plan for professional development and
Interactive Connections
3 actively seeks out opportunities to grow
professionally
19. The New Media Landscape
Involves…
• Information Systems (IT)
• Webmasters – Web Designers
• New Media Specialists
• Video Specialists
• Educational Technologists
• Communications
• Java Developer
• Multimedia Services
• And….
20. Stewardship and Development
Is more than $$$$! It is…
What is your role in a changing landscape?
What is the parish experimenting with?
POTS
When the parish hires, what skills is the
PLOTS candidate bringing to the table in new media?
Current staff – What skills do they need to
develop?
When parishes are reinvented, what will they
look like?
PLANTATIONS
(See Journal: A Lifelong Faith Formation
Network for the 21st Century, Summer 2011,
Volume 5.2).
http://www.lifelongfaith.com/lifelong-faith-journal.html
22. Stewardship
In the 21st Century
Do we send
missionaries
It is training to foreign
– It is a lands
“language” without
and a knowing the
Participatory “culture”. culture and
Culture language?
24. Closing Reflection
. . . if we want to emulate Jesus we
should remember that he went out to
PLOTS see people, rather than simply letting
them come to him. (He did some of the
latter, but much more of the
former.) The history of Christianity is in
large part the history of the
church using to great effect the latest
media, sometimes even inventing
PLANTATION POTS media, to evangelize.
Pope: Blog The Gospel -
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/e
ntry.cfm?id=57023121-3048-741E-
3897134262661853
25. Canticle for Technology
We praise You, Lord, for all Your digital world,
especially for Brother Blog,
who is the gift through whom You give us conversation.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendor,
of You Most High, he bears your likeness.
We praise You, Lord, for Twitter,
in the heavens you have made the tweet short, quick, and easy.
We praise You, Lord, for Brothers LinkedIn and Flickr,
professional and a sea of networks,
by which You cherish the photos of what you have gifted us with.
We praise You, Lord, for Sister Facebook,
filled with family and friends, news, and connections all across the globe.
We praise You, Lord, for Sister Earth,
who sustains us
with her fruits, colored flowers, and herbs.
Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF created this contemporary take on St. Francis' well known prayer,
Canticle of the Creatures. See - http://bit.ly/itbJnr for the original prayer.