The document provides guidance on using social media to evangelize. It discusses how Christ has no online presence but ours, and we should use social media, such as Facebook and tweets, to share the Gospel and reveal hope. It offers tips on setting up personal social media accounts safely and properly, managing privacy settings, posting appropriate content, and engaging with others in a respectful manner. The goal is to use social media effectively as a vehicle for the new evangelization.

1. Diocese of
Lunch and Learn Raleigh 2012

2. Rome,
Pope Benedict XVI gave his
personal approval
to use social media to
evangelize

3. Archbishop
Wilton
Gregory said:
"...without
proper and
prudent use
of this
vehicle,
the new
evangelizatio
n will never
get off the
road, it will
never start."

4. Christ Has No Online Presence
but Yours
• Christ has no online presence but yours,
• No blog, no Facebook page but yours
• Yours are the tweets through which the Gospel is shared,
• Yours are the updates through which hope is revealed
• Christ has no online presence but yours.
• Adapted from St.Teresa of Avila's prayer, "Christ has no Body" by
Meredith Gould

6. Reasons people go to social media site
Friends and family
Access news
Access entertainment
Source: IBM Institute for Business Value
analysis. 2011

7. Setting up your personal site
• decide how you are going to use facebook
• use your real name and photo of you, not your dog
• only show your birthday month and date, leave off year
• use a good password-use a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers
and only use it for Facebook.
• Be sure to use a https connection
• If you are asked to enter your fb password, make sure the URL is
www.facebook.com
• Don't click on emails from Facebook, go to site for notifications

8. Managing Your Wall
• You have the power to control your wall!
• the more you like and comment, the more you
see
• don't want to chat? hide yourself

9. Content is Text, Images and Video
"What do you want people to know?"
"What do you want people to do?"
"How can I post this in a way that
will invoke a response."

10. Facebook Do's
• think before you post: Would you say this to
your employer, spouse, mother?
• respect the public and private messaging
functions
• Respond to friend requests
• Reply to comments, it's social!

11. • Be mindful of what you post
• don't announce your vacations, do post pics
afterwards
• post things unrelated to group and/or mission
• Don't complain or post "causes" incessantly
• Don't invite out of town friends to your events
• don't post what you had for breakfast, dinner or
lunch unless there is a photo attached!
• don't post personal or private messages
• Don' over self promote yourself or your products
• Don't tag people in unflattering pictures
• Don't vent about work

12. Like Diocesan Pages!
• Www.facebook.com/dioceseofraleigh.com Diocese of Raleigh
• Www.facebook.com/holynamecathedralraleigh Holy Name
Cathedral
• Www.facebook.com/proliferaleigh Office of Pro-Life
• Www.facebook.com/dioceseofraleighnewberndeanery New Bern
Deanery
• www.facebook.com/doraamen Office of AAMEN
• www.facebook.com/ministeriohispanodioceseofraleigh Hispanic
Ministry
• www.facebook.com/catholic-charities-of-the-diocese-of-raleigh

13. Page Admin Update 6.28.2012
• You can now post and comment as yourself
• You can change your custom URL