Christian Slideshow presentation on the chasm the new methodology in communication creates between generations and what to do about it.

1. PRAYER

2. GOALS
 Demystify generational communication breakdowns created by SoMe
 Have a productive conversation that answers & poses questions.
 Give HOPE not HYPE
 Walk away with practical TOOLS and resources to win.

3. THE NON-GOALS
 To comprehensively examine every aspect of the Social Media
 To teach you everything you need to know about Social Media
 To create a platform by which to complain about the shift in
Communication (resistance).

4. QUESTION?
Are there are supernatural aspects of relationship
that can only be exchanged in personal encounters
(3D) that cannot possibly be conveyed virtually (2D)?
What is the importance of live vs. virtual?
 Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
(1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV)

5. I. COMMUNICATION
Transferring a
message from one
place to another via a
myriad of vehicles.

6. COMMUNICATION
The two most important types of communication are between
man and God and between human beings. Communication is
more than just our ability to talk, but also to listen.
Language & Images
Prayer & Worship
God Ma Ma Ma
Body, Natur
Word, Holy
Spirit, The
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The
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7. COMMUNICATION
 There is a unique shift in the way humanity communicates that has
taken place in front of our eyes. This shift in Communication has the
potential to tremendously broaden the chasm between the generations.
The older generation finds themselves in danger of being all but cut off
from communication with the younger generation if they are unable to
familiarize themselves with the new vehicles. This is certainly an ax of
the enemy used to sever the deposit of wisdom found only the
experienced as a result of a significant span of time walked through with
Christ.

8. LIES
 There is no communicational hope for reaching the next generation.
 You have nothing to contribute to the next generation.
 You’ll never be able to figure out SoMe.
 The Millennial generation is in charge of everything.
 You have to abandon your ways of building relationships.
 You will be forced to adhere to whatever the next generation dictates.
 Your ideas are irrelevant.
 Your wisdom is not needed or wanted.
 The Internet is the Millennial generation’s project.
 Your lack of understanding creates a giant chasm between you and those you mentor.

9. TRUTH
 There is communicational hope for reaching the next generation.
 You have so much to contribute to the next generation.
 You, with God’s help are able to figure out SoMe.
 The Millennial generation is not in charge of everything.
 You do not have to abandon your ways of building relationships.
 You will not be forced to adhere to whatever the next generation dictates.
 Your ideas are very relevant.
 Your wisdom is very needed and wanted.
 The Internet is YOUR project.
 Your lack of understanding creates a unique opportunity to connect and be mentored by
those you mentor.

10. (3D vs. 2D)
II. HOW HAS
COMMUNICATION
CHANGED IN
LIGHT OF SOME?

11. IT’S MAINLY THE VEHICLES
THAT HAVE CHANGED
Message
Receiver

12. THE VEHICLES LOOK A
LITTLE DIFFERENT
Message
Receiver

13. VEHICLES
OF OLD NEW
Word of mouth Text, SoMe, Status updates
Sunday School Church online
Handwritten letters Emails
Photographs Pics (exchanged online & via MMS smart phones)
Television/Radio Hulu, podcasts, satellite radio, Pandora, streaming
Newspaper Websites
Magazines E-zines, Blogs
Drive in Theatre You-tube, Netflix, Vimeo
Home Phone Smart Phone

14. WAYS OF OLD
 The older generation values relationship in a different format.
 Much Longer attentions Spans.
 Meditation – long periods of time spent resting in a thought.
 Long conversations about one topic.
 Information does not need to be introduced in concise, summarized or spoon fed increments.
 Event-centered relationships.
 Story Telling
 Unhurried
 Formalities in communication & salutations
 Some are offended by some aspects of technology – finds them irreverent. (Bible on the cell phone)
 Did not have a platform by which to speak to hundreds or thousands of people every day.

15. FROM EARS TO EYES
A large percentage of messages that were previously
delivered through “sound” vehicles are now carried in
“sight” vehicles. So many of the messages exchanged
everyday happen through looking at fonts as opposed to
listening to sounds. The sound vehicles were of the human
voice and even if not in person…were personal. Fonts have
completely eliminated the personal aspects previously
contained in the vehicle.
Tweets Texts Instant Messages and Status Updates

16. QUESTION?
What are the consequences
of not hearing the sound of
the human voice?

17. NEW COMMUNICATION
Spoon-Fed Generation TWEETS
Information enters the
mind of the modern STATUS
BLOGS
UPDATES
tween or young adult in
bite-sized increments.
MIND OF THE
YOUNGER
GENERATION

19. QUESTION?
Are there are valuable aspects of
humanity and interpersonal relations
that are being abandoned with the
advent of the virtual world?

20. THE HUMAN VOICE HAS
PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS
 A University of Wisconsin–Madison experiment studied a group of girls
between 7-12 while listening to their mother’s voice on the phone, receiving an
embrace from their mother and watching a neutral video of their mother.
Researcher Leslie Seltzer observed the most notable, lasting and marked decline in
their levels of the stress hormone cortisol and a noticeable increase in their levels of
oxytocin in the group who heard the voice of their mothers on the phone.
http://www.divinecaroline.com/22189/103035-talk-me-powerful-effects-
human#ixzz1rssrgHw8

21. RULES THAT HAVE
CHANGED
 3D vs 2D
 Vehicles used to deliver messages (old vs new)
 Personal Interaction (old vs new)
 Responses (old vs new)
 Attention Spans (old vs new)
 Language (old vs new)
 What else?

22. RULES THAT HAVE NOT
CHANGED
 God  Malachi 3:6 "For I am the LORD, I do not change;
Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
 The Messages
 Influence
 Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same
 The Truth yesterday, today, and forever.
 The Need for the
exchange of wisdom from  James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is
one generation to the next. from above, and comes down from the Father of
 What else? lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of
turning.

23. III. SoMe ETIQUETTE
W hat are the r ules if any?

24. Etiquette & Philosophy
Herein lies a major problem. SoMe hasn’t
e v e n l e a r n e d t o wa l k a n d y e t i t i s a l r e a d y
the most far-reaching, inf luential, mass -
communication infant in histor y.
Ta l k a b o u t a n a w k w a r d l y i n t e n s e g r o w t h e x p l o s i o n !
Ever yone has a dif fer ent philosophy on SoMe.
W h a t i s t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e Fa c e b o o k p a g e ?
Ther e seem to be no rules or established etiquette.

25. If you were
standing on a
platfor m in
front of these
2,345 ( i n s e r t # o f F B
f r i e n d s ) people,
would you say
that?

26. SOME BASIC GUIDELINES
 Always resolve conflict in person.
 Avoid posting embarrassing or inappropriate photos of yourself or others.
 Keep the content and message POSITIVE or neutral!
 Never insult, name-call or argue online. Just resist the urge to join arguments.
 Don’t talk trash online.
 Reply to invitations.
 Try to limit controversial topics to live encounters.
 Don’t “like” your own status.
 Don’t tag people without permission

27. IV. RELATIONSHIP
BUILDING MODEL
THROUGH SoMe?
(PAST VS. PRESENT)

28. RULE #1
Be creative & contribute!
YOU are designing this new social media
metropolis
TOO.
(If it hasn’t been done, then we can’t do it.)

29. INTRODUCE NEW ELEMENTS
OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
 Forge a pathway beginning with Social Media that leads to a personal
encounter.
 Communicate through SoMe regularly with those you are mentoring.
 Write on your protégée's wall, regularly.
 Comment on photos, blogs and statuses (Join the conversation).
 “Share” your information and ideas! (I can not stress this enough).
 Send friend requests and “follow” your disciples.
 Upload often.
 Most importantly – Continue to practice all of the aspects of the
relationship building model of your generation, just incorporate the
social media in creative ways.

30. V. GETTING
TRAINED AND
STAYING
CURRENT.

31. Be willing
The only thing
standing in our way
is unwillingness.

32. Seek out a SoMe mentor from the
millennial g eneration
men·tor/ˈmenˈtôr
/
Noun: An adviser.
Verb: To advise or train (someone).
Synonyms: adviser - preceptor - monitor - counselor - tutor
Many young women/men would consider it a privilege to have access to you & meet with you weekly
and answer you questions, train you in Social Media. Just ask, pray and God will send you a mentor.

33. ESSENTIAL THINGS TO LEARN
How to subscribe to a blog (RSS feeds)
How to create an event on Facebook
How to “share” articles, photos, events, websites, videos etc. on SoMe
How to use a smart phone or ipad.
How to create and share a blog for yourself
How to use Google
How to Tweet from your smart phone.
How to download apps on your smart phone.
How to use Scribd and Slideshare
Understand the difference between a “page” and an “account” on FB
How to create a “note” on Facebook
How to use a social media management dashboard such as Hootsuite.
How to create and use QR Codes (Quick Response Codes)

34. VI. PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR
MENTORING ONLINE.

35. Gossip Challenge Read the Bible in a Year

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38. EMAIL ME
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