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Sending youth group announcements as mass text messages
Chris Day of SerialYouthPastor.com responded to one of my ideas in 130 Youth Ministry Tips & Ideas ebook about using a Skype-in phone number as an information hotline for parents and students to...
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Ideas for using txt messaging in youth ministry
According to my cell phone bill, I went through almost 300 txt messages last month. That averages 10 a day, which sounds like a lot, but when compared to students I know who go through 30-40 messages...
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5 tools I’m happy to pay for as a youth worker
1. TxtSignal.com: $30/month With a couple of my youth group kids burning through 18,000 text messages in one month each (yes, seriously!), it almost seems remiss not to use it to communicate with...
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Evaluating my group’s mid-week communication methods
Later this month I’m speaking at the National Youth Ministry Conference on this very topic. It also came up at MinistryQuestions.com as “Best form of communication.” Here’s a quick summary of how I...
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4 tips for communicating youth group news
Here’s a pretty common question that shows up in my Inbox: How do you schedule where, when and how frequently you will advertise a particular event and keep all the different advertising needs...
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The best communication tool I’ve used in youth ministry
A few years ago I told you all about the mass text messaging service I used with my youth group called, TXTSignal. I used it not only to send quick, last-minute reminders to students, but to make...
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