Social Media Workshop
| 8 a.m. | Registration Opens/Networking Opportunity |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome |
| 8:40 a.m. | Digital Media: Past, Present & Future (Matt Carlisle) |
| 9:15 a.m. | Why Should the Church Care About Social Media? (Erin Sean McAtee) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Exploring the Essential Tools of Social Media (Justin Wise) |
| 10:15 a.m. | NETWORKING TIME |
| 10:30 a.m. | Developing Your Church Social Media Strategy and Measuring Success (Justin Wise) |
| 11:45 a.m. | LUNCH |
| 1 p.m. | How to Grow Your Network (Justin Wise) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Listening to Your Social Network and the Tools That Make it Easy (Matt Carlisle) |
| 2 p.m. | NETWORKING TIME |
| 2:15 p.m. | Blogging 101 (Matt Carlisle) |
| 2:45 p.m. | The Tools of Blogging (Includes demo of WordPress) (Erin Sean McAtee) |
| 3:15 p.m. | Closing & Questions (30 min.) |
M2LIVE is a grassroots effort allowing believers of all backgrounds to come together to celebrate Christ, while sharing and learning from one another. A series of webinars and live hands-on workshops, M2LIVE is designed for church leaders and volunteers interested in enhancing their ministry using the latest in web and social media technology.
Driven not by the interest of event sponsors – our relaxed learning environment offers everything from hands-on workshops for beginners, to more theory-driven curriculum tailored to the needs of more seasoned participants.
M2LIVE was a simple idea developed over coffee in early 2008. Originally called Ministry 2.0, Sean McAtee and Matt Carlisle, co-founders of M2LIVE, realized that no one was offering focused web and social media training opportunities to churches. While sporadic training was available, most were courses offered as part of a larger communications training event. What made Ministry 2.0 unique, and is a staple of M2LIVE today — training opportunities are open to church leaders and volunteers of all Christian backgrounds.
Presenters
Matt Carlisle is the founder of Big Heart Design, a user-centered company located in Nashville, Tenn. Big Heart Design partners with non-profit organizations to bring to life websites and online applications that are focused on such efforts as education, advocacy, benevolence, the arts, health care and spirituality. Matt is also the co-founder of M2LIVE. Carlisle is a 17-year veteran of non-profit Web development. As the former director of web ministry at United Methodist Communications, Carlisle spent five years as executive designer, producer and editor of UMC.org, the official website of The United Methodist Church. During that time, Carlisle instituted the use of cutting edge Web applications, and directed the development and establishment of a United Methodist design system. Before joining United Methodist Communications in 2002, Carlisle was the associate director of communications for the Indiana Area of The United Methodist Church. He served as communications coordinator for Bethany Lutheran Church in Denver, Colo.
Erin Sean McAtee is the co-founder of M2LIVE and currently serves on the Web team for The Dave Ramsey Show. He was formerly the lead eBusiness/eCommerce architect for United Methodist Communications. With more than 8 years experience helping churches "gear up" with the best hardware, software and web tools to grow their ministry, Sean has been involved with numerous web and technology training events across America and in Europe. For six years, Sean served as technology procurement director for United Methodist Communications, where he maintained relationships with key tier-one technology vendors on behalf of the global United Methodist Church. These manufacturers include Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Dell, HP, InFocus, and many others. Sean has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. He is actively involved at ClearView Baptist Church in Franklin, Tenn. as a pianist and volunteer technical advisor.
Justin Wise is a blogger, communicator and creator of BeDeviant.com, a blog focused on church, culture and technology. Justin also serves as digital director for one of the largest Lutheran churches in the United States. In addition, Justin has served as a project catalyst and the social web strategist for CFCC. Justin and his family live in Des Moines, Iowa.
Register online at: www.igrc.org/SocialMedia
