Social Media: What can we learn?
As an old radio gal who still passionately believes audio mixed well is a great medium for telling story, one thing has has become clear to me:
Social Media is not going away. The transition we are seeing in the world of communication is staggering now. The stat that blows me away:
It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million users. TV? 13 years. The Internet: 4 years.
Facebook added 100 million users in 9 months.
If the church (not just the UMC, but all of the ‘mainlines’) really want to reach the next generation of people – from Gen X through the Millennials (I’m a gen-xer myself), we must embrace this fact.
The tension comes in the desire to leave nobody behind.
This is a good goal. I know full well that one day, soon really in the grand scheme of things, I’ll be where the boomers are today age-wise. Inevitably, those coming up younger than I will have their own revolution that will challenge me. I hope I’m open to it when that time comes.
What do you think? I hope you’ll watch the video, too, btw.
