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Since 1953, the Baptist Communicators Association has been helping members grow professionally and personally.
 
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Baptist Communicators Association Need a creative break from designing a church logo? Check out this post on the "What NOT to do's" for a good laugh and score your own design.
http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/10/423-creating-the-holiest-church-logo-possible-a-how-to-guide/

Source: stuffchristianslike.net
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Neal Reeves
Neal Reeves
great post, very funny
Fri at 5:16am
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According to churchmarketingsucks.com they found nearly half the audience of a web site doesn't get their content on the web site. Up next was the 24% who turn to RSS. After that comes social media with 14% enjoying @cmsucks on Twitter and 8% partaking on Facebook.
Take our poll:
Which medium do you think best works fo...r you for your BCA news and relationships?
1. www.baptistcommunicators.org/
2. RSS reader: feed://www.baptistcommunicators.org/rss/BCAnews.xml
3. Twitter @BaptistComm
4. Right here on our Facebook fan page (we have a member page too)
We'll tally the total votes on Nov. 16.
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Source: www.baptistcommunicators.org
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Baptist Communicators Association Blackberry or iPhone? Which device do you think is best for journalists? Let's take our own poll here. And check out this article too: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=171005

Source: www.poynter.org
Read Bill Garrett's blog post I have some Multimedia software news to share more people. in the Online & Multimedia blog.
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Baptist Communicators Association Interested in a $2k/yr. scholarship for Journalism and Mass Communication? Are you an incoming freshman for fall 2010? You could be one of seven people to be awarded this renewalable scholarship offered by Samford University. http://www4.samford.edu/schools/artsci/jmc/scholarships.html. Submission deadline is April 1.

Source: www4.samford.edu
Samford University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communications website.
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Baptist Communicators Association Does your organization have a fan page? Let us know, so we can add it to our favorites.

September 30 at 11:15am
Polly
Polly
LifeWay News
October 8 at 11:13am
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Baptist Communicators Association New discussion threads posted on BCA Facebook page: articles & webinars
http://www.facebook.com/BaptistComm?ref=ts

BCA is a professional development association for Baptist communicators like you. We've been around since 1953 and bring benefits to a nationwide membership of approximately 300. Most of our members come from Southern Baptist agencies (IMB, NAMB, WMU, etc.), state conventions, Baptist newspapers, and Baptist universiti...es. We fall into seven interest categories: editorial, public relations, electronic media, photography, management, marketing, and graphic design.Read More
Communications:132 fans
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Baptist Communicators Association Four designers talk about the ups and downs of going green. See what they have to say here http://www.printmag.com/Article/The-Ups-and-Downs-of-Going-Green. Let us hear your thoughts too.

Source: www.printmag.com
Four designers get out of the abstract and talk about the difficulties, rewards, and necessary knowledge required to "go green for real."
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BCAers - we want to know what's going on with you. Please send us your status updates for the BCA grapevine on our website. Feel free to send us information about you and new job ventures, accomplishments, or personals event like a wedding or a new baby. Here's a link to The BCA Grapevine: http://baptistcommunicators.o...rg/news/grapevine.cfm Let's juice it up with your status update!
Send your status update to office@baptistcommunicators.org
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Baptist Communicators Association Check out some Continuing Education Conferences posted on the BCA blog http://baptistcommunicators.org/blog/officersblog.cfm?ID=44372447 Covers a variety of webinars for print, web, freelance, program, and software training.

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Baptist Communicators Association This one's a two-fer: 1. Get Web site tips and 2. Experience a webinar. Check it out! (P.S. It's going to be led by BCAer Cory Miller.)

Source: churchcommunicationspro.com
Join WebDesign.com co-founders Cory Miller and James Dalman for a special webinar titled 4 Keys to Effective Church Websites on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 11
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Baptist Communicators Association If you are a writer -- particularly if you do freelance work on the side -- check out this list of the top 10 blogs for writers. All of these blogs will have great tips for writers. (via David Winfrey, who somehow manages to run marathons, find great resources online, and crank out awesome writing, sometimes all in the same day.)

Source: www.copyblogger.com
We’re honored that Copyblogger has been chosen as the top blog for writers for the fourth year in a row. ...
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Baptist Communicators Association More techie goodness from ChurchCrunch! Web designers, check out these excellent tools for design and development. Got some more you want to recommend? Share 'em here!

Source: churchcrunch.com
Exploring the Intersection of Technology and the Church
Lauren
Lauren
Oooh! I love ChurchCrunch! This is one of my favorite if not my FAVORITE blog!!! Great link guys!
September 25 at 6:49am
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Picked up ChurchCrunch from you, Lauren. Thanks for pointing out this great resource.
September 25 at 7:09am
Sharon Mager
Sharon Mager
cool site
September 25 at 7:12am
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Baptist Communicators Association Become a Fan on Facebook and be a part of our planning convos for RCC 2010 Chicago!

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Baptist Communicators Association Should churches hire communications directors? Interesting question posed here:

Source: www.churchmarketingsucks.com
Tim Schraeder is exploring a simple question: should churches hire full-time communications staffers? Admittedly, he's got a bit of a bias, being the director of communications at Park Community Church and all.
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Baptist Communicators Association Brenda Rick Smith shared a fun idea she heard from NPR - an idea we're considering for the 2010 BCA Conference as an ice breaker for current and new members. Speed dating-style for your work connections: tell us what you think about this idea tailored for BCA. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112953544

Source: www.npr.org