INSPIRE 15th April 2011 - Wayne Clarke Singing in a Foreign Land
I love the historical books of the Old Testament. I love to read the way the people asked Samuel to give them a king in 1 Samuel 8- 9, so they could be like the other nations. Samuel warned them that...
View ArticleEngaging with the Media
Engage positively with the media and help it be a force for good... By Patrick Woodward
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Thoughts and Ideas from CMN Director, Andrew Graystone By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleTrusting in God's love and grace
Inspire 24/6/11. How God's love and grace impacted a life
View ArticleWhy Social Media? (Digital Media Trends 4.0)
The latest trends in social media By Bex Lewis
View ArticleWorship and Technology
More reflections on using media in a worship context By David Bunce
View ArticleIt must be true…
Could a newly-discovered collection of apparently ancient books known as the "lead codices" change our entire understanding of Christianity? By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleRiding the Web Tricycle: 3 Internet Systems Every Church Must Have
Assessing what you need as a church when it comes to online systems is not easy. I speak to a lot of churches about their Internet needs and in a lightbulb moment realised that these can be simply...
View ArticleMaking News
So, your church is having a jumble sale, or you have a guest speaker, or you're starting a new building project. Something's happening, and you want to make it known. By Patrick Woodward
View ArticleDont Sack the Producer
You know that feeling you get when you’ve written an email and pushed the SEND button, and immediately regret it? Me too. And we’re not the only ones. By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleMeet - Debbie Thrower
The UK’s first “Simeon Chaplain to Older People,” working in the market town of Alton in Hampshire, broadcaster Debbie Thrower was for many years the face of both BBC and then ITV in the South. She...
View ArticleI’ve been approached by a production company…
So a journalist or researcher has rung you to ask you or your organization to take part in a programme or contribute to an article. That’s great. After all, we have a good news story to tell. By Andrew...
View ArticleWhose idea was this?
When I first started work in TV I came from the gentle world of the charity sector, where people who had good ideas got credit for sharing them with their peers. I was shocked to find that... By Andrew...
View Article‘Free’ photo for your website, sir? That’ll be 24,000 please...
A cautionary tale. You know how it is. You've just created that web page but as it’s just text, it looks about as exciting as something from the Inland Revenue's website. By Alistair Birch
View ArticleGiving a radio interview
A guide to preparing for a radio interview By Andrew Graystone
View Article10 Ways to Improve your use of Powerpoint in church
In many churches, using overhead projection via Powerpoint and a variety of song projection packages such as SongPro, Easy Worship or OpenSong has become the standard way of doing things. These...
View ArticleForgive us our press passes
An inquiry under Lord Leveson is currently looking at press standards. More precisely, it is two consecutive inquiries. By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleThe Church and Media Forum
On Thursday 20th October around 100 people gathered at the LICC in London for the Church and Media Forum. By Patrick Woodward
View ArticlePartnership with the Creator
A little while ago I had a dream. In my dream I saw the great artist Vincent van Gogh in his studio, painting. The picture was almost finished –
View ArticleBob the Builder has moved in with Barbie. Why you should care
This has been a highly significant week in the world of commercial TV. Granada TV has.. By Andrew Graystone
View Article4 ways of using your church website missionally by connecting to your community
The idea of being connected to your local community is, quite rightly in my opinion, very popular across many different circles of the church at the moment, from the emergent voices urging us to get...
View ArticleSimple Strategies to Achieving Quality Traffic
Internet marketing is one of the most intense subjects on the World Wide Web. People all over the world aim to get recognized and earn the top spot for particular categories among search engine results...
View ArticleMeet....Hayley Matthews
Hayley Matthews is a chaplain to MediaCityUK and coordinator of The Anchor project
View ArticleThe Journalism We Deserve
All this week we have listened to a succession of witnesses giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry.. By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleHarnessing the power of Facebook
They say if the total number of users of Facebook was a country, it would be the third-biggest on the planet... By Alistair Birch
View Article....in defence of Jeremy Clarkson
It must be Christmas. I’ve come out in sympathy with Jeremy Clarkson. By Andrew Graystone
View ArticleChurch and Media Conference
Further details of the year’s biggest Church and Media event
View ArticleIdeas to aid creativity
How to generate interesting ideas - a few pointers to help you feel creative By Ruth McGarahan
View ArticleWho are you? Telling your church's story in an internet age
When we think about the role of websites, the idea of stories maybe isn’t the first concept that comes to mind By David Bunce
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