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01.04.08Free Tools: enhance your youth work/ministry with VoicethreadTim Davies' Blog put me onto Voicethread.com. Its a website that captures the voices that surround shared media. Voicethread is enabling users to create “voicebooks” much the same way a blogger would create a post or a page on a social networking site. While a blog is mostly written, a voicebook gives the distinct benefit of recorded group conversation. Here is a great example of a voicebook. Another example of an "American Idol" voicebook. Here are some other possible uses of a voicebook: Youth groups can have brainstorming sessions about coming events. Churches/youth groups can use it for online teaching. MySpace users can ...
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12.29.07The NAOMIE Youth Work/Ministry Planning ModelAcknowledgment: This post has used a lot of material from a page by Jason Wood that can be found here and on Student Youth Work Online, this site seems to have been neglected for some time, but still has some useful material. All the examples and questions are by Jason Wood. The title questions are taken from a very helpful book: Delivering Good Youth Work: A Working Guide to Surviving and Thriving. The NAOMIE Youth Work Planning Model can help to show clear evidence of all the considerations that you take when you plan a piece of ...
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12.28.07Free Community Survey TemplateI have just uploaded here the community survey that I did for my community profile that I had to do as part of my JNC. A community Survey is of course a great way to find out more about your community, especially if are new to the area. Everyone has an idea about their communitys needs, but by surveying a large cross section of the community you can get a larger picture of issues and know were best as a church or service to focus your energy to better meet needs.
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