Thursday when I received my Google Wave invite I did what came natural. I posted it up on twitter. What happened next suprised me. All of the sudden twitter and facebook I had about 45 responses from people asking for me to give them one of my invites. Some of the eager responders were my friends; others I had never even heard of.
So today I thought about how to use my invitations wisely. Since Google Wave is a collaborative tool I thought it best to find those with whom I share something in common and could collaborate; worship leaders, youth directors etc… I thought it would also be fun to give a few out randomly. So here it is.
First- Leave a comment on this post saying how you see Google Wave being a tool for ministry. How would you use it? What ways would it benifit different areas? I’ll choose 3 and send you an invite.
Second- Leave a review for “Unfailing Love” CD on Itunes, or Amazon.com . Then copy it and post it as a comment on the post entitled “Unfailing Love Cd Available. I’ll collect the names, choose 2 at random and send you an invite.
I will choose the winners on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m.
One more note.. I still have a few more to give away after that so you also can just ask me. Find me at the following
twitter.com/rgmmusic
facebook.com/russellmartinmusic
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I love networking with other youth leaders/pastors/musicians and see it as another way to connect and share resources.
I see this as a huge tool for ministry….online bible studies…youth pastors able to collaborate on lessons from anywhere….online seminars…It just takes all online communications to a whole new level. i am already salivating at the prospects….
I see it being a great way to keep multiple folks included and updated on mission trips and service projects. Keeping multiple staff members apprised of ever-changing schedules will be a great help, too.
I’d guess the main areas are internal communication and external communication.
For the internal communication I mainly see it as a replacement for email and mailinglists and maybe even wikis. So all this “old stuff” that you previously used to communicate could be replaced by Google Wave. Nice thing is that you can use a Wave for multiple things – e.g. first the Wave starts out as a simple message to others, and then these others can modify the original message in a Wiki style.
For the external communication (e.g. to website users, etc.) I see Google Wave as some kind of replacement/enhancement for Twitter and even your website. So people can e.g. subscribe to a Wave that you use to regularly post your ministry’s schedule. But as Wave allows for two-way communication these people can also provide feedback.
Most of the techniques used by Google Wave have already been available in the past. But the cool thing is the integration of different techniques. You do not need 10 different services anymore, but you have one service that provides all – and that can even be extended by third party developers to provide additional functionality.
You have some great points. I wonder what will become the main use… internal collaboration or external communication?
Good question. I really hope that its being used for both types of communication/collaboration. I’m pretty sure that it has the potential to replace the techniques currently used for internal collaboration. And I really like that Google decided to implement an “open protocol”. While Google is currently the only Wave “provider”, in theory other providers can offer the same service and allow their users to communicate with Google’s Wave users – just like with email.
If it is usable for communication with e.g. website visitors also depends somehow on your type of visitors. Just providing information is also possible with a simple website, but two-way communication gets much easier with Wave. Getting non-tech oriented people to switch to Wave might be difficult – it took me years to explain my parents how to use email
. On the other hand, it seems that Wave is provides a great user interface – so this may not be that much of a problem after all.
In the short term it will more extend (than replace) the current technologies (just like the Internet didn’t replace the telephone (yet)). If people like it they will switch and use it, but as with every technology it is hard to tell in advance.
Hey brother. Grats on the invite! I am a digital artist trying to make network into using my gifts for ministry. I think Google Wave would be a great way to share contacts and network people for Kingdom work. I found your site through Googling and plan to check out your music.
bless./love.
Hey thanks… Hope you enjoy the music.. I’ve enjoyed looking at your site too.
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