Comments on: Earthquake Creates Twitter Spurt, So What?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:28:31 +0000

Sam – many of us have often said that twitter – because of it’s virtual real time-ness is amazingly useful to the news media. But, it’s also very helpful of law enforcement and the fire dept. All the firemen at church say they’re used it often during fires!

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:24:36 +0000

Unfortunalty I was not savy on twitter yet and I narrowly avoided being caught in this earthquake by mere chance. Had I only had a longer tour at Lighthouse I might have felt it.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:53:21 +0000

Pete – thanks so much. I, too, am usually an early adopter but I was skeptical for the reasons mentioned. I’ve been surprised. It takes assembling a network for twitter to have value, but once that’s achieved, there really seems to be something to networking in such a quasi-intimate way.

And, thanks for following me I’m adding ya.

By: Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:31:23 +0000

Well said. I’m usually an early adopter but was a little behind on Twitter. Enjoying its many applications.

Great job with this blog Cynthia. I love it.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:28:33 +0000

Great to hear from a pioneer pastor. Thanks Ben.

By: Twitter and church « BenEige.com

Twitter and church « BenEige.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:42:31 +0000

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By: Ben Eige

Ben Eige — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:39:18 +0000

BTW, the mentoring and mini-conference are both occurring face-to-face, not via Twitter or email, those were just the front doors.

By: Ben Eige

Ben Eige — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:37:42 +0000

I was definitely following your Twitter feed that day, mostly cause I was glad I don’t deal with SoCal earthquakes anymore (although I miss a lot of other aspects of Cali…). Anyway, more to your point on the connectivity of Twitter, I’m seeing it take off in my church as we get folks on the Twitter bandwagon. I was hearing exactly the complaints you mention, “Who cares what I’m doing?” But in community, we all care. Not that you just went #2, but where you’re traveling, how work is going, what interesting things you’re reading or discovering online. In just a few weeks I’ve gotten to know several people much better through Twitter. And when we’re talking face to face it’s a stimulus for conversation so the relationships expand beyond 140 characters! On a professional level, I’ve made connections through Twitter that are allowing me to take trips and get insider access to churches and leaders that would have never happened any other way. Because of email and Twitter I’ve gained an incredibly valuable mentoring relationship and been able to create a mini-conference for me and my team at one of the most dynamic churches in the country. Twitter has opened the door for face-to-face relationships across the country. Anyway, good stuff.

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