Communications and Social Media is a fast changing area for congregations right now. We recommend the following resources for sample policies, dos and don'ts, guidelines, and how tos. In addition classes on comunications and social media are available from our On Demand Learning Center.
We recommend the following websites:
- UUA Resources on Communications & Social Media - www.uua.org/communications/
- UUA Resources on Websites - www.uua.org/communications/websites/index.shtml
- Central East Regional Group Resources for Newsletters, Websites and Podcasting - www.cerguua.org/websiteres.html
- Central East Regional Group Resources for Social Media - www.cerguua.org/socialmediares.html
Facebook UU Labs - if you are on facebook, consider joining one of the new UU Facebook Labs. Currently there are ones for Websites and Social Media, in addition to Growth, Young Adult Growth, Spirit in Practice, Adult RE, Worship, UU Evangelists and Stewardship
UUA and District Blogs of particular note (sometimes it is best to learn by watching the experts)
- UUA Congregational Stewardship Blog - http://congregationalstewardship.blogs.uua.org/
- UUA Interconnections Tipsheet Blog - http://tipsheet.blogs.uua.org/
- UUA Green Sanctuary Blog - http://greensanctuary.blogs.uua.org/
- UUA Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries Blog - http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/
- Cooking Together - a Justice GA resource - http://immigrationjustice.blogs.uua.org
- UU World's UUs in the News Blog - http://www.uuworld.org/news/blog.php?h3
- UU Word's Interdependent Web weekly Blog - http://blogs.uuworld.org/web/?h3
- UU World's UU Parenting Blog - http://blogs.uuworld.org/parenting/
- Beacon Broadside from Beacon Press - http://www.beaconbroadside.com/
- Peter Bowden's UU Growth Blog - http://uugrowth.com/
- CERG UUA Staff Blog - http://cerguua.org/blogs/
- OMD Staff Blog - http://ohiomeadville.org/blogs/
Podcasts - Want information, instructions and help in creating your own podcasts or listening podcasts? Go to: www.uupodcasters.org. This site has over 80 UUs providing help with these issues.
Some congregations in our district also are podcasting. Here are links to their pages where you can download the mp3 files:
- for podcasts from the UU Fellowshop of Wayne Count, Wooster,OH: audio - http://www.uufwc.org/audio.htm and video - http://www.uufwc.org/video.htm
- for sermons from the UU Church of Kent, OH: http://feeds.feedburner.com/kentuupodcast
- for sermons from the East Shore UU Church in Kirkland, OH: http://www.eastshore.org/sermons/sermon_listen.htm?Audio=Audio+Sermons
- for sermons from West Shore UU Church, Rocky River, OH: http://wsuuc.podbean.com/
- for sermons from UU Church of Meadville, PA: http://www.uumeadville.org/Sermons/sermonspage.html
- for sermons and music from First Unitarian Church, Pittsburgh, PA: http://www.first-unitarian-pgh.org/Sermons.html
