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	<description>A Church Web Diva's Musings on Excellence in Religious Websites</description>
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		<title>Launch a Church Email Newsletter in 9 Simple Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, at the eleventh hour, I had to become an &#8220;email marketing expert.&#8221;  I&#8217;d decided to support a particular candidate at the exact moment his communications team needed someone to manage his email campaign.  Kismet?  Who knows.  They reasoned that my web experience fit their need, and while I&#8217;m not sure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2010/03/28/launch-a-church-email-newsletter-in-9-simple-steps/</link>
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		<title>Top Five Podcasts for Church Webbies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I swear I have a life aside from building websites.  Not much, arguably.  But right now, even as I type this I&#8217;m cooking some seriously yummy-smelling Black Bean Espresso Chili for dinner with Mr. Web Diva.  The thing is&#8230;.  much as I love to cook, etc., etc., it&#8217;s so much more fun when listening to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2010/03/21/top-five-podcasts-for-church-webbies/</link>
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		<title>Resources for Church Social Media Policies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My congregation needs a social media policy.    So this morning I set out on a little Web quest to look at such policies created by other churches.  I bet we&#8217;re far from alone, but to my surprise, I could find almost nothing.
That said, there are a few excellent general resources.  I pass them along [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2010/03/06/resources-for-church-social-media-policies/</link>
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		<title>Email Mindfulness in Five Simple Steps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know Google meditated?  I didn’t either, until a few days ago when a friend sent me a link to a recent article in Shambhala Sun: Google Searches.
For any web developer interested in meditation, it’s a must-read.  Google’s approach to meditation is refreshing – separating it from religion and encouraging tough questions.  The goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2009/08/02/email-mindfulness-in-five-simple-steps/</link>
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		<title>Churches, Social Media and Financial Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent study “the most valuable brands in the world are experiencing a direct correlation between top ﬁnancial performance and deep social media engagement.”
I wonder.  Is this also the case for churches, denominations and other religious organizations?  While we’re not Toyota, Dell, Amazon or even Starbucks (much as my congregation loves coffee and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2009/07/21/churches-social-media-and-financial-success/</link>
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		<title>How to Get and Keep Policies on Your Church Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Consider this a cautionary tale.
On the surface, one of the simplest improvements to your church&#8217;s website is adding its institutional policies and procedures. It&#8217;s equally true that there are few time investments in your site more worthwhile.  Why?

Adherence to policies is easier to achieve when policies are readily available.
On the Web, not only are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2009/07/12/how-to-get-and-keep-policies-on-your-church-website/</link>
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		<title>Faith, Twitter and the New York Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[O brave new religious world. Today&#8217;s New York Times has a quick article on a few of the realities of congregations using Twitter and Facebook: Lead Us to Tweet, and Forgive the Trespassers.
Here&#8217;s a sampling:

&#8220;The anxieties are different for every group. Some Muslim clerics have told followers to avoid making statements on social networking sites [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2009/07/05/faith-twitter-and-the-new-york-times/</link>
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		<title>The Tempo Picks Back Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friends,
I&#8217;m just back from my faith&#8217;s annual assembly.  It&#8217;s been a heady few days &#8212; and to my complete surprise my batteries for working on Faith and Web seem to have been recharged.  Of course, I&#8217;ll need to see if this stands the acid tests of time and competing priorities, but there are many, many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2009/07/03/the-tempo-picks-back-up/</link>
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		<title>Caught the Blogging Bug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing this blog changed me.  It turned out that even though my main goal wasn’t blogging itself, nonetheless I loved it.
The thing was, I didn’t have enough time.  Various life forces converged.  In particular, my job kicked into high gear.  But there was a part of me that pined away, wanting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2008/01/20/caught-the-blogging-bug/</link>
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		<title>A Website With Wings Of a Dove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday was a glorious day.  As well having perfect autumn weather, a website I’ve been working on for months at last went live.  It was a complete redesign for our local Rape &#38; Sexual Center (RASAC).
At first glance I expect many of you won’t connect the dots between a church web diva and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/11/04/a-website-with-wings-of-a-dove/</link>
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