Mister Nifty

After using this nifty web app for a month now, I want to share it with those who have never heard about Twitter.  Twitter is a great way to stay connected to your ministry team, family members, or whoever follows your Twitter feed.    Here is a simple definition of Twitter straight from their website: “Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

I use Twitter to keep my friends and family updated with what I’m doing throughout the day.  I also have it linked to my Facebook page so when I update my Twitter status, it also updates my Facebook status.  Twitter is not only to update your status, but I use it to interact with my friends about what’s going on in their lives.  It has a nifty reply feature that facilitates discussion.  You can also follow others and watch what they are doing during the day.  There are many ways to update Twitter.  You can do it through your chat program, cell phone, Jott.com, browser, and many more ways.  I didn’t see the value of this until I started using it myself. I’m hooked now!   This can be useful to keep your ministry team members current with you.  You can post that you are sick, and if they don’t see you around the office they will know what happened to you.  Or, you can post events for all of those following your feed to see.  It’s a good way to get an audience and stay connected.  It’s totally free!

This is a neat tool I just discovered through a social network I was invited to.  Using Ning, you can create your own cool social network for FREE.  You can style however you wish and manage who is able to join.  I see the value of this for youth groups and other ministry groups who want to connect with groups of people.  This is also a great way to create a clean social environment for your youth as an alternative to other networks out there.  Check it out for yourself!