In the last MMF blog post, we shared a number of websites you can follow to keep up with the latest-greatest in media and ministry. In this post, I want to share the best media and ministry articles and videos I came across in 2019. Here are my “Top 10” for general media ministry and … Read more
If you find our posts interesting, you may want to know what else is happening in the world of media ministry. We are offering you some thoughts on other ways you can stay up-to-date. First, there is the MobminResources Twitter feed aggregator that points you to anything that has been tweeted using the mobile ministry … Read more
We reviewed 14 portable Bluetooth speakers to give you recommendations for the best speaker(s) to pump up your media ministry volume (see more about how they were tested below): Maybe it’s the roar of the cars going by as you try to share an audio Bible passage with your table-mates at an outdoor cafe. Perhaps … Read more
Do you realize how critical audio is? An external microphone is the first piece of equipment we recommend you buy if you plan on making media with your phone. We tested the “plug & play” recording-quality of 25 smartphone compatible microphones, looking at how good the audio produced would be when used by a novice … Read more
(This post was written by Martin Lange, an SIL worker who trains national workers to use and create technology.) I am a tormented man. Every day I wake up with a conflict raging in my soul, and I’m coming to the conclusion that there is no happy ending, no satisfactory reconciliation. Here is the problem. … Read more
Having reviewed tens of thousands of links and catalogued the most helpful ones from over 400 sites this past year here are the top sites that have provided the greatest number of helpful resources published in 20181. Let us know in the comments if you know of a helpful ministry-related site that provides ongoing new resources on doing digital ministry/outreach that I didn’t include here … Read more
Marty Lange was attending the 2013 MMF Consultation when “Tomi Ahonen completely blind-sided me.” Tomi gave statistics on mobile usage and spoke on how smart phones would change everything. Marty recalled his time at Wycliffe where they made powerful content, but distribution was always a problem. People (minority language speakers) did not have a way to consume … Read more
Author and Consultant Tomi Ahonen brings his enthusiasm and love of statistics to the 2017 MMF Consultation. He shares: Mobile is bigger (in $) than the radio, internet, TV, PC, and landline markets combined. Advertisers to youth markets are ending TV advertising. Implications of the digital divide in the industrial vs. emerging world. Theory … Read more
Cellphone technology, the 7th wave of mass media, is quickly changing the landscape of communication worldwide. Last year we surveyed 21,000 youth living in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru, measuring their attitude toward and usage of cellphone technology. Our goal was to measure how youth between the ages of 12 and 24, living in rural areas, are … Read more
We purchased a Google glass and allowed a number of leaders to test drive it for several weeks. Here are the responses of those who gave us feedback about their experiences. Clearly, Google is still developing this technology. We’ll see which improvements come in the next round. Brian James I don’t think Glass itself is … Read more