... to see all my families. Coming from a divorced family and marrying into a divorced family makes this holiday season a little crazy. So we are driving all over the state, and possibly flying outta state to try and see all the family we can, but I know we won't get to everyone. Maybe that's why families have huge family reunions....

This is what I've been looking for. I'mma try it out. Thanks.

sounds a lot like what Google apps offers. I currently use Google apps for tons of things but I think I'll check dropbox out. Sounds like it might be a little more plug and play and geared toward files rather then tasks, rss feeds, docs, calendar, ect.. like Google.

I looooveeee the dropbox! I use it tons. Great app/resource. Perfect for me because I have a word desktop, iphone, laptop, home desktop. DropBox helps me always have my files with me. Looove it.

A Nook is Barns & Noble's eReader, similar to Amazon's Kendle. It lets you download hundreds of ebooks into one device and enables you to carry your entire book collection with you everywhere. Pretty neat.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp

Yep, looks like it's working on your blog.

Your welcome.

I have installed ShareThis on our blog so at the bottom of each post you can click to add that post to FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace..and tons of other social networking sites.

It's free and can be found here: http://www.sharethis.com

Agreed

Good stuff. Thanks.

I think Twitter can and is an amazing tool for connection and information distribution. I especially like that you can have updats text'd to you. I have found you have to be careful of the demographic you are targeting. I know with our congregation, we still have ministry leaders who refuse to use email. Which just blows my mind because I live in my email inbox...but it just reminds me that you have to be individual as well as corporate when your trying to distribute information. Not that one person can personally call all 500 of it's church members, but I'm just saying it's important to note the demographic your targeting and find ways to cater to them.

I have slowly started trying to integrate Twitter and Facebook into our methods of connecting with Ministry leaders. And I have found, just like you said...one thing at a time, test the waters before you jump in, and be sensitive to your target.

Good stuff. Thanks for the info.

Here at the church I work at we do have a weekly email we send out to over 250 addresses. Right now I am using Email Marketing Pro (unlicensed, free version) and I really like it, however I do sometimes have issues with it. I'm gonna check Mailman.