Twitter, tweet, twibe...

Twitter, tweet, twibe... Wow, try saying that three times fast! We have covered alot of the various digital small group communication tools on here a few times, but a new element to Twitter has just surfaced recently. Twibe has a unique twist in that it can create a virtual tweet or message board based on key words.

Anytime your tweets contain certain key words, it will be shown in the Twibe you belong to. As an example, I have joined a "Small Groups" Twibe, so anytime my tweets or anyone else that has joined has one with that string, everyone else will be able to see it, thus creating a virtual small group community on Twitter. Just think of the possibilities!

Click here to goto the Small Groups Twibe

Building Better Groups...

Small Group members are just as important to the success of a small group as good leadership. Here are a few areas small group members can strive to build their participation level in:


• Come with an expectant attitude, willing to learn from others that you participate in group with.
• Practice sensitivity to how others may feel about the things they are talking about in your group.
• Become honest and transparent about yourself and your thinking for expectations of change and growth.
• Encourage and pray for others in their various ministries and roles from week to week.
• Accept encouragement from others and share your success and failures with others in the group.

By simply putting these areas into practice with your participation efforts, you may start to see dramatic differences in the depth of community within your small group.

Staying Connected... Part 2

What would a perfect mission field look like? Mark Stephenson, in his book Web-Empower Your Church, suggests eight characteristics of a ‘perfect mission field’. Then he shows how the Web fulfills each of them!

Also, people relate differently online than they do in face-to-face interactions. Although online communication can be fleeting and ephemeral, people are often much less inhibited to share their inner feelings and needs in this relatively anonymous online environment. This has been called The Online Disinhibition Effect by John Buler in his book The Psychology of Cyberspace.

So by now you may be either thinking this blog post to be full of name dropping and references, or just a clever reminder to set up a Facebook group to encourage your small group (see the “Staying Connected” post from Feb. ‘09), which in either case you would be right. Join the revolution today!

Use internetevangelismday.com/blog/ as a great source.