MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently the Diocese of Huron has entered into a partnership with Tithe.ly Tithe.ly is your all...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque If the pandemic is teaching us one thing, it is the importance of the web-based tools in...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Youth spend much of their time online and with their eyes firmly affixed to a screen and with the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently, I saw a news post on my Facebook feed and I realized I couldn’t remember who the...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Who are you trying to reach on social media? As we start to think about setting budgets for 2021...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque We have all heard the phrase, “The New Normal” thousands of times during this pandemic. It...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Social distancing has meant that the church has had to change and change rapidly. We are no longer...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Throughout this series, I’ve written in detail about how your website is often the first and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In this new normal of living through a pandemic, our reliance on social media platforms has been...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Whether it is Google, Facebook, Yelp or Bing, there are many modern replacements to the “yellow...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Heading into 2020 and keeping up with all the innovations in social media can seem daunting. Which...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque When I meet someone for coffee I rarely meet at Tim Horton’s. I normally search out a locally...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The welcome package is a sure-fire way to help newcomers learn more about your community. They...
By Davor Milicevic, HCN editor Subscription confirmation numbers for Anglican newspapers in Canada are in and they send a clear...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently someone seeking to use the goodwill of the people of the Diocese of Huron cloned...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Just how important is each user? How important is each like, subscription or share? Why put so...
By Rev. Marty Levesque I have said it many times: a professionally designed and developed website is no longer an option for the...
“The Upper Room” on December 20, 2018: Rob Henderson (right) and Kevin George with their guest Jennepher Cahill (United Way) In...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque It is the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. Which means the end of year list are making...
By Rev. Marty Levesque I fully admit to being a very amateur gardener. With a lot of dedication, a little luck and willingness to...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The pandemic has demonstrated the value of social media and communication in general. During this...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque A Shout-out is a short public acknowledgement. It's usually to recognize someone in appreciation...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Recently, there has been a barrage of phishing emails sent across the diocese. A Phishing email...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque I love words. I love learning the etymology of words, their development over time and even those...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque As part of the Google Business Suite (now known as Google Workspace) that is available to every...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque We are in the middle of an election as I write this, and all the political parties are reaching...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Livestreaming major events, ordinations, Christmas, and Easter service was something the diocese...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Sharing and interacting with posts from your church is simple but it also shows to the world how...
Engaging a new demographic in the life of the church: The rise of short-form video allows individuals to be informed, educated, and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque This past December, a weakness was discovered in logging software named Log4Shell. Log4Shell is a...
When looking for images for a website, social media post or poster, simply Googling an image and downloading it is a violation of...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Many parents will blame their children's rowdy behaviour on too much sugar, but there's no actual...
Churches that once complained that they didn’t have enough money to cover the week-to-week bills were suddenly investing in...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The social media rule of thirds is creation, curation, and conversation. For a truly successful...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Sometimes it’s necessary to disconnect from the world to reconnect with God. Sometimes it’s...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Normally, this column is reserved for tech tips for ministry, like why live streaming worship...
By Sharon Frank Recently, I completed my annual eighteen hours of Education for Ministry (EfM) mentor training. This year we had a...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Social media and digital managers, public relations, crisis management, comms specialist, speech...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque For the first time in a decade, Facebook's average monthly users have declined. Facebook numbers...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The demographic breakdown of social media platforms is very interesting and telling. The largest...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque As many of you know Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, has purchased Twitter. Since that...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque The Covid 19 pandemic continues as we learn, adapt, and implement mitigation measures to keep...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Over the years I have written many columns on technology and ministry, best practices, and how to...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Your website is one of the most important, if not the most important, tools to keep your church...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Edu-tainment is a growing trend in education, and churches are beginning to incorporate this...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque In the past decade, social media has revolutionized the way people connect, share information, and...
MEDIA BYTES By Rev. Marty Levesque Twitter, once a vibrant and accessible platform, has gradually become a victim of its new owner’s...
