Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Free clipart images for use on the web

Finding images for use on your church website can be difficult, and online search engines are not as helpful as you'd think, because in most cases, those images are illegal to use.

United Methodist Communications came up with some information and solutions that might help ...

Breaking the chains of clip art for free:
http://www.umcom.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=mrLZJ9PFKmG&b=6084857&ct=13582609&notoc=1

January MyCom tips & tools

United Methodist Communications gathers the latest communications tips & tools together in a monthly email called MyCom.

In the January issue:
» Cultural trends you may have missed
» 4 sermon series to connect with millennials
» Breaking the chains of clip art for free
» Online engagement ideas for Lent
» 15 outreach ideas for Easter

Check it out & subscribe here http://www.kintera.org/cms.asp?id=5034926&campaign_id=112513

For a host of other church communications tools & helps, visit www.umcom.org

Monday, January 6, 2014

Free resource for presenting, learning & sharing

We're living in an age of accessibility ... the world is literally at our fingertips. Long gone are the days where we researched something in a bookshelf of outdated encyclopedias and reference books — we now have instant access to information about anything and everything. And a lot of it is FREE!

YouTube is [currently] the 2nd most popular "search engine" in the world ... whether it be for visual entertainment or education.

Another up-and-coming Web site for all things presentation & education is www.slideshare.net. It claims to be among the top 10 tools for education and learning.



According to the site "SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. ... Anyone can view presentations & documents on topics that interest them, download them and reuse or remix for their own work."

slideshare quick-tour

Take a look for yourself. We've said it before (and many before us), why reinvent the wheel??