Two Don’t-Miss Texting Resources
A while back, Joshua Griffin posted a ton of cool online resources. I have two outstanding favorites that I think could be useful for almost every youth pastor:
Simply TXT: Send individual or group text messages to your students, parents, or volunteers. This tool seriously blew me away. I’ve been dreaming about being able to create groups and send text messages on the fly, like I do with email now, but I had never seen something that could actually do it. Simply TXT lets you build groups and send messages whenever you like–you can even schedule them in advance–and the pricing is pretty reasonable.
Poll Everywhere: Create polls and free response questions your students respond to via text message. Results are updated live and can be displayed right on your projector. Another tool I was honestly thinking, “Wouldn’t it be cool if…” before I heard about it. Pricing is reasonable with a free option for audiences under 30 people.
Nathaniel Dame is the president of Called to Youth Ministry, a ministry devoted to partnering with youth pastors to provide the coaching, community and training they need. He is driven by a passion to promote effective youth ministry in the local church. Nathaniel blogs regularly on Effective Youth Ministry and lives with his beautiful wife, Christa, in Woodstock, Illinois.
Very cool, thanks Chris!
Very cool, thanks Chris!
you should also add
you should also add http://wiffiti.com/ to your list of resources. It works amazingly well in large group settings/conventions, etc. You should check out the demo/videos on their website. I saw our district youth convention use this a few months back and had to get with my district director to find out what it was, it was a pretty awesome way to get 1000 teens interacting with each other (and coincidently, I spoke in a middle school recently and polled the 6-9th graders on who had a cell phone... 100% of them had their own mobile... we gotta stay ahead of the game, fellow YPS!)
I have another resource that
I have another resource that is amazing in large group settings:
http://wiffiti.com/
I've seen this used at large meetings and conventions. It's a crowd pleaser and a resource I have bookmarked (along with poll everywhere). Simply txt looks like a winner too, so thanx for that one!