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Blogging Nuns: How Can a Religious Community Participate in Social Media?

November 26, 2007 by Kami Huyse

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Today, I had a great meeting with a community of nuns that hope to reach out to a new generation. They believe social media might be the way. Out of all of the people I have met with recently, this group really “gets it” in that they are inherently looking for a way that they can contribute to the community.

No social media “users” in that crowd.

While meeting with them, I asked my Twitter network, “How can a religious community participate in social media? I have to say that I was impressed and entertained by the answers, and so were the sisters.

Here is what the Twitter network (a community in action) said:

Shannon Whitley
swhitley @kamichat Would love to read tweets from the nuns. What are they doing/thinking? Who are they helping? They make religion…human.

Shannon Whitley
swhitley @kamichat I don't see why nuns couldn't participate like anyone else. SM is about taking a monolith and making it accessible.

Laura P Thomas
LPT @kamichat – seems like an excellent counseling opportunity! SM is all about listening & engaging in conversations, why not religious ones?

Simon Young
audaciousgloop @kamichat religious communities should have the hop on the rest of us – because they're already practising the “community” part

Ricardo G.
ggroovin @kamichat – I guess Twittering during mass is out, right? Seriously, there's typically a community around a church. Could leverage that?

Lauren Vargas
vargasl @kamichat Mission work blog with multiple contributors…

Doug Haslam
DougH @kamichat My church experience growing up was that churches are great at community outreach. Should be a natural. Ok, that's not a “how”

Lauren Vargas
vargasl @kamichat Prayer Circle with Twitter; Podcast interviews with religious members/authorities or in-depth prayer how-to

Rob La Gesse
kr8tr @kamichat – ask them to pray for Twitter's servers 🙂 about

Mike Keliher
mjkeliher @kamichat We're working with a Catholic group that's doing podcasting as a way to extend reach and share more. They love it.

David Parmet
davidparmet @kamichat beliefnet is a good start but anyone can use social media regardless of religious beliefs 😉

Pistachio Consulting
Pistachio @kamichat tell the nuns about @jnswanson and his blog Levite Chronicles. relevance with a huge capital R

Connie Reece
conniereece @kamichat Tell the sisters I said hello — esp. Sister Michelle if she's there. I owe Randy E. an e-mail. Plz convey my pinkest apologies.

Lauren Vargas
vargasl @kamichat How do you get cooler than that?!

Filed Under: SocIal Media Tactics

About Kami Huyse

Kami Watson Huyse, CEO of Zoetica, is passionate about great communication. Working in Public Relations since 1994, and blogging since 2005, she has seen trends come and go, but one thing has stayed the same – people are looking for ways to authentically connect. She loves to connect with readers, so leave a comment or follow @kamichat on Twitter and connect there.

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