10 Predictions for 2009 in the World of Tech
Technophile, Louis Gray provides his predictions for technology in 2009. Of interest to us church types may be:
1) The Real-Time Web Will Become Critical for News and Information Discovery
Gray expects real-time tools like Twitter to gain in popularity and be favored amongst their users as news and information sources. This year, make it a goal to use Twitter for your church. While it will come in handy for communicating weather related closings, start thinking about how you can leverage the platform to become more accessible to your congregation and community.
2) Businesses Will Be Expected to Be On Social Media If They Have Web Sites
Does anybody need more convincing that Facebook can and should be used for ministry?
6) A Major Alternative to FeedBurner Will Emerge As the Service Stagnates
Yes! I am so ready for this. It’s a shame about Feedburner. Many of us use it and many of us have suffered through random posts from the past being mailed to subscribers amongst other issues. I hope for the sake of simplicity that Google gets their act together.
Read the rest of the article and if you have any of your own predictions to make, feel free to share!
