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Tech Today: Thoughts and Ruminations

Tech Today: Thoughts and Ruminations

Where we are, where we're going and implications for the Greek Orthodox Church of America. This presentation was given at the 2012 Metropolis of San Francisco Clergy-Laity Assembly by Theo Nicolakis, CIO of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

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January 20, 2012
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  1. TECH TODAY: THOUGHTS AND RUMINATIONS Where we are, where we’re

    going and implications for our Church Tuesday, January 17, 12
  2. LET’S TALK ABOUT DEFINITIONS Can someone please define the word,

    “definition”? Tuesday, January 17, 12
  3. def·i·ni·tion/ˌdefəˈniSHən/ Noun: 1. A statement of the exact meaning of

    a word, esp. in a dictionary 2. An exact statement or description of the nature, scope, or meaning of something. ACCORDING TO “GOOGLE” Tuesday, January 17, 12
  4. So, part of what we’re going to do tonight is

    re-define some “things” and introduce some new ones Tuesday, January 17, 12
  5. CTIA NATIONAL STATISTICS Topic June 2011 June 2006 June 2001

    Wireless Subscribers: 327.6 M 219.6 M 118.4 M Wireless-Only Households 29.7% 10.5% N/A Annualized Minutes of Use 2.25T 1.68T 344.9B Monthly TXT Messages 196.9B 12.5B 33.5M Emergency 911 Calls/day >296k 260k 139k Source: http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  6. CTIA NATIONAL STATISTICS Topic June 2011 June 2006 June 2001

    Wireless Subscribers: 327.6 M 219.6 M 118.4 M Wireless-Only Households 29.7% 10.5% N/A Annualized Minutes of Use 2.25T 1.68T 344.9B Monthly TXT Messages 196.9B 12.5B 33.5M Emergency 911 Calls/day >296k 260k 139k Source: http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  7. CTIA NATIONAL STATISTICS Topic June 2011 June 2006 June 2001

    Wireless Subscribers: 327.6 M 219.6 M 118.4 M Wireless-Only Households 29.7% 10.5% N/A Annualized Minutes of Use 2.25T 1.68T 344.9B Monthly TXT Messages 196.9B 12.5B 33.5M Emergency 911 Calls/day >296k 260k 139k Source: http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  8. CTIA NATIONAL STATISTICS Topic June 2011 June 2006 June 2001

    Wireless Subscribers: 327.6 M 219.6 M 118.4 M Wireless-Only Households 29.7% 10.5% N/A Annualized Minutes of Use 2.25T 1.68T 344.9B Monthly TXT Messages 196.9B 12.5B 33.5M Emergency 911 Calls/day >296k 260k 139k Source: http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  9. 0B 50B 100B 150B 200B 2001 2006 2011 June 2001

    June 2006 June 2011 Monthly TXT Messages 33.5M 12.5B 196.9B Source: http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  10. Population: 3,581,628 Wireless Subscribers: 3,192,000 Wireless Penetration of Population 89%

    Wireless-Only Households: 6.1% Source: www.mywireless.org/issues/connecticut Connecticut Statistics Tuesday, January 17, 12
  11. QUIZ TIME Does your cell phone have email or Internet

    access and phone play music or videos?? Tuesday, January 17, 12
  12. ANSWER TIME Well, guess what? You don’t have “just” a

    cell phone, do you? Tuesday, January 17, 12
  13. WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE IS A full-fledged, portable, Internet-enabled, game

    playing, content-creating and sharing, entertainment, and social communicator (among other things) Tuesday, January 17, 12
  14. YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT YOU WANT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

    on any device Tuesday, January 17, 12
  15. APPS AND CHURCHES •December 30, 2011 Wall Street Journal, “Churches

    Bring Custom Apps to their Flocks” •Apps are defining our brave new world of mobile Tuesday, January 17, 12
  16. EBOOKS AND OPPORTUNITY •Easiest opportunity to publish anything •Easiest opportunity

    to disseminate content •Easiest opportunity to repurpose content into new forms and formats •Easiest opportunity for portable interactivity Tuesday, January 17, 12
  17. SOCIAL MEDIA IS COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU YOUR

    kid’s school Tuesday, January 17, 12
  18. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts Tuesday, January 17, 12
  19. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth Tuesday, January 17, 12
  20. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth • 6,600+ New pictures uploaded to flickr Tuesday, January 17, 12
  21. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth • 6,600+ New pictures uploaded to flickr • 98,000+ Tweets Tuesday, January 17, 12
  22. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth • 6,600+ New pictures uploaded to flickr • 98,000+ Tweets • 694,445 Search queries Tuesday, January 17, 12
  23. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth • 6,600+ New pictures uploaded to flickr • 98,000+ Tweets • 694,445 Search queries • 695,000+ Facebook status updates Tuesday, January 17, 12
  24. IN THE NEXT 60 SECONDS... • 60+ New blogs and

    1,500+ new blog posts • 600+ New videos upload to Youtube, 25+ Hours worth • 6,600+ New pictures uploaded to flickr • 98,000+ Tweets • 694,445 Search queries • 695,000+ Facebook status updates • 168 million emails are sent Tuesday, January 17, 12
  25. STATISTICS • Children aged 2-11 comprise nearly 16 million or

    9.5% of the active online universe Tuesday, January 17, 12
  26. STATISTICS • Children aged 2-11 comprise nearly 16 million or

    9.5% of the active online universe • 73% of American teens ages 12-17 use social networking sites Tuesday, January 17, 12
  27. STATISTICS • Children aged 2-11 comprise nearly 16 million or

    9.5% of the active online universe • 73% of American teens ages 12-17 use social networking sites • 1 in 3 online teens have experienced online harassment Tuesday, January 17, 12
  28. STATISTICS • Children aged 2-11 comprise nearly 16 million or

    9.5% of the active online universe • 73% of American teens ages 12-17 use social networking sites • 1 in 3 online teens have experienced online harassment • 31% of kids who are cyberbullied don’t tell their parents because they don’t want their Internet access restricted Tuesday, January 17, 12
  29. SOCIAL IN SCHOOL • A year after seventh grade teacher

    Elizabeth Delmatoff started a pilot social media program in her Portland, Oregon classroom, 20% of students school-wide were completing extra assignments for no credit, grades had gone up more than 50%, and chronic absenteeism was reduced by more than a third. For the first time in its history, the school met its adequate yearly progress goal for absenteeism. • What started as a Facebook-like forum where Delmatoff posted assignments has grown into a social media component for almost every subject. Tuesday, January 17, 12
  30. SOCIAL WILL PERMEATE EVERYTHING • The web is going social

    • Mobile devices are going social • TVs are going social • Is it any surprise, we are “social” beings Tuesday, January 17, 12
  31. SO, WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH BE DOING? You In your

    parishes Tuesday, January 17, 12
  32. • Creativity has unprecedented tools • Online outlets provide for

    unprecedented access to that creativity • Social allows for unprecedented sharing of it • Are we giving our parishioners and visitors the ability to engage with our faith (think Narthex and now ebooks--download to their phone from church) • Do your uses in the parish of all of these tools, access, and sharing reflect the reality that kids are living in today? If not, why? • Are you using some of the tools and services already out there? DREAM OF POSSIBILITIES Tuesday, January 17, 12
  33. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT does the Archdiocese do for

    my parish? Tuesday, January 17, 12
  34. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT does the Archdiocese do for

    my parish? Do the national ministries Tuesday, January 17, 12
  35. I think every Parish and Metropolis should have the Online

    Chapel on their web site. Hello Everyone! See us over here? We’re powered by the Internet Ministries’ Online Chapel. Really?! We are too!! And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a lot more of us! ;-) And there are a LOT more of us around! ;-) OK, I know what you all are thinking! YES, the Metropolis has Online Chapel. Now I expect every parish to have Online Chapel on their web site too! Tuesday, January 17, 12
  36. HOW TO SETUP YOUR ONLINE BOOKSTORE 1. Find your parish’s

    listing 2. Click on the link 3. Copy to your site 4. Really, that’s it Tuesday, January 17, 12
  37. HOW TO SETUP YOUR ONLINE BOOKSTORE 1. Find your parish’s

    listing 2. Click on the link 3. Copy to your site 4. Really, that’s it Tuesday, January 17, 12
  38. A FINAL WORD ABOUT “LEADERSHIP” lead·er·ship/ˈlēdərˌSHip/ Noun: 1.The action of

    leading a group of people or an organization. 2.The state or position of being a leader. Tuesday, January 17, 12
  39. MY FINAL CHALLENGE TO YOU •For an action to take

    place, it needs an agent to perform that action •What will you do with the information you have learned? •What will you do make a difference? Tuesday, January 17, 12
  40. SPECIAL THANKS • Archbishop Demetrios • Metropolitan Gerasimos • Metropolitan

    Methodios • Leadership 100 • Jerry Dimitriou • Fr. Ted Barbas • Dedicated Internet Ministries Staff: • Jamil Samara • Andrew Constantinou • Tom Wilhelm • Meredyth Houpos Tuesday, January 17, 12
  41. FOR MORE INFORMATION • Online Chapel: www.goarch.org/chapel • Daily Readings:

    Apple and Android App Stores • Iconograms: www.iconograms.org • Bulletin Builder: www.bulletin.goarch.org • Orthodox Jobs: www.orthodoxjobs.com • Free Online Parish Bookstore: www.goarch.org/freebookstore • Faith and Life Pamphlets: www.faith.goarch.org • Children’s Bible Reader Online cbr.goarch.org • Web Hosting www.internet.goarch.org • Email Listservers www.internet.goarch.org • Orthodox Military and Orthodox Youth Bibles and more... • Questions: [email protected] or 617-850-1350 Tuesday, January 17, 12
  42. FOR MORE INFORMATION • Online Chapel: www.goarch.org/chapel • Daily Readings:

    Apple and Android App Stores • Iconograms: www.iconograms.org • Bulletin Builder: www.bulletin.goarch.org • Orthodox Jobs: www.orthodoxjobs.com • Free Online Parish Bookstore: www.goarch.org/freebookstore • Faith and Life Pamphlets: www.faith.goarch.org • Children’s Bible Reader Online cbr.goarch.org • Web Hosting www.internet.goarch.org • Email Listservers www.internet.goarch.org • Orthodox Military and Orthodox Youth Bibles and more... • Questions: [email protected] or 617-850-1350 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Yes, this is free too Tuesday, January 17, 12
  43. FOR MORE INFORMATION • Online Chapel: www.goarch.org/chapel • Daily Readings:

    Apple and Android App Stores • Iconograms: www.iconograms.org • Bulletin Builder: www.bulletin.goarch.org • Orthodox Jobs: www.orthodoxjobs.com • Free Online Parish Bookstore: www.goarch.org/freebookstore • Faith and Life Pamphlets: www.faith.goarch.org • Children’s Bible Reader Online cbr.goarch.org • Web Hosting www.internet.goarch.org • Email Listservers www.internet.goarch.org • Orthodox Military and Orthodox Youth Bibles and more... • Questions: [email protected] or 617-850-1350 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Yes, this is free too Tuesday, January 17, 12