"Communicating Your Parish: The Yellow Pages is No Longer Good Enough".

 It is a fact that 80+% of potential guests and inquirers will use your parish’s online presence - or lack of it to - decide whether they want to visit your parish. And, they will drive past one Orthodox parish to visit another based on web based information.

Perhaps more than any other North American religious body Orthodox Christian parishes need to be effective in communicating their mission and their ministries to the world, to their local community and to their members.

In an age of rapidly proliferating communication methods and technologies, it is urgent for parishes to continually reevaluate their various audiences and how and what they communicate to them. It is time we get over being "one of America's best kept secrets".

Please join us at 8:00 PM September 16 for this webinar. Register here
Who Should Attend

Clergy and Lay leaders, particularly those associates with some form of parish communication ministry, parish planning and parish revitalization will find this webinar to be valuable.

Session Content-- What You Will Learn

This session will be delivered by Joseph Kormos, Parish Development Ministry Leader of the OCA's Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania. Content will include:

• Websites – the front door to your parish; typical website mistakes
• Understanding your audiences
• Your parish story
• Dealing with stereotypes & changing perceptions
• Using photos well
• Other communication tools – Facebook;  press releases; signs; PR, videos

If your parish would like to have its website evaluated you may request this during the registration process.

Registration

There is no cost to participate in the webinar however you must register. To register go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/581894984

This webinar is part of the ongoing Building Vibrant Parishes webinar series.