252 episodes
Connected Church Natchi Lazarus
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- Religion & Spirituality
As a Church, the Body of Christ, we are all called to fulfill the Great Commission given to us by Jesus in this digital era. In order to do that effectively in today's social-media-dominated world, it is important for us to equip ourselves with the knowledge, skill, and understanding of how this online ecosystem works. In The Connected Church Podcast, along with his expert guests, Natchi Lazarus covers practical and strategic topics that will equip the Church for this digital and social media age. Natchi has more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, churches, ministries, Christian faith-based businesses, and entrepreneurs. In this podcast, he not only uses his experience and expertise from his work to derive solutions to complex digital media challenges that ministries face but as an experienced educator, he also breaks down complex technical topics to simple, doable actionable tasks. Discover why top global nonprofits, churches, and faith-based ventures seek Natchi's help to implement social media ministry strategies for their online and digital media programs.
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[News: 238] Week 1, Jul 2024: Pinterest, Snapchat, AI, Threads, Google, YouTube
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 238
The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: Pinterest, Snapchat, AI, Threads, Google, YouTube
Week 1, Jul 2024:
🗞️ News 1: YouTube Makes Longer Videos Editable; Improves Bulk Comment Moderation
🗞️ News 2: Threads will be the First Meta app to be Compatible with 'Fediverse'
🗞️ News 3: Google Launches New Gemini AI Tools in Google Workspace for Education
🗞️ News 4: Pinterest Brings Improvements to 'Social Media Board Sharing' Feature
🗞️ News 5: Snapchat Adds an In-App Warning for Unsafe New Connection Requests
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
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[News: 237] Week 4, Jun 2024: Anthropic, Claude AI, TikTok, WhatsApp, Meta, Google
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 237
The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: Anthropic, Claude AI, TikTok, WhatsApp, Meta, Google
Week 4, Jun 2024:
🗞️ News 1: Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet; Outperforms GPT-4o & Gemini
🗞️ News 2: TikTok Releases 'Symphony' Suite of Ad Tools Powered by Generative AI
🗞️ News 3: YouTube Now Allows People to Add 'Notes' to Videos, As An Experiment
🗞️ News 4: WhatsApp Adds New Audio & Video Call Features Including Screen Sharing
🗞️ News 5: Meta's Cannes Lions 2024 Announcements: AI Chatbots, Messaging & More
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)
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If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com
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[News: 236] Week 3, Jun 2024: Apple, AI, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 236
The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: Apple, AI, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google
Week 3, Jun 2024:
🗞️ News 1: New 'Apple Intelligence' AI: Top 3 Useful Takeaways for Media Ministry
🗞️ News 2: YouTube Tests New Features: Thumbnail Testing, QR Codes, @ Mentions
🗞️ News 3: Google Launches 'Google TV Network' for Targeted Advertising on CTV
🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Introduces 'The Wire' Program, In-Stream Video Ad Placement
🗞️ News 5: WhatsApp Releases AI, Meta Verified & In-Chat Calling for Businesses
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)
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If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com
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[News: 235] Week 4, May 2024: ChatGPT, Google, Snapchat,. X, Threads
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 235
The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: ChatGPT, Google, Snapchat,. X, Threads
Week 4, May 2024:
🗞️ News 1: Google adds AI into Search, Android, Workspace & releases AI Agents
🗞️ News 2: X Announces New 'Community' Features, Updates and Admin Tools
🗞️ News 3: ChatGPT Gets Improved 'Data Analysis' Capabilities & Integrations
🗞️ News 4: Threads Starts Testing a New 'Column' Layout UI Similar to Tweetdeck
🗞️ News 5: Snapchat Releases A new Measurement Methodology to Track Ad Campaigns
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)
Share this episode with other leaders of nonprofits, churches and ministries.
If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com
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[News: 234] Week 3, May 2024: OpenAI, Google, YouTube, X, Meta, VR
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 234
The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: OpenAI, Google, YouTube, X, Meta, VR
Week 3, May 2024:
🗞️ News 1: OpenAI Releases macOS Desktop App & GPT-4o, Multimodal Language Model
🗞️ News 2: YouTube CEO says Creators should be considered for TV Awards like Emmys
🗞️ News 3: Meta Adds 'Travel Mode' Entertainment Feature to Quest VR Headsets
🗞️ News 4: Google Partners with HP & moves 'Starline' Project out of the Labs
🗞️ News 5: X Introduces 'AI Audiences' To Help Advertisers Define Target Audience
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)
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[News: 233] Week 2, May 2024: Claude AI, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Pinterest
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 233
The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: Claude AI, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Pinterest
Week 2, May 2024:
🗞️ News 1: Anthropic AI Announces Release of an iOS App for Claude & New Team Plan
🗞️ News 2: WhatsApp's Communities Feature Gets New Tools including Group 'Events'
🗞️ News 3: Snapchat Releases New Gen-AI Tools & DM Edit Feature in the App
🗞️ News 4: LinkedIn Launches New In-stream 'Thinking-Oriented' Social Games
🗞️ News 5: Pinterest says Gen-Z are Behind Increased Engagement in 'Collage-Pins'
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)
Share this episode with other leaders of nonprofits, churches and ministries.
If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com