249 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: 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
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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
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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
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[News: 232] Week 3, Mar 2024: European AI Law, Meta, ChatGPT, X, Google
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 232
The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: European AI Law, Meta, ChatGPT, X, Google
Week 3, Mar 2024:
🗞️ News 1: The European Parliament Approves the World's 1st Comprehensive AI Act
🗞️ News 2: Meta Releases New AI-Powered eCommerce Ads & Optimization Tools
🗞️ News 3: Inflection AI Launches 2.5 Model with More Capability & Less Computing
🗞️ News 4: Google Business Listings will Now Display Your Social Media Posts
🗞️ News 5: X Launches 'Articles', the Long-Form Blog Content Option for Premium+
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: 231] Week 2, Mar 2024: Claude AI, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, Meta
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 231
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, TikTok, Instagram, Threads, Meta
Week 2, Mar 2024:
🗞️ News 1: Anthropic Launches Claude-3; Beats ChatGPT-4, Gemini Benchmarks
🗞️ News 2: Instagram Announces Multiple DM Features Including an Edit Option
🗞️ News 3: TikTok Expands ‘Subscription', Moves 'Creator Rewards' out of Beta
🗞️ News 4: Threads Starts Testing its ‘API' for Posting via Third Party Tools
🗞️ News 5: Meta Quest Team Predicts the Top 3 Technology Shifts of the Future
For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the transcripts visit: https://natchi.net/news
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If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com
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[News: 230] Week 1, Mar 2024: Mistral AI, YouTube, Adobe, Android, LinkedIn
Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 230
The Weekly Digital, Social Media & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.
This week, we have news about: Mistral AI, YouTube, Adobe, Android, LinkedIn
Week 1, Mar 2024:
🗞️ News 1: Microsoft Teams Up with Mistral AI to Unveil 'Mistral Large' Model
🗞️ News 2: Android Releases New Features in Maps, Docs, Auto, Images, Health
🗞️ News 3: LinkedIn Releases New AI-Powered Features for its Recruiter HR Platform
🗞️ News 4: YouTube Expands Access of ‘Create’ Video Editing App to New Regions
🗞️ News 5: Adobe Announces Project 'GenAI Control’ for Music Generation & Editing
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