I recently returned from a week in Bangkok, Thailand for the LittAsia conference. The event brought together Christian publishers, editors, and writers primarily from Asia to build relationships with one another and think through key issues that will influence what they produce in the future.
The April 2024 issue of EMQ takes a look at what God is doing among Indigenous peoples across the Americas.
Knowing how to effectively gather a video story using just your mobile phone is an essential skill for journalists, organizational storytellers, and even field staff. And guess what? There are free resources that can help you learn how to do that well!
Organizational communication is not immune to issues of ethics. We need to think carefully about what to say or not and how to share about organization activities, staff, constituents, and beneficiaries. This post includes a list of free resources all related to communication ethics.
Punctuation, spelling, grammar, style, calculations, accuracy, tone – editors review all of these in the editing process. If you are learning to edit or want to refresh your skills, there are free and low cost courses for that!
The directions of missions are changing. People are going from everywhere to everywhere. And the mission field itself is also moving just as dynamically. More than ever it is clear that there is no single center to the global missions movement. It is polycentric. The January 2024 issue of EMQ explores polycentric missions.
The webinar series for marketing and communications staff serving in missions organizations continues into 2024. Check out the webinars I’ll be hosting on the Missio Nexus website from January to June 2024.
If you are your team are searching for training related to writing, consider taking a free course. Check out what Magazine Training International (MTI), Poynter Institute, and others have to offer.
If you serve a mission agency in communications and marketing, it is critical for you to develop a strong sense of how a Christian worldview and God’s Mission apply to your work. Both shape the way you share the message of your organization with the public. Two webinars available on YouTube (and posted here) will challenge you in these areas.
The 2023 Missio Nexus Mission Leaders Conference was from September 27-29 in Orlando, Florida. Thankfully, there wasn’t a hurricane during it like we encountered last year! The theme was “Shift – Rapid Social Transformation and the Gospel.”