NEWS
Le Motif Featured in Anthology 2021
An article from le Motif as well as the webinars for marketing and communications staff that le Motif hosts on the Missio Nexus platform were both featured in the Missio Nexus 2021 annual report (called Anthology).
Le Motif selected to lead editorial for EMQ
Missio Nexus has selected le Motif to lead the editorial aspect of Evangelical Missions Quarterly (EMQ) starting with the April 2022 edition of the journal. As a part of this agreement, I will serve as fifth editor of EMQ.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Two More Missio Nexus Communications Webinars
I’m hosting another couple of webinars for missions communications and marketing staff on Missio Nexus’s website in October and November.
Update on the 2021 Mission Leaders Conference
From September 22-24, 2021, I attended the Mission Leaders Conference in Dallas, TX. This was the first time that I’ve gone to a conference in person since the pandemic began!
Story Workshop at 2021 Mission Leaders Conference
I will be presenting a hybrid workshop (in-person with online broadcast) on storytelling during the 2021 Mission Leaders Conference in Dallas, Texas. It will take place on September 23, 2021 at 8:30 am US-CT.
Virtual Training on Branding
Florence Wamae will be providing virtual training on branding for Christ is the Answer Ministries in Eldoret, Kenya on June 19. Would you like us to do similar training for your organization? Contact us!
Four more Missio Nexus Communications Webinars!
Missio Nexus has invited me to coordinate four more upcoming webinars aimed at growing the knowledge and skills of mission agency staff engaged in communications and marketing. These are free to anyone that is a Missio Nexus member or part of a Missio Nexus member organization. They are on May 25 (podcasting), June 24 (marketing), July 29 (measurements), and August 31 (branding).
How to Tell Dangerous Stories Webinar – September 2021
On September 9, 2021 at 10am US-ET (UTC -4), I will be presenting a webinar for EMDC called “How to Tell Dangerous Stories.” This webinar explains ways that organizations can safely share stories of impact from places with security challenges.
Photo by fauxels from PexelsAllowing Scripture to Guide Our Communications through Missiological Reflection
Reflecting on the mission of God helps communicators to shift our interest from only activities and products to telling the story of God’s mission in our day in a way that inspires the Church, God’s chosen partner in missions, to be involved.
Missions Communicators and Building a Staff Care Culture
For more than 20 years, I have served missions in communications. Over that time, I discovered that the job of a missions communicator is more than just getting stories of missions out or making materials to promote a mission organization’s vision and programs. An essential part of our work also fits into WEA Global Member Care Network Coordinator Harry Hoffman’s category of “people helpers” – a group Harry explains is an untapped ocean of resources to care for staff in the missions community.