Last week we gave a selection of church conferences to see how many people are going. And the big winners? Something else and no conferences this year tied with 30%. Apparently we’re missing out on some of the good conferences (not me, I get to attend vicariously).
Of the conferences we did mention, Catalyst seems to be drawing the most people, which shouldn’t be a surprise since it’s probably the biggest of the five we listed.
This week we ask if you’re a member of the Church Marketing Lab, our church communications critique group that replaced the peer reviews of old.
For as much as I’ve talked about the Church Marketing Lab–making a splashy announcement, following it up with mentions in at least four separate entries, doing a round up post every Friday, sending out multiple e-mails to our various lists, mentioning it at the bottom of every e-mail I send, and personally inviting loads of people–apparently it’s not enough. Early results show a whopping 70% either don’t know what it is or have some excuse for not checking it out. Only 10% are actively helping church marketing not suck.
So far. It’s still early in the week. You can turn things around. Why don’t you do me a favor and go check out the Church Marketing Lab before you vote. You can help church marketing not suck and make me feel better at the same time. Everybody wins.
Dan
May 8, 2006
National New Church Conference for church planters in Orlando last month. Awesome, yea verily.
I confess, I have not gotten into the Church Marketing Lab thing yet.
Jeremy Scheller
May 8, 2006
I was waiting for outright begging before logging into the Church Marketing Lab.
Fainally.
Janna
May 8, 2006
you spelled catalyst wrong…:)
Kevin
May 8, 2006
So where were you last week, Janna, to tell me I spelled Catalyst wrong in the poll? Doh.
Janna
May 9, 2006
Hey I do what I can!
Katie
May 15, 2006
I wonder if Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Conventions are a big one for people?