Connecting, Communicating, Facebooking

Here at ashgrove we love to find new ways to communicate with you. Social media has become a vital communication tool, and is used by millions of people every day. It is all about connecting and communicating with people through the use of the internet. This might be through video on youtube, tweeting on twitter, or posting messages on facebook.

Some interesting facts about social media:

• 2/3 of the global internet population visit social networks
• Australia is the number 1 prolific user of social media in the world
• Facebook has over 400 million users
• The average facebook user spends 55 minutes on the site per day = 6.50 hours on the site per week. Which is almost twice the time the average Melbournian spends listening to the radio on the way to work.
• The average user becomes a fan of 2 pagers per month
• 50% on facebook users logon  everyday

If you found this fascinating, check out the video Social Media Fact & Statistics 2010

Earlier this year ashgrove launched its new facebook page, as a way to connect with ashgrovians during the week and to continue develop a relationship with you! If you are part of the social media world and are on facebook, but haven't joined ashgrove's page you are missing out! On our facebook page we post upcoming events, photos, sermon series and regular updated information about what is happening at ashgrove each week and even each day. We see facebook is another tool we can add to our communications toolkit, helping us to build community here at ashgrove. To join visit ashgrove baptist and get linked in to the thriving ashgrove online community.

Now that ashgrove has conquered the facebook world, our next move is to conquer video! Keep your eyes tuned as we learn how to best use social media as a communication tool to connect, inform and inspire you!

As Ann-Janette mused a few weeks ago...."for all the bad press social networking tools may have, I still value them as an opportunity for our individual and collective cyber voices to '...shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation'."