{"id":122,"date":"2009-08-06T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icoccooptest.org\/2009\/08\/06\/icoc-communications-update\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:10:55","slug":"icoc-communications-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/icoc-communications-update\/","title":{"rendered":"ICOC Communications Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>ICOC Communication &amp; Admin Infrastructure <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5th anniversary of DisciplesToday.org is June 6. &nbsp;God has worked powerfully to help us build the basic infrastructure of communication among our churches. &nbsp;This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DToday.org:<\/a>\u00a0The ICOC portal: \u00a0One stop shop to find any site and info about the ICOC as well as good news.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dtspace.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DTSpace.net<\/a>:\u00a0Social network &#8212; Facebook for the ICOC <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/dtbookstore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dtbookstore.com<\/a>:<\/u>\u00a0Books, tapes, videos by disciples<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/DTodayInfo.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DTodayInfo.net<\/a>:\u00a0Contact info and hundreds of websites from our churches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/icochotnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOC Hot News<\/a>:\u00a0Good News and great videos from around the world. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/hereamisendme.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hereamisendme.net<\/a>:<\/u>\u00a0Campus Ministry and ICMC <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u><a href=\"http:\/\/liveit2giveit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liveit2giveit.org<\/a>:<\/u>\u00a0Youth &amp; Family Ministry and ICYFM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ICOCSinglesToday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOCSinglesToday.com<\/a>:\u00a0Singles Ministry and ISC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ICOCConference.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOCConference.org<\/a>:\u00a0Intl Leadership Conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ICOCco-op.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOCco-op.org<\/a>:\u00a0ICOC Co-op Churches; \u00a0leadership resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ChurchNotes: Communication base for hundreds of leaders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an update on some of the 2009 projects:<br><b><br>1) &nbsp;ICOC Central Database: &nbsp;<\/b><b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtodayinfo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.DTodayInfo.net<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/u><\/b><b>Click &#8220;Update Your Church&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Brand new tool to gather annual church survey: &nbsp;click on the Update Your Church button at <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtodayinfo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>www.DTodayinfo.net <\/u><\/b><\/a><b>and try it out. &nbsp;<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built by Sebastian George and his team of volunteers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Volunteer Editor: &nbsp;Karen St. Pierre, disciple from Roanoke, Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goal: &nbsp;finish 2009 Survey by August 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis: \u00a0Prayerfully K. H. will once again do his magic and provide an analysis we can distribute at the 2009 Delegates Meeting in Denver Sept. 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are also building this site to be the central database for all attendees to international conferences, etc. so we will have a rich database of leadership for our churches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please take the Update for a Test Drive and send us your thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b> 2) &nbsp;Search Engine Optimization<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Justin Renton (Johannesburg) and Masha Lyashenko (Kiev) are creating a document to spread to all the webmasters in the ICOC Church Database<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructions on how to optimize each churches appearance on Search Engines such as Google and Yahoo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goal: &nbsp;our churches and websites to be the first thing that people see for many pages on any search for ICOC, International Church of Christ, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b> 3) &nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/women-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>New Women Today website<\/u><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women editors and news from around the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b> 4) \u00a0DT Heart &amp; Soul:\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtheartandsoul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.DTHeartandSoul.com<\/a>,<\/u> Summer 2009<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Donors gave us funds to build a site for single ICOC disciples serious about finding a soulmate in a safe, pure, fun environment with relationship coaching.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolls out in the US this summer one region at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open to all North America by Fall 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prayerfully begin adding other regions of the world in 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b> 5) &nbsp;Internet Broadcast: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtoday.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DToday.tv<\/a>, Summer 2009<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Live Webcast of International Events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Begin with ICMC and ILC this summer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Demand video with 24\/7 high quality videos available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live broadcast capabilities for scheduled shows and emergency announcements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b> 6) &nbsp;Leadership Communication &nbsp;<\/b><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>www.ICOCco-op.org <\/u><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicating the activity of the ICOC Service Teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinating, Verifying and Communicating with the Delegates of the Cooperation churches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connecting leaders around the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison with HOPE <em>worldwide<\/em> who is working closer than ever with our churches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for all your support and encouragement. &nbsp;We must thank:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The scores of volunteers who make all this possible. &nbsp;Especially Chris Walquist (Chicago), Sebastian George (Dallas), Edy Budiman (Jakarta) and Jonathan Hoggard (Dubai).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ICOC Hot News; &nbsp;Justin Renton and Mike Taliaferro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steve Staten and the KNN Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The disciples and churches who donate to make these things possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACTION ITEMS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please try out the Update Your Church feature on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtodayinfo.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>www.DTodayInfo.net<\/u><\/a> &nbsp;and let us know how we can improve it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact the person you would like to help with any of these projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send us your ideas for improving our service and planning for the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace and Truth,<br>Roger Lamb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5th anniversary of DisciplesToday.org is June 6. \u00a0God has worked powerfully to help us build the basic infrastructure of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71,387],"tags":[],"post_folder":[357],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-leadership"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sunday Awolowo","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/sawolowo\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3038,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/icoc-celebrates-global-communications-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":0},"title":"ICOC Celebrates Global Communications Day","author":"dtadmin","date":"May 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Communication among disciples and churches has never been more crucial than today in the Coronavirus pandemic.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/promoimageglobalcommsundayblue.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/promoimageglobalcommsundayblue.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/promoimageglobalcommsundayblue.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/promoimageglobalcommsundayblue.jpeg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2633,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/new-year-new-way-to-connect-introducing-the-new-england-icoc-app\/","url_meta":{"origin":122,"position":1},"title":"New Year, New Way to Connect: Introducing the New England ICOC App!","author":"dtadmin","date":"January 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"We're excited to launch a new app for the ICOC New England churches. 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