Emerging Networking
I’ve taken the last week off to mull over some big life decisions. Tomorrow, or the day after, we’ll get back to your regularly scheduled blog content, but today I’ve got a question.
A lot of you who read my blog participate in the “emerging conversation.” Many of us go to these emerging events like “The New Conspirators,” “Everything Must Change,” and “A Sustainable Faith.” We get inspired to go go go — much like the traditional Christian tours before (i.e. YS events, Promise Keepers, Billy Graham). Yet, a lot of times we fall short. Why? Because no networking takes place.
What if there was a way to utilize existing social networks to keep the conversation going? And not just the conversation, but actual implementation! Would a Facebook application that could do the following things interest you?
* Notify you of upcoming events in your region
* Take you a step farther, and keep you connected to those you met at those events so you can mobilize change
* Link you with others in your region or area of passion (i.e. serving poor, reaching suburbs, etc.)
* Notify you of upcoming books on the emerging church
* Had a blogroll/network of blogs that have an emerging focus
What else could it be?
The point of the application wouldn’t be to get rid of the various networking groups, but to help supplement the likes of Emergent Village. To give them one more tool to utilize and mobilize the masses.
Would it work? Would you use it? Would you be interested in helping develop it?
January 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I’m interested and I’d like to hear more about your vision with this too.
January 25th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Ditto what Anthony said.