After learning of today's news regarding his international legal standing, it almost seems that Eric Volz may never again find himself feeling totally free.

These varied social media suggestions make up the third part of my on-going case study of and strategy suggestions for the United Church of Christ's social media strategy, it's attempt to resonance with young people (Millennials in particular), and its potentially forward-moving direction.

 In October, I looked at the population of my mother's United Church of Christ congregation and I noticed that it was relatively devoid of teens, 20-somethings, and folks in their early thirties. How could the church use social media to retain these potential members, I asked. I took a look at how the church was presently utilizing social media, met with Rev.

I was fortunate to spend the past week on a guest-couch belonging to Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org. At present, Change is trying to figure out what to do with all of that "now what?" energy that is surrounding post-election excitement. Also - you might have heard of this little site called Change.gov, right?

Show them.

Yesterday morning I checked out the Huffington Post's celebrations from around the world pictures (re: Obama's win) and I immediately began crying.

Allow me to contextualize (beyond the fact that I'm just a big crier):

This election has been emotionally exhausting and there is a strong chance that I was under-unrested, if not a little drunk when I woke up yesterday morning.

Get ready for the next San Francisco Net Tuesday—it looks to be a great event! 

Net Tuesdays are free monthly gatherings for social changemakers and web innovators to network, socialize and share ideas about how nonprofits and social benefit organizations can use the social web for social change.

SF Net Tuesday - November

DETAILS:

Date:  Tuesday, November 11th
Time:  6 pm
Location: TechSoup/CompuMentor

Briefly, a poetic Tweet-of-truth brought to us by NetSquared family member Joe Solomon:

"Everybody's a social media strategist; the web needs social media soldiers too."

Now! Onto the meat.

A few brief notes to start (or "old business" for all of you Robert's Rules fetishists):

 A few days back I spoke with a gentleman who works has worked as a staff member at a popular youth center based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We discussed, among many other things, how young people interact when they come into the center.

Over the course of my next three posts I will be taking a look at the United Church of Christ's social media presence, talking with young people involved with the church, and assessing what part of the UCC's social outreach plan appears to be working and what parts could use strengthening based on the successes and failures of current methodologies.