ICOC Communications Update

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hereamisendme.net       Campus Ministry and ICMC
liveit2giveit.org           Youth & Family Ministry and ICYFM
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ICOCco-op.org            ICOC Co-op Churches;  leadership resources.
ChurchNotes               Communication base for hundreds of leaders


Here is an update on some of the 2009 projects:

1)  ICOC Central Database:    www.DTodayInfo.net   Click "Update Your Church"

• Brand new tool to gather annual church survey:  click on the Update Your Church button at www.DTodayinfo.net and try it out.  
• Built by Sebastian George and his team of volunteers.
• New Volunteer Editor:  Karen St. Pierre, disciple from Roanoke, Virginia
• Goal:  finish 2009 Survey by August 15
• Analysis:  Prayerfully KH will once again do his magic and provide an Analysis we can distribute at the 2009 Delegates Meeting in Denver Sept. 1
• 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.
• Please take the Update for a Test Drive and send us your thoughts.

2)  Search Engine Optimization

• Justin Renton (Johannesburg) and Masha Lyashenko (Kiev) are creating a document to spread to all the webmasters in the ICOC Church Database
• Instructions on how to optimize each churches appearance on Search Engines such as Google and Yahoo.
• Goal:  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.

3)  New Women Today website

• Women editors and news from around the world

4)  DT Heart & Soul    www.DTHeartandSoul.com   Summer 2009

• 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.
• Rolls out in the US this summer one region at a time.  
• Open to all North America by Fall 2009.
• Prayerfully begin adding other regions of the world in 2010

5)  Internet Broadcast:   DToday.tv    Summer 2009

• Live Webcast of International Events
• Begin with ICMC and ILC this summer
• On Demand video with 24/7 high quality videos available
• Live broadcast capabilities for scheduled shows and emergency announcements.

6)  Leadership Communication  www.ICOCco-op.org

• Communicating the activity of the ICOC Service Teams
• Coordinating, Verifying and Communicating with the Delegates of the Cooperation churches.
• Connecting leaders around the world
• Liaison with HOPEworldwide who is working closer than ever with our churches.

Thanks for all your support and encouragement.  We must thank:

• The scores of volunteers who make all this possible.  Especially Chris Walquist (Chicago), Sebastian George (Dallas), Edy Budiman (Jakarta) and Jonathan Hoggard (Dubai).  
• ICOC Hot News;  Justin Renton and Mike Taliaferro
• Steve Staten and the KNN Board
• The disciples and churches who donate to make these things possible.

ACTION ITEMS:

• Please try out the Update Your Church feature on www.DTodayInfo.net  and let us know how we can improve it.
• Contact the person you would like to help with any of these projects.
• Send us your ideas for improving our service and planning for the future.

Grace and Truth,
Roger Lamb