Connected Church

By: Natchi Lazarus
  • Summary

  • As a Church, the Body of Christ, we are all called to fulfill the Great Commission given to us by Jesus in this digital era. In order to do that effectively in today's social-media-dominated world, it is important for us to equip ourselves with the knowledge, skill, and understanding of how this online ecosystem works. In The Connected Church Podcast, along with his expert guests, Natchi Lazarus covers practical and strategic topics that will equip the Church for this digital and social media age. Natchi has more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, churches, ministries, Christian faith-based businesses, and entrepreneurs. In this podcast, he not only uses his experience and expertise from his work to derive solutions to complex digital media challenges that ministries face but as an experienced educator, he also breaks down complex technical topics to simple, doable actionable tasks. Discover why top global nonprofits, churches, and faith-based ventures seek Natchi's help to implement social media ministry strategies for their online and digital media programs.
    Natchi Lazarus 2022
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Episodes
  • [News: 250] Week 1, Dec 2024: Perplexity AI, Claude, Google, Instagram, YouTube
    Dec 6 2024

    Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 250

    Connected Church Academy: https://cca.live

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Perplexity AI, Claude, Google, Instagram, YouTube

    Week 1, Dec 2024:

    🗞️ News 1: YouTube Completes 'Longer Shorts' Rollout; Shares CTV Tips

    🗞️ News 2: Perplexity AI Launches a New 'Shop Like a Pro' Feature

    🗞️ News 3: Google Says ImageGen3 & Veo are Now Available on Vertex AI

    🗞️ News 4: Anthropic Open-Sources its AI 'Model Context Protocol' (MCP)

    🗞️ News 5: Instagram Releases New DM Features & Collage for Stories

    For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the text summary visit: https://natchi.net/news

    Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)

    Share this episode with other leaders of nonprofits, churches and ministries.

    If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com

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    7 mins
  • [News: 249] Week 4, Nov 2024: Microsoft, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, Threads
    Nov 28 2024

    Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 249

    Connected Church Academy: https://cca.live

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Microsoft, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, Threads

    Week 4, Nov 2024:

    🗞️ News 1: Microsoft Announces 'AI Agents' & New Features in Copilot

    🗞️ News 2: Amazon Ads 'AI Creative Studio' Gets New Tools & Resources

    🗞️ News 3: WhatsApp Launches 'AI Transcripts' for Voice Message

    🗞️ News 4: YouTube Tests a New 'Hype' Tool to Help Promote Your Video

    🗞️ News 5: Threads Announces New Features for 'Search' and 'Trending Now'

    For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the text summary visit: https://natchi.net/news

    Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)

    Share this episode with other leaders of nonprofits, churches and ministries.

    If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com

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    6 mins
  • [News: 248] Week 3, Oct 2024: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Google
    Oct 17 2024

    Welcome to Connected Church News - Episode 248

    Connected Church Academy: https://cca.live

    The Weekly Digital, Social Media, AI & Web3 News episode for Leaders and Media Teams of Churches, Ministries and Nonprofits.

    This week, we have news about: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Google

    Week 3, Oct 2024:

    🗞️ News 1: Instagram Announces New Direct Messaging Features

    🗞️ News 2: YouTube Releases New Features for Studio Mobile & Shorts

    🗞️ News 3: TikTok Launches 'Smart+' Automated AI Advertising Solutions

    🗞️ News 4: Meta Releases New Brand Safety & Ad Placement Tools

    🗞️ News 5: Google Launches 'Global Signal Exchange' To Fight Scams, Frauds

    For detailed notes, source links, resources mentioned in the show and the text summary visit: https://natchi.net/news

    Like what you are hearing? Subscribe on iTunes (https://natchi.net/apple) or Spotify (https://natchi.net/spotify)

    Share this episode with other leaders of nonprofits, churches and ministries.

    If you have any comments or questions write to podcast@natchilazarus.com

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    6 mins

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