11 May 2011

CHURCH+WEB VLOG May 10th 2011 - A lesson from a toothpick

This is the first episode of our new video log. We want to make simple, short, relevant, inspiring and many times practical video

clips that can help you become better at reaching out to your target audiences online.

We would love to hear your input regarding this first episode!

Be blessed,
Tobias Stuesson 

23 Feb 2011

Changing Education through simple online videos

I want to give you some tips of people who use new technology and media to change the world in one way or another.

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Today I read a story about Sal Khan who gave up an extremely well paid job as a hedge fund manager to build up an online academy through simple video clips on Youtube teaching people mathematics.

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17 Feb 2011

Nerds rise up, the world needs you!

Wikipedia definition of nerds:
"Nerd is a term that refers to a person who avidly pursues intellectual activities, technical or scientific endeavors, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests, rather than engaging in more social or conventional activities"

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Nerds have changed our world in many ways. Created companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc.

They are reinventing industries and siences. Some make loads of money in the process. Others have chosen to lay down their lives for a cause they really believe in. 

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15 Feb 2011

Challenge or opportunity? Reaching out on many platforms!

One of the biggest challenges today and at the same time one of the biggest opportunities when it comes to developing a website is how to reach out effectively on all the different platforms that are available.

Smartphones

A couple of years ago the biggest issue was creating websites that looked the same on different browsers. Internet Explorer, Firefox etc rendered many sites in totally different ways. Though this problem still exists it has become much easier in many ways due to newer version releases of the popular browsers.

Today the greatest challenge is how you can communicate on the web in an effective way both with people who visit you using a regular computer, an Iphone, an Android phone, a Symbian phone, an Ipad etc.

Different smartphones use different operating systems and different kinds of browsers and they have very different screen resolutions.

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11 Feb 2011

Free document collaboration for your ministry

When working in an organization with limited budget and a team that might be spread in different locations it's a great thing to use the new online tools that are available for a small cost or even for free.

One of those tools is Google Docs. Google Docs offers a full online office suite - including a word processor, Excel program , a very competent form builder and a PowerPoint tool. You can incorporate the forms into your website to collect data from website visitors.

Google Docs allows you to upload your Microsoft Office files and convert them to Google Docs format or download your Google Docs and save as Microsoft Office files.

You can create folders and share with other users and even collaborate on a document in real time. When you do you see the changes your team members make in realtime which is a really cool feature.

I was engaged in transferring over a church's large document base to Google Docs and then help that church migrate over to only using Google Docs for document creation. So far the responses have been mostly very positive!

So why not give it a try. All you need is to create free Google accounts and start sharing documents. It's good to plan some kind of folder structure so that you can keep things organized.
Google also offers a calendar which allows you to share your calendar with your co-workers.

Let me know what you think!

10 Feb 2011

Our new Support & Customer Service system is available!

We have now setup a new Customer Service & Support system using the award winning Zendesk.

At www.support.worldwidewebservices.se you can create support requests, track ongoing requests and access our Knowledge Base with manuals on how to do almost anything on your site or things related.

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8 Feb 2011

Creation Swap - free graphics for churches and ministries!

Been struggling with trying to create that nice frontpage designs for your church website?
Don't have professional designers on staff?
Need inspiration for an upcoming message series?

Creationswap

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8 Feb 2011

A short clip from our office in Malmö

Worldwide Webservices's Space

We are a web company based in Malmö, Sweden.
Focused on helping churches and ministries become effective online.
We offer webdesign, web strategy and amazing web packages.
Our clients are located on three different continents.

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Tobias Sturesson