Which social network should your youth group use?
Social Networks have been around in popularity since rougly 2002. First myspace was the craze then facebook and now twitter. There are definately pros and cons to using social networks and services like twitter, however the question we must ask ourselves is which one to use as a youth group hub. I honestly think that youth groups should use all three. Consider using myspace to connect with middle school students, facebook to connect with high school students and twitter to connect with leaders and parents. There may be some overlap here and there, but choosing only one network may limit your ability to broadcast to a wider audience.
Recently I noticed we didn’t have a myspace page for our youth group and I didn’t have time to create one. A girl in our media team enjoyed designing myspace layouts and volunteered to head up our youth group myspace page. Doing this allowed her to take ownership and feel a part of our team and allow me the freedom to not have to worry about updating a third social network.
Consider finding a couple students or adults who are very social media savvy and ask them to help maintain and update your twitter status, facebook fan page or myspace page. Having multiple people do this will increase the chance that these networks will be more successful in broadcasting information and connecting students to your ministry.
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