635 – PR & A Pandemic

This week on WELSTech we hear from the Martin Luther College Director of Public Relations about the challenges and changes to communication during the pandemic. In addition, there’s a wide variety of tech tools and tips that may benefit your ministry including safely back to school webinars, Gmail organization, Bitmoji classroom images, and farewell to classic Google Sites. Tune in and turn it up!

The interview and discussion:

Communicating to a college community – Bill Pekrul, Director of Public Relations at Martin Luther College (MLC), talks with Martin and Sallie about the levels and multiple channels of communication they utilize. Bill also shares tips that congregations and schools can use as they devise communication plans.

Additional examples to consider from MLC communication:

• Interviews with retired professors
• Consistent called worker/faculty/staff images

Picks of the week:

• Why teachers are buzzing about Bitmoji classrooms
  • How To
  • Virtual MakerSpaces from Tracy Zalud via STEM Teachers Group on Facebook
    • K-2
    • 3-5
    • 6-8
• Google Gmail Labels & Filters

Community feedback:

• Archived “Safely Returning to School” Webinars
• WELS Women Writers group on Facebook
• Goodbye to old Google Sites

Featured videos/online course:

MLC Update

Next time:

Summer interviews on pandemic ministry continue, next time with Dennis Maurer, WELS Director of Human Resources.

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