Less Clutter, Less Noise – Blog Tour

// May 21st, 2009 // ministry

Kem Meyer, Communications Director at Granger Community Church, will be swinging by on her blog tour to promote her new book – Less Clutter, Less Noise.  Here is what the book is all about:

Simple strategies for getting the word out. 

Do you ever wonder why people aren’t getting your message? Maybe you can relate to how they feel—bombarded, skeptical, stressed, overloaded—looking for something amidst the pressure of life that will make a real difference. Your mission is as compelling as ever! But, hitting people with more promotions and brochures isn’t helping them find the good news.

What if you could break through the clutter and find the direct route to their hearts and minds? It’s easier than you think.

With proven “now” communication strategies—practical solutions and principles that build trust instead of walls—you can make every aspect of a person’s engagement with your church more rewarding. Packed with short examples and real-life stories, this book is written for leaders in today’s attention-deficit world, making it easy to grab, read and use anytime. When you help clear the path, you help people take their next step toward Christ.

You’ll find that less clutter, less noise speaks louder than anything.

She is visiting 26 blogs, that represent 26 cities, all on ONE DAY.  Click here to see the other places she’ll be visiting. I’m giving away a copy of her book to a reader as a part of her blog tour.  Leave a comment here with what you think are the biggest communication challenges the church faces today, or a question you think I should ask Kem about church communication.  On Friday May 29th I will do a random drawing from those that comment on this post, and contact the winner to mail you a book! Or if you don’t want to wait you can buy her book by clicking here.

Here was my question for Kem:

Our church seems motivated most to attend events and activities when things are announced from the platform. When there’s no major push from the pulpit, using other forms of communication, how does one get the congregation excited and eager to participate in other things that are happening in the church?

Click here to read Kem’s answer.

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10 Responses to “Less Clutter, Less Noise – Blog Tour”

  1. Dano says:
    May 21, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    One of the biggest challenges is communicating expectations to change without accepting those challenges ourselves. How in the world can we expect people to do things (and challenge them to these things) if we aren’t doing them in our own lives?

  2. J Witting says:
    May 21, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Some churches have really elaborate websites with way too much content. I think one of the biggest communication challenges for churches is choosing what to communicate because we have to keep it short and simple. Otherwise people will check out and not hear anything.

  3. Terri says:
    May 22, 2009 at 6:18 am

    I think it is keeping in touch so communication is on a personal level not a mass media level

  4. John says:
    May 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    With so many ways to communicate, sometimes it is challenging to know where to focus my efforts. As a pastor in a smaller church, should i consider spending more time on the bulletin that we photocopy or put more effort in our website?

  5. Teri says:
    May 28, 2009 at 9:21 am

    I think it is the follow-up to the communication that needs improvement. I may hear something that is coming up of look for information on such and such a topic, then I don’t hear anything else about it, not do I see that coming information – like it was dropped out of the communication folder.

  6. mike says:
    May 29, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Biggest communication challenges for the church?

    Being clear.

  7. Warren says:
    June 1, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Our communication hurdle seems to be finding a balance between what we communicate as important to the kingdom and what can be held as personal preference or a minor agenda. We seem to have all of the popular communication outlets covered such as pulpit announcements, weekly bulletins, email blasts, and pastoral or department blogs. Now there has to be a good way to determine what announcements are funneled to certain outlets without making them seem any less important?

  8. JaneRadriges says:
    June 13, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    The best information i have found exactly here. Keep going Thank you

  9. KattyBlackyard says:
    June 14, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting

  10. MichaellaS says:
    July 21, 2009 at 2:59 am

    tks for the effort you put in here I appreciate it!