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I remember as a kid praying in our evening prayers for the Raths and Millie’s, two missionary families. Back then we almost never knew how they were doing or what life was like on a day-to-day basis. The Internet has changed all that. We’re looking for people to guest blog about how the Internet has impacted their short or long-term missions work, and we look back at some guest posts from last year.

In part 2 of our Social Networking Round Table we looks at social media for organizations. There are lots of opportunities for organizations to connect with people using social networking tools like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and so on. Many organizations struggle to decide which tools to use and how to use them effectively. Our panel provides some insight to help your organization navigate those options.

In an economic recession, people tend to reduce unnecessary spending. This may mean changing little things, like not going to the movies or eating out as much, however, it can also mean changing big things, like whether a child goes to public or private school. One way a family can quickly save $5000 a year is to stop sending their child to a private school. While many schools are resigned to the fact that they are going to see enrollment go down until the economy turns around, at least one school is planning to see their enrollment go up. How?

One group, however, that has been slow to move online is local businesses. These tend to smaller businesses that only provide their product or service to a specific geographic location, their city. For them the Internet seemed, and in some ways was, to broad to be effective, but all that has been changing in the last few years. The Internet is now the most important place for local businesses to market themselves.