TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

This edition of the Digital Ministry Journal recaps news of interest to the digital ministry community. Brady Shearer shares “Why I No Longer Recommend Churches Use Social Media”. For Ministries that plan to continue using social media, Zapier blog shares 11 best AI tools for social media management. Zoom blog shares details on Zoom’s AI Companion. Finally, Church Production shares tips on using the Ableton Digital Audio Workstation.

Expert Against Churches Using Social Media?

Brady Shearer of Pro Church Tools shares “Why I No Longer Recommend Churches Use Social Media“ on Instagram (5 minute read). Spoiler alert - it’s not what you think!

AI Tools for Social Media Management

Zapier Blog shares “The 11 best AI tools for social media management in 2023” (20-minute read) shares picks for tasks ranging from content recycling and generating carousels and post text to intelligent social listening on X (formerly know as Twitter). Useful information for Ministries that plan to continue using social media. 🙂 

Zoom AI Companion

Zoom Blog shares “Meet Zoom AI Companion…” (8-minute read) describing features ranging from summarizing meeting discussions to drafting emails that will be available on paid plans. Zoom reiterates its intent NOT to use customer data to train its LLM models.

Tips for Ableton Digital Audio Workstation

Church Production shares “Tips For Using Ableton” (15-minute read) describing advantages, hardware requirements, and usage tips for the popular Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

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