By Christopher Mann for ReSermon.com
You immediately expand your ministry reach to the deaf and hearing alike.Life Lessons from the Jeremy Manual of Style
Thing vs. Hulk—who wins? Answer: Jeremy. Every six year old boy wrestled with this juvenile theodicy in 1975, and while we didn’t exactly know why it mattered, it mattered. A lot. In 1975, we didn’t have to care about who would win in Vietnam or New Orleans (Steelers beat the Vikings, 16-6) so we had the personal margin to do what the world otherwise overlooked—ponder the massive implications over who would win the battle of Green v. Orange. “When you're walking through season of adversity, God is at work. No matter what the adversity, God will finish the work.” A Beautiful Promise: Part 3 by Pastor Ron Williams Pathway Community Church, Fort Wayne, Ind. Transcribed and closed captioned by ReSermon In 2009, Google introduced automated closed captioning for its videos, marking a wonderful advance for the deaf and hard of hearing. Google deserves mega kudos for this advancement. It is not just "better than nothing." The innovation can be truly helpful, and six years later, the tech is still being improved.
That said, there are still major reasons that content makers in general, and churches in particular, should not rely on Google Automatic Captioning (GAC): ReSermon can meet any turn-around deadline. Whether you need it in a week from now or an hour from now, we're ready when you are.
Plus, you don’t have to delay posting your video content on account of ReSermon. If the video has to publish immediately, do it. Posting both the file and the closed caption file at the same time is ideal, but if something is that time sensitive, then you can upload the video, notify ReSermon, and we will immediately begin on the CC file. Then, we can log into your YouTube or Vimeo account and upload the file directly. All the while, the ability of your viewers to consume your content will be uninterrupted. Whatever your tight turn-around needs, ReSermon won't disappoint.
The case for leveraging your spoken content into greater, repurposed value in the public square. If you have been teaching long enough, you've heard that line. And, they're probably right; you should write that down, but who has the time?
An average speaker will speaking at around 100-200 words per minute and at the end of an hour, he might utter around 6,000 words. The question becomes, how do you capture that value and leverage it? Should that value be contained to the walls of a worship center, classroom or lecture hall, or could it be repurposed into greater venues like blog entries (typically 300-500 words each), social media posts (15-100 words each), editorial articles (800-1500 words each) or full length books (150,000 words+)? For Immediate Release
August 6, 2014 Media: Contact Christopher Mann at (m/t) 260.508.3136 or Chris.Mann@ReSermon.com. ReSermon will teach pastors, staff and volunteers how to repurpose sermon content into blogs, books and more for deeper ministry impact. FORT WAYNE, INDIANA -- ReSermon officially opens its doors today as a niche public relations practice focusing on helping pastors repurpose their sermon content into blogs, editorials, books and more for greater ministry impact. Founder Christopher Mann issued this statement: “For over 20 years I have enjoyed helping elected officials and candidate articulate their vision for a better society and today I have the pleasure of launching a service that focuses on the unique communication needs and opportunities that pastors face. “Every week, a pastor can invest up to 20 hours per week or more in a Sunday morning sermon, but in the age of the internet, delivering a sermon and then filing away the notes in a filing cabinet is similar to discarding an orange after taking one squeeze; there is a lot of juice left in that sermon. One sermon can produce between 3,000-6,000 words, which could be repurposed into blog posts, editorials for placement in newspapers and magazines, devotionals, and even books. ReSermon helps a pastor maximize his ministry by making his sermon discoverable and projectible.” ReSermon offers these services:
About founder Christopher Mann Christopher Mann's experience in professional communications spans over 20 years including tenures in missions, journalism, politics, business and higher education. His published work and media engagement have appeared in leading media outlets at the local, state and national levels. Chris holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University at Bloomington, an MBA from Taylor University. He is a graduate of the World Magazine Journalism Institute and has participated in numerous economics seminars sponsored by the Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute. Chris is actively engaged in his community and his church. He is a past board member of Hear Indiana, an Indianapolis-based advocacy organization for deaf and hard-of-hearing children who are learning to hear and speak thanks to technological innovations like hearing aids and the cochlear implant. Chris and Ruth Mann raise their big den of Manncubs in the northern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Indiana. ### |
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