http://www.leaderlounge.com/2008/05/30/facebook-as-a-tool-for-leader-recruitment/ Connecting, Encouraging, & Entertaining Adults Who Get & Live Out Relational Youth Ministry Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.leaderlounge.com/2008/05/30/facebook-as-a-tool-for-leader-recruitment/#comment-2383 MikeANeilson Fri, 30 May 2008 16:26:49 +0000 http://www.leaderlounge.com/2008/05/30/facebook-as-a-tool-for-leader-recruitment/#comment-2383 I don't want to be that guy that just comments on everything, and is the only one commenting. If that was the case, then I should probably just start my own blog. Anyway, I think thats great that you are reaching college students that way. One of the biggest reasons I got involved immediatly in college, was because I happened to meet our area director before I went to college and was able to establish that connection and relationship before hand. If area directors can somehow start establishing this connection I think it can only benefit the size of leadership. An interesting trend on college campuses is how many people and ministries and groups and organizations, etc want a piece of the students time. The day you step onto a college campus for orientation you can see how many groups are actively campaigning for one students time. In our culture of what can I get for myself, leadership is something that doesn't seem to fit that mold. If facebook can help people establish that relationship early, then I feel like that student has more of an opportunity to feel free to do leadership. However, Facebook can not replace the work of the are directors and staff to reach out to that particular college student. Just my thoughts. I don’t want to be that guy that just comments on everything, and is the only one commenting. If that was the case, then I should probably just start my own blog. Anyway, I think thats great that you are reaching college students that way. One of the biggest reasons I got involved immediatly in college, was because I happened to meet our area director before I went to college and was able to establish that connection and relationship before hand. If area directors can somehow start establishing this connection I think it can only benefit the size of leadership. An interesting trend on college campuses is how many people and ministries and groups and organizations, etc want a piece of the students time. The day you step onto a college campus for orientation you can see how many groups are actively campaigning for one students time. In our culture of what can I get for myself, leadership is something that doesn’t seem to fit that mold. If facebook can help people establish that relationship early, then I feel like that student has more of an opportunity to feel free to do leadership. However, Facebook can not replace the work of the are directors and staff to reach out to that particular college student. Just my thoughts.

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