Top 10 Posts of 2012

It’s been a great year for me working at BASIC and writing for the Concepts for Campuses blog. I hope that you have found these posts useful in your ministry. In case you missed any that really stood out here is the list of the top 10 most viewed posts for 2012.

10. Surveying Students – Every BASIC conference we hand out a questionnaire at the end of the weekend to gather feedback from each person who attends…

9. Ideas for Using Technology: Private Facebook Groups – In the last post of this series I wanted to give you another idea for using technology to communicate with your leaders…

8. Campus Ministry Partnerships by Justin Christopher – This week’s post is a guest blog from Justin Christopher. He is the director of Campus Renewal Ministries and author of Campus Renewal: A Practical Plan for Uniting Campus Ministries in Prayer and Mission. Justin also writes regularly for the Reaching Campus blog.

7. Ideas for Using Technology: Social Pictures – This week I want to give you an idea for posting pictures to social networks to promote your events and encourage fellowship…

6. Ideas for Using Technology: Check-Ins – I recently heard an idea for using technology to spread the word about your weekly meetings and events by having students “check-in” when they show up…

5. Creative Events to Get Noticed – Last week I talked about Chick-Fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day and how we can use similar tactics to get our name out on campus and reach more students…

4. Never Stop Innovating – Thirty-five years ago film and camera company Eastman Kodak was on the top of their game. In 1976, they commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S…

3. Five Areas Worth (Re)Thinking About – This week’s post is a guest blog from Benson Hines. He is the writer of the Exploring College Ministry blog and has taken nine road trips to visit over 300 campuses in all…

2. 10 Service Project Ideas – After students came back from the New York City missions trip I was reminded of the impact that comes through serving others. Jesus intentionally took time to serve others when He saw people in need and we should do the same…

1. Appreciating Cows and College Ministry – Two weeks ago people across the country created their best cow costumes to celebrate Cow Appreciation Day. It was restaurant chain Chick-Fil-A’s 8th annual event, which gives away a free meal to anyone dressed head to toe like a cow…

Thanks again for reading and I look forward to continuing to learn together in 2013!