Mobile Ministry Magazine

As one who is always looking for ways to have mobile devices be a more effective aspect to the communication process, a recent demonstration by Nokia of a service/feature called Point and Find got me thinking of that ole bulleting board, and how something as simple as a mobile phone camera can make your church/organization's website more like a portal of information.

Let's start with the bulletin board. Almost every church has one. And most times, that information is pretty static. Things such as fund raisers, prayer lists, and upcoming events are pretty much the norm. Using Point and Find and a mobile phone, the idea of posters that connect to the church/org website can now be explored.

Much like the You Tube demonstration shows for movie posters, one could use this same idea to not only allow one to snap information of an upcoming item, but also get more information to that item, directions, social network profiles, or even subscribe to events that are happening.

For Nokia, this was a demonstration of a possiblity of the way we live next. I think that for the Body (and organizations in general), this kind of thinking - merging online and print worlds - could lead to some interesting connections between people and events that technology sometimes allows us too easily to forget.

What are your thoughts? Is this something that could work for a ministry/org that you are involved with? Why or why not?

Labels: camera, communication, community, mobility