Watch Out, Social Web! Here Comes WIM!

For the past sev­eral months, a few of us on the WIM staff have been brain­storm­ing, re-thinking, dream­ing and learn­ing. Our main ques­tion has been: “How can we uti­lize tech­nol­ogy for the king­dom of God?”

I had been work­ing on a new web­site for WIM for months already, but a shift hap­pened when Andy Toth, our Director of Training, came into my office and and dropped a DVD on my desk. I was dread­ing watch­ing it because the cover looked really bor­ing (I know, I know, I’m not sup­posed to judge by that). When I finally got around to watch­ing it, I was blown away by the impli­ca­tions. I was hear­ing about things like Web 2.0, donor forums, and cause-centered giv­ing. My goal for the new WIM web­site changed from mak­ing a pretty design to cre­at­ing a place to have a con­ver­sa­tion with you, our friends and sup­port­ers. I want you to have the abil­ity to col­lab­o­rate, share, and inter­act with WIM (and each other) in a more per­sonal way. What causes do you think are impor­tant? How do you want to be involved? And how can we help you do that?

That’s why I’m excited about our new web­site. Yeah, hope­fully it looks good, but mostly I hope it will be a tool that helps us start a con­ver­sa­tion. Thanks for your will­ing­ness to be a part.