Utilizing pinterest as a Catechetical Leader

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Pinning to help Catechists and Parish Catechetical Leaders IN CATECHETICAL MINISTRY

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Information about using the social media "Pinterest" to curate content as a catechist or as a Parish Catechetical Leader.

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Pinning to help Catechists and Parish Catechetical Leaders

IN CATECHETICAL MINISTRY

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Where to reach me:

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn - Cyndi Marlow

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Why Utilize Pinterest?

The internet is full of useful supplemental resources to use in your ministry. As a parish Catechist -It is an easily accessible way to locate and organize ideas. As a Catechetical Leader – It is an easy way to locate, organize and to link your catechists and/or volunteers with a wealth of supplemental resources. Disclaimer: Supplemental resources should be approved by your parish and/or program director first.

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Essentially, Pinterest is a VISUAL way to organize and share

bookmarks of information found on the web …

No more paper lists with web addresses that are hard to re-type

or the “favorites” pull down list of addresses saved to your computer that do not show what you were saving.

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In basic terms:

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1. Sign up with an email address.

2. Personal Vs. Business • If a catechist – personal

would be best • If representing your program

or church – consider a business account.

HELPFUL HINT: Take your time and browse around other Pinterest boards - look at their boards and get ideas for categories that will work for your needs.

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PINterest pie Follow the directions and prompts that follow to create your Business or personal board.

1 cup of commitment 1/2 cup of maintenance 2 tbsp. of creativity

Mix together and enjoy

HELPFUL HINT: You can convert a personal page to a business page later. Look for instructions on Pinterest when you click “Edit your page.”

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The Pin It Button is your friend - download it to your computer

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Official (Catholic) Sources: • Vatican • USCCB • Diocese/Archdiocese • Major Publisher with

Imprimatur • Parish

Use caution and discernment with: • Blogs • Unofficial web

sites • Non-Catholic sites • Videos

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RE – PINNING FROM OTHER PINTEREST BOARDS Easy-Peasy!

When you see a pin you like and want to add to your boards 1. Click the Pin it button (depending

on the version of pinterest you are using) in the upper left corner

3. You will have a pull down option

for which board you want to place it or you can create a new board category for your pin.

4. Check and Modify the description. to fit your needs.

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PINNING – NEW PINS When you find something from the web that you want to pin – 1. Click your friend the “pin-it” button

from your tool bar

2. A screen will pop up with a selection of images – pick the one you want.

3. You will have a pull down option for

which board to place it on or you can even create a new board category for your pin..

4. Type a brief description in the box provided.

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Because Pinterest requires that Web pages have large images or compatible videos to create a pin, this issue isn't uncommon. To work around the problem, I suggest 3 options: 1. Find a relevant photo to use. (be

sure to seek and use only images that are creative commons and copywrite free.)

2. Use the “Snipping Tool” found on most computers to capture an image or a text header from the web page screen. Paste that image into “Paint” on your computer and save.

3. Use the “Print Screen” button on your computer and then past the image into Paint on your computer. Edit/crop to meet your needs.

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after you have the image selected… 1) Go to “Upload Pin” on pull down

menu

2) At “Choose File” find the image you selected and upload your image.

3) Pin it with your description

4) Click "See your pin" to view it on Pinterest, or just click on the pin after it’s in your board of choice then click “Edit.”

5) Now add the web address to “Source” so that it leads to the

page you initially wanted to pin.

It's not the simplest solution, but it works

Type or paste link here

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Secret Boards. You get three. - USE THEM! •Not visible to anyone else (unless you want to add another pinner) •Pin content as you find it – as time permits go back to review, approve and place on appropriate board •Collaborate/share ideas on pending projects…

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1. IF a PCL - If representing your Parish or Program – Do not mix your personal boards with

your professional resource boards.

2. IF a PCL - establish a policy regarding pinning resources that require a purchase. This

includes inexpensive downloadable content now easily found online, books for purchase,

textbooks or full curriculum requiring purchase. Another reason to always open a link so

that you can verify if the idea/resource is free or one that must be purchased.

3. IF a PCL - establish who can pin and/or approve content. Carefully select which boards to

allow other pinners to have access to. Be extremely cautious of invites to be added as a

pinner to Community Boards. • A community board is added to your main page as if one of your boards. The ability to control

content is not yours. Someone else moderates the board. Know who controls the board before

accepting.

• BEWARE spam, biased/slanted content and non-related content on many of these boards.

• My suggestion; instead of joining a community board - just follow these boards.

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4. Always keep true to your Church’s Teachings and doctrines. However, you could decide to

pin an idea or lesson for something that could be adapted (ex. Protestant vs. Catholic Ten

Commandments) Make a note in the description or clearly label the need to modify idea or

content before using.

5. Know the teaching focus and the curriculum of your parish. Make sure that what you pin

follows not only Church teachings/doctrine but your parish/program focus as well.

6. Pin original content. Don’t just re-pin. Share the things you find on the web. Share the

ways that you are spreading the Message and the Good News in your class and parish.

7. Limit the number of pins to a board to somewhere around 200-250. After that it becomes

too difficult to navigate a board. Once a board get’s too large - subdivide or separate

content into a new board.

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8. Label and categorize as much as possible from the start. Having one board labeled

“Catholic” with a hodge-podge of everything makes browsing in the board for you and/or

your catechists difficult. Take the time in the beginning to sort and label – you will thank

yourself later.

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Pinterest is an effective branding, marketing and social media tool utilized by many types of businesses, non-profits and ordinary people for many different reasons… but. .

Ask yourself Why do I have these boards? • Does it truly matter how

many followers you get? • Do you know your true

purpose in providing and maintaining these boards?

• Who/what are you marketing/promoting?