Durham Diocese

Promoting your Church a set of ideas from the excellent book by Neil Pugmire of Portsmouth Diocese.

1. Presentation on above with great ideas included
2. The Getyourchurchnoticed.com website
3. Buy the book here from Church House Publishing

Here are some links to some basic advice from the ‘Get Your Church Noticed’ website.

• Creating a communications strategy
• Logos and identity
• Using your building to communicate
• The importance of noticeboards
• More effective leaflets
• Producing posters with impact
• Making your magazine marvellous!
• Media stories that make the grade
• Websites that draw people in
• Social media – some basics

Writing a good news | press release is one shore-fire way to make sure your story gets out there. I have written a couple of guides to help with this and when you are asked to be interviewed.

• Techniques For Being Interviewed.pdf
• The Perfect Press or News Release.pdf

I can’t overstate the importance of communications & promotion in organisations, be it a Church, a Diocese, a Charity or a multi-national company.

Here is a template I wrote a few years ago which will help you think through your communications strategy and how to go about deciding on the ‘Who, Where What, When and Why’ of a communication strategy.