This month we'll hear from two local church communicators leading social media and marketing work for two large suburban churches: Tim Westermeyer, executive pastor at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, and Nathan Almquist, marketing consultant at Webknowledgy and Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley.
Tim and Nathan will discuss social media as part of a larger overall...
[read more] This month we'll hear from two local church communicators leading social media and marketing work for two large suburban churches: Tim Westermeyer, executive pastor at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, and Nathan Almquist, marketing consultant at Webknowledgy and Calvary Lutheran Church in Golden Valley.
Tim and Nathan will discuss social media as part of a larger overall marketing strategy and effectiveness of a targeted local awareness campaign through direct mail, PR, web, social, digital and more. They will each present for 15-20 minutes and then open it up to the group to share attendee examples or ask questions.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Tim Westermeyer, St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minn
Tim Westermeyer is a second-career pastor who came to the ministry as an experienced public relations practitioner. Prior to accepting his first pastoral call in 2002, Westermeyer worked for 10 years at major public relations agencies in Minneapolis and Los Angeles, where he focused on media relations, special events and crisis communications for technology, corporate and arts-based clients. When he left the business world to enter the world of parish ministry, he was managing one of the largest accounts at the largest PR agency in the upper Midwest. Since 2007, he has served as Executive Pastor of St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minn. In addition to his business experience, Westermeyer also holds graduate degrees in theology and ethics from Luther Seminary and The University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. He lives in Plymouth with his wife, Amy, and their four children.
Nathan Almquist, Calvary Lutheran Church
Nathan Almquist. Standing at the intersection of brand, technology & culture. Born on the mission field in Nome, Alaska, Nathan Almquist is a lifelong PK and occasional church staffer with a career spanning corporate retail (Best Buy), hospitality destination marketing (Minneapolis Tourism & Convention Center) and creative services agencies (Designstein & Webknowledgy) where he has served as part of the strategic, creative and interactive teams for national clients including Proctor & Gamble, 3M, Lifetime Fitness, General Mills. "Making the web a better place to be" is a focal point of Nathan's 18 year interactive career and flows specifically to his involvement in the digital endeavors of his 35-year home church, Calvary Lutheran in Golden Valley along with his board position at RIVER Ministries. A graduate of Armstrong High School and St. Olaf College, Nathan lives in Plymouth, MN with his wife Cheri and two children.
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