Formal communications with youth

Communications

Means and methods of communications are changing so rapidly that I have no way of predicting what forms will be in use when you encounter these suggestions, so...

• Try to extract a principle from any anachronistic hints.
  
• Don't underestimate how terribly hard it is to communicate with the youth. There is a great deal of information overload and means of communication have fragmented with no one method being universal. The trend is toward point-to-point communication such as texting rather than mass communication such as email.
  
• You can do your youth a favor by stressing that if they are going to interact or get along with the adult world (Colleges, jobs, etc) they have to use email. They should check their email addresses no less than once a day.
  
• Create Facebook groups for the different age groups for your church. This allows sending a single message to all those who join that group.
  
• As Twitter continues to expand this is a good way to communicate with a specialized or generalized group
• Newsletters and mailings are mostly for the parents. A youth might see a postcard.