PROBLEM: How to get all the knowledge relevant to a particular ministry “sector” made available easily “in one place” Answer : Google Custom Search Engines Phronema.Org

First Case: Development Sector How to get all the knowledge from World Vision, TEAR, UNESCO, and 200 other agencies made searchable from one interface for bible college students and pastors working in urban slums wanting to do development Grab the main page URL’s of all of the above agencies (1 hour plus) Create Google CSE (15 minutes) Cut and paste list into a Google CSE (5 minutes) Grab Google code and put in web page ( 5 minutes) Now one query searches all the materials from all the web pages 200 major agencies simultaneously and gives highly relevant results When the agencies update of course the results immediately update About 2 hrs total, free, no maintenance required

Other Cases Cybermissions Search Engine Mobile Ministry Search Engine Missions Research Search Engine ADVANTAGES: Can add new websites any time, self- updating, don’t need any data entry, don’t need to maintain a database, no security issues, no legal issues/ copyright issues, Google is a stable entity and invested in search and this helps them too so they will keep it going, great fort creating specialized niche knowledge areas and much easier than keeping up a massive Wiki or directory and more instantly searchable.

Collecting Best Practices WORD then publish to BLOG then insert blog url to CSE Collect testimonies, best practices, ideas with ease and make searchable. People need to see and hear what others are doing but most grass-roots practitioners don’t like data entry unless v. simple Let them tell their story as easily as possible and submit into the searchable pool. Encourage them to interact via blogs, contact forms when security permits.

Resource Translation Simple story with pictures and subtitles in a major trade language Is sent out to bi-lingual translators in many different minority languages. They edit and hit “publish to blog” Picked up automatically by the CSE Now brochure is in 17 different languages, in a standard picture form and searchable by entire organization and partners. Organization checks blog content and then perhaps publishes it in print

Language Resources Google CSE’s can be “nested” so you can create one for Gogodala Langauge Resources and nest it under pacific Language Resources under all language Resources the individual CSE still functions independently. Put identifying HIS codes, SIL language codes on the websites that are then searched by the CSE Find and make searchable all resources in minority languages by combining all the independent efforts and without them having to all send their material to a central clearing house. Can collect shellbooks, media resources, video, audio etc with the same system.