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title: Episode 041 – Oct 15 2008
description: "This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie discuss considerations for starting an electronic newsletter.  The interview section of the show focuses on the synod’s own electronic newsletter, Together. The discussion: Electronic newsletters – Most congregations and schools rely heavily on monthly and weekly newsletters to facilitate communications with members and school families.  Today Martin and Sallie take […]"
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# [Episode 041 – Oct 15 2008](https://welstech.wels.org/2008/10/15/episode-041-oct-15-2008)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Oct 15, 2008 9:00:25 AM

This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie discuss considerations for starting an electronic newsletter.  The interview section of the show focuses on the synod’s own electronic newsletter, Together.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-10-15-08.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-10-15-08.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-10-15-08.mp3) (26.4MB)

### The discussion:

- Electronic newsletters – Most congregations and schools rely heavily on monthly and weekly newsletters to facilitate communications with members and school families.  Today Martin and Sallie take a look at various options for going electronic with your newsletter communication. 
    - [NewsletterWritingTips.com](http://www.NewsletterWritingTips.com) 
          - [5 Sure-Fire Ways to Annoy People With Your Email Newsletter](http://www.newsletterwritingtips.com/newsletters/2006/07/26/5-sure-fire-ways-to-annoy-people-with-your-email-newsletter/)
    - PDF creation tools 
          - [CutePDF.com](http://www.cutepdf.com/)
          - [PDFill.com](http://www.pdfill.com/)
    - Open source desktop publishing – [Scribus.net](http://www.Scribus.net)
    - Check out [Episode 026](https://welstech.wels.net/wpmu/2008/07/02/episode-026-jul-2-2008/)for tips on mass e-mail 
          - ConstantContact.com
          - [iContact.com](http://www.iContact.com)

### The tidbits:

- Picks of the week (37:45) 
    - Online drawing tool – [www.dabbleboard.com](http://www.dabbleboard.com/)
    - Kuler by Adobe – [kuler.adobe.com](http://kuler.adobe.com)
- WELS.net feature (43:03) 
    - Mission Connection online archive
- Of interest (44:21) 
    - We have a winner!  Listen as we play additional voice mail contest entries from our listeners and choose a winner of the recent WELSTech contest. Enjoy shopping at [cafepress.com/welstech](http://www.cafepress.com/welstech)!
- Community feedback (51:07) 
    - Jeff Clark wrote to share information on hardware configurations – a possible discussion topic for a future WELSTech episode
    - Cindy Krueger from [Shepherd of the Hills](http://www.sothlansing.org/) in Lansing, MI shared a link to an article by Dan Lohrmann titled “How Safe is Cloud Computing?”
    - Following up on [last week’s interview](https://welstech.wels.net/wpmu/2008/10/08/episode-040-oct-8-2008/), we heard from Andy Theimer that there are 8 new “[inWELS](http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/48098)” members on LinkedIn, and we also heard from one of those new members, Danny Smith
- Coming up on WELSTech (54:05) 
    - Episode 042 – Redesign – Why and how to redesign your web site plus the inside scoop on the upcoming WELS.net redesign

### The featured artist:

- We close with music of WELS pianist, Dawn Gehlhar – *Precious Lord Take My Hand* from her Inspirations CD (55:07)

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