POPULARITY
Matt Meeks talks about 7 man football season.
Matt is a Senior UX Designer at Jitterbit, an Integration Platform as a Service. He started as a graphic designer 30 years ago but gradually transitioned to UX design, where he's been for the past decade. He focuses on user experience design for enterprise software applications and enjoys the complexity and challenges that enterprise applications offer.
Today we will be talking with Matt Meeks, CEO of Catholic Ventures. Catholic Ventures began in 2021 as an incubator for Technology in the Church with a vision to sanctify the use of modern technology and provide an alternative to “Big Tech,” that we are hearing so much about these days. Their newest venture is the Lion & Lamb Book Club, the first-ever Catholic children's book subscription box that helps families pass down the faith through good stories and character-forming bedtime conversations. Please join us for an informative and inspiring episode on bringing quality books into the lives of our children. This and more on today's edition of Follow to Lead.
Chris & Matt are joined by Matt Meeks to discuss the 3 books you absolutely need to be reading to your kids! Matt Meeks is the CEO of Catholic Ventures and the founder of the Lion & Lamb book club for kids. Check out the book club here: https://catholic.store/products/lion-lamb-book-club https://ablaze.us/the-village Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song... License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Produced & Edited by Forte Catholic. (www.ForteCatholic.com)
I sit down and chat with Matt Meeks of Catholic Ventures and Anthony D'Ambrosio, Head of Product at Catholic.Store and founder of Catholic Creatives. Catholic Ventures acquired Catholic Creatives because Matt Meeks saw the movement that Anthony is his team had begun and wanted to ensure that it would keep rolling. Anthony and Matt have worked together and are now collaborating on bringing creative and talented folks together in Catholic.store where you'll find big and small Catholic publishers, jewelry makers, artists, and Sock Religious. There is a new Catholic aesthetic in town and it doesn't look like shitty modernist Crayola-level crap. It's excellent and big-time Catholic publishers are finally taking notice.
The CC Podcast Returns for a special edition of the Catholic Creatives podcast.What do JP II, Greek baths, and Catholic Creatives have to do with each other? Well. Quite a lot, turns out. It's been a minute, but because of the feast of JPII, we decided to dust off this interview that Matt Meeks and Anthony D'Ambrosio did with Christopher West. Christopher discovered a retreat that JP II gave to artists, and had it translated to English and published for the first time ever, complete with commentary from himself and some other notable theologians. The conversation got into some really interesting and very vulnerable waters. What JPII outlines is a path for us creatives and artists to use our creative gifts in ways that can us from our culture's distorted and shamed relationship with the human body. As usual when talking to Christopher, the Holy Spirit revealed some profound truths to us.The book is called God is Beauty, and you can find it at bit.ly/godisbeauty Before we jump in, just a note from our sponsors:Every adult is wrestling with the best way to raise faithful kids in a world that is increasingly less faithful, while making sure our kids stay cool and connected. Catholic.Store recently released the Lion and Lamb book club kids, delivering 3-5 highly curated, beautiful books for children based on their age to their doorstep every quarter. The box contains a range of new catholic releases, hidden classics and undiscovered gems, as well as discussion questions to help parents have rich and formative conversations with their kids at bedtime. You can check Lion & Lamb book club out at www.lionandlamb.club.
We're live with Fr. Taylor Sanford, Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception, Denham Springs talks about his vocations story, Matt Meeks, CEO of Catholic Ventures talks about the first ever Catholic subscription box for kids and Elaine Matherne, co-organizer for Entering Canaan and Deacon Randall Waguespack, Director of the Office of Life, Peace and Justice for the Diocese of Baton Rouge talks about Entering Canaan.
Matt is Founder & CEO of Catholic Ventures an incubator and accelerator at the service of the Church. He was the first-ever Chief Digital Officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer for the Augustine Institute. He began his career in the secular studio and advertising industry. He lives with his wife and two children in Denver, CO. Stuff we mentioned on the show: • The Quiet Man w/ John Wayne • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man • Dead Poets Society • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society • Warrior Movie • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_(2011_film) • Here Comes the Boom • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Boom • Kevin James' YouTube Channel • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9k23HZ1xMiqxf4gFfmxr5w Follow Matt: www.Catholic.Ventures www.Catholic.Store The SENT Network: https://sentventures.com
Fr Pat Driscoll explained how comfort breeds complacency. Dawn Beutner provided our Saints of the month for October. Matt Meeks talked about Catholic Venture's children's book subscription, called Lion and Lamb.
Matt Meeks joins Dave for the 2nd half play by play Liberty shocks the world with a 36-19 win over city high --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We welcome Matt Meeks from Catholic Creatives for a super exciting announcement about the future of the Created Things podcast! for more about the podcast and how you can help support it, visit Catholic Creatives: https://catholiccreatives.com/
Matt is Founder & CEO of Catholic Ventures an incubator and accelerator at the service of the Church. He was the first-ever Chief Digital Officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer for the Augustine Institute. He began his career in the secular studio and advertising industry. He lives with his wife and two children in Denver, CO. Stuff we mentioned on the show: The Quiet Man w/ John Wayne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man Dead Poets Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society Warrior Movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_(2011_film) Here Comes the Boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Boom Kevin James' YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9k23HZ1xMiqxf4gFfmxr5w Follow Matt: www.Catholic.Ventures www.Catholic.Store
Welcome back creatives!As you may know, there have been some big changes happening in the community recently. Anthony D'Ambrosio is stepping down from leadership to be a member of the Catholic Creatives community and Matt Meeks from Catholic Ventures has come in to help shepherd this community into the next phase of our mission to bring beauty back to the Church. Transitions can be hard, bumpy and confusing but they always bring new life.For Catholic Creatives… We are already dreaming of a new and rebooted summit,We are dreaming of a new and improved podcast,We are dreaming of a new way for people to belong in the communityWe are dreaming of more crowdsourced projectsWe are dreaming of a way to get our creations out there to the rest of the world.And, we finally have long needed support to make a lot of these dreams a reality. We see God moving to make all these dreams happen and more through this new partnership.And we are excited to bring you a new episode of the Catholic Creatives podcast today. In this episode we hear from both Anthony D'Ambrosio and Matt Meeks of Catholic Ventures as they discuss their history together, challenges building the CC community, and the future with Matt in this new role. This was a great interview with a few tears shed, and we see God's heart leading these men and the Church as a whole.A program note, the audio is a little rough at times, as this was a zoom call recording. We'll make sure to get all the bugs ironed out for our next episode.What are you most excited about on this next phase of the journey?Let us know @catholiccreatives and for anyone who has specific questions, concerns or wants to connect on the next phase of the community, Matt asked us to include his email for you all to reach out to him directly: matt@catholic.venturesTo learn more about Catholic Ventures, checkout the media release here.
We’re live with Sr. Marjorie Hebert, M.S.C.,President and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, updates us on Catholic Charities during COVID-19, Matt Meeks with The Augustine Institute and FORMED to Launch “Faith at Home”, Offering Daily Masses, Prayers and Devotions, Movies, Books, Podcasts, and More - to All Catholics Around the Country for Free for 40 Days and Michael McDowell, pianist and artist at MBS, on how COVID-19 is affecting church choirs and musicians
This week we’re doing something a little different. With the 2018 Catholic Creatives Summit only one month away we decided to bring back the keynote talk from last year’s summit. We really want everyone to hear this talk because the New Renaissance is what we’re about. The Catholic Creatives’ Why is: "Setting creatives free so that they can unleash a new renaissance." This is why Catholic Creatives exists. And this is why this talk is so important for everyone to listen to. What is a renaissance? What are examples of past renaissances? What does a new renaissance look like? What is it going to take for that to happen? Matt’s talk at the summit last year was a prophetic answer to these questions.
In this debut episode, hosts Mickey Parks and Matt Meeks lay the groundwork for discussing food and drink in Nashville.
Here’s a little teaser of the first episode of our brand new bar and restaurant podcast, This Is The Place. Hosts Mickey Parks and Matt Meeks introduce the idea of the show and just when you start to get a little background on them – teaser over. First full episode debuts July 17th, 2018.
This week, we speak with Matt Meeks, the Chief Digital and Marketing Officer for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. In this podcast, Matt shares his personal journey of discovering his vocation and his passion for digital marketing and creating unity in the Church. He tells us how he went from being a crazy college kid who held a professor’s planter canaries ransom to being a leader in the New Renaissance of Catholic digital evangelization and working with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He talks about the importance of being a unified church in pursuing our mission to evangelize and also gives advice to those at the beginning of their careers on how to seize opportunities and make decisions.
In this interview, Marcellino talks to Patrick Langrell (Adjunct lecturer in Philosophy & Senior Digital Media Analyst for the Arch Diocese of LA). They talk about the importance of Analytic thinking and of digital marketing for reaching more people with better messages. They get into the ways that Patrick has used this to grow a pro life clinic and target abortion minded women. They also talk about their personal difficulties with technology and their desire to bypass it in search of authentic personal communication. Patrick is a Renaissance man with an international reputation for successful engagement in communications, events, and digital & social media. He also is a sought after public speaker, a researcher and consultant in policy and ethics. He contributes to high-level diocesan and public policy…. and to the development of the Catholic intellectual tradition and evangelisation initiatives. His work with Matt Meeks and the others from the Archdiocese of LA is really exciting, and we are looking forward to hearing about that at the Summit, where he will be giving a workshop specifically about digital marketing. But he is not the only one who we will be present from the Archdiocese of LA. The Diocese of LA has become one of our major sponsors- coming on as a Patron of the Arts. They will be sponsoring the first session of the summit, "The New Renaissance." As you probably already know, LA has a reputation for being one of the epicenters of innovation for communications in the church. They have (by normal diocesan standards) a huge team with what I believe is around over 15 employees totally dedicated to helping churches and Diocesan branches market themselves better. We are excited to partner with them to make the new Renaissance happen. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plangrell Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-langrell-51539225/
Today I talk to Matt Meeks. Husband and father of 3, he and his wife Niki didn't let the fact that they had young children derail them from yanking the ripcord and embarking on a journey that took them from the rush hour traffic quagmire of Houston to the mountains of Costa Rica. Matt was caught in the rat race of working long hours, never having enough time to spend with the family and had reached the top of his career. What was next? Keep on the same path or making a life altering change to change their destiny? We cover... What their lives were like in Houston. Their move to the mountains of Costa Rica. The difference in culture that is centered around family and kids. How the kids have acclimated to the Latin american culture and speaking Spanish. Founding a beef jerky company that is now sold through 150 retailers and on the doorstep of going global. Advice that he has for anyone considering any type of change in their lives like they have executed. Matt and his family, now living La Pura Vida (The Pure Life) in central America, prove that you are never really trapped in a life that you can't ripcord out of. Sell everything and get on that plane! Show Notes Website: carnerico.com Facebook.com/CarneRicoJerky Sponsor Check out clickplacement.com to ignite your pay-per-click and social marketing strategies. Go Hunt Life on iTunes
In this episode Matt Meeks discusses m6media, a website development company, social media developer and local search marketing. He works with small businesses to get your company's website up to date to assist you in reaching a new target audience.