I’m in the process of relaunching the Nonprofit Coffee Break and really want to be able to hold interviews and conversations with people. The technical question arose about how to go about doing this. For the audio portion of the podcast having separate tracks of the guest and myself would be nice, but not a…
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I’m in the middle of migrating the Check-In application for Fresh Vine from Adobe Air into HTML5 wrapped in QT. One of the things that I love about Fresh Vine is how graphical it is, and that so many people add in their profile photos to their accounts. One of the challenges in making the…
Read MoreHelp me Tell Others About the Church Software Guide
There have been pastors I’ve spoken with who have felt a bit lost when considering software for their church. With so many options out there that it’s overwhelming. It is with that in mind that we created the Church Software Guide: Everything you Need to Know. The goal is not to dig in deep, but…
Read MoreMission Critical Data after Tragedy
In light of the recent attack on an elementary school out east it struck me just how disruptive those events are for a community. It got me thinking of the staff of the school trying to communicate with the families and share important dates, times, and information with the broader community. One of the hardest…
Read MoreThe Pope, Twitter, and Driving Culture
My 300 words for why you need to engage on twitter + even the pope is doing it. An interesting shift took place in the western church this past century. It is the same shift that pushed churches to the sidelines of culture and conversation in the west. We, as the leaders of the church, began to…
Read MoreWe must Compel
Much of what we attempt to do as ministers can be boiled down into the word ‘Compel’. To compel people to love, serve, embrace, and to act. Often ministry initiatives struggle to gain momentum because we fail to compel people to move. Bringing tech to church is no different. Without a unity, clarity, and driving passion for our…
Read MoreExcellent List App to Get Things Done
One of the biggest challenges in ministry is keeping track of everything that is on our plates as ministers. Very few of us are fortunate enough to be able to focus exclusively on preaching, or pastoral care. Most of us have to wear dozens of different hats a week. To-Do applications are the perfect solution…
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