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The Passionate Volunteer & the Communicator: Seeing Eye to Eye
In my last post I touched on how I ditched a well-thought-out communication request form for more personal interactions with our ministry leaders. I think this idea of relationship...
19:49Ideas for Saying Thank You to Donors and Volunteers
Ideas for Saying Thank You to Donors and Volunteers with Jenn Eickman
Ideas for Saying Thank You to Donors and Volunteers
My eyes have been opened over the last two years about showing appreciation. Not that I wasn’t appreciative before, but now that I’m in development, appreciation has become a large part...
Establishing Planning Rhythms in Your Church Office
Ben Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Although I’m one who loves a well thought out plan, I have a lot of growing to do when it comes to having a...
15:23Staying Connected with Your Church's College Students
As our summer intern, Audrey, leaves CTS to go back to school, she has a few tips for churches on how to stay connected with college students who are away
21:26Segmenting Internal Audiences (or How to Get Emails Read)
Rarely is the same effort expended on communicating with internal audiences as with external ones. This leads to mounting frustrations and stress, but you can mitigate these feelings by simply segment
11:56My Handy-Dandy Communication Form (and Why it Didn’t Work)
A form for requesting communications will effectively substitute face-to-face conversations, save time for everyone, and increase the quality of the communications. Right? Wrong!
My Handy-Dandy Communication Form (and Why it Didn’t Work)
On my job description, it says, “Develop templates for media, agendas, and the like to assist busy ministry teams and lay volunteers in creating better message-driven content in a more...
A Basic Lesson in How to Write for the Screen
Creating a church webpage should be easy, shouldn’t it? Whether we’re talking about a home page, an about page, or a simple blog post—type it up and hit “publish,” right? But if you...
Why Connection Beats Technology in Ministry
Have you sat in a restaurant or in a line at the DMV and just observed? Like really watched people? Are people connecting with those around them? Or are they immersed in the five-inch...
21:58Communicating with Your Staff at a Multi-Site Church
Communication at multi-site churches can be extra difficult because you need to learn to communicate well with people you work with, and those coworkers are at a different location. It takes careful a
Communicating with Your Staff at a Multi-Site Church
For any organization, big or small, one of the biggest hurdles to overcome is the employees learning to communicate with one another. Most problems that occur within a church staff...
Do We Become Less Human as We Interact with Androids?
On May 25, 2018, Quantic Dream released their much anticipated seventh game, Detroit: Become Human. (Warning: Link launches trailer, which contains swearing.) After spending a week or...
31:36Storytelling to Share the Gospel & Engage Your Church’s Community
In the Church, we don’t tell stories to entertain. We tell stories to share the Gospel. Here’s what Katy Munson says about how to use storytelling to tell people what’s going on with your congregation
Storytelling to Share the Gospel & Engage Your Church’s Community
Stories are some of the most powerful tools in a church communicator’s belt. They have the power to engage us in something beyond ourselves and pass life-giving faith from one...
24:27Protecting Your Family Online
Because of their leadership with various communication channels, church communicators are sometimes asked by parents how to keep kids safe online. We hope this post is helpful to you as you serve the
Protecting Your Family Online
Because of their leadership with various communication channels, church communicators are sometimes asked by parents how to keep kids safe online. This article was originally posted on...
Should Your Church Use the Messaging App GroupMe?
I often wonder if one of the biggest challenges facing Church Communicators is deciphering the who, what, where, why, and how of church news and events. Our efforts are often divided...
Building Meaningful Connections in a World of Tech and Isolation