 OutTouch The Digital Outreach Connection
When new visitors come to your church they might not feel comfortable asking questions, but more than likely their visit will leave them with many "who, what, where, how, when" questions. In fact, many times members who have been attending for months and even years, sometimes feel out of touch because they don't know their way around the building, or understand all of the ministries and events available to them. Recently while attending the Na-tional Association of Church Business Administrators (NACBA), my eyes were immediately drawn to a professionally looking tool that should be included in the lobby (narthex, reception area, information booth) of any growing church!
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Special Events, Part 2
ACS Technologies
The previous ACS Technologies article on special events discussed strategic planning prior to holding your event. This article, excerpted from the ACS special events, including how to:
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Welcome to another exciting issue of Christian Computing Magazine (CCMag). We have some exciting new articles, reviews and writers this month!
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Editorial - Steve Hewitt
Over the years I have watched many changes in the way we "compute". While I don't think I am over the hill yet, CCMag is in its 20th year of publishing, and I was using computers before I started the magazine. I have seen the introduction of the hard drive, the CD-Rom, and I remember when IBM compatible users balked at the introduction of a mouse.
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CCMag NewsBrief
Each month the CCMag NewsBrief provides reports on the news that Steve Hewitt uses for his weekly radio segment on PrimeTime America (Moody Broadcasting)
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Reasonable Network Security
By Nick Nicholaou
Church and ministry networks have unique security needs. Many mistakenly approach network secu-rity in our niche like they would a club or hobby, and thus don't go far enough to protect our data and our team. Others mistakenly go so far they impede the team and increase their support call volume unnecessarily. We have worked or consulted on hundreds of networks in churches and ministries, and we have developed an approach that protects and empowers while minimizing support needs. I'll share it with you so you can enjoy the same results.
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Special Feature: Mobile Computing Breakthroughs
By Steve Hewitt
Much is happening in the area of mobile computing. In just a few short weeks, Apple has sold over 3 million iPhone 3G units. This week T-market a phone with Google's Android. What do these two phones have in com-ability to search the Internet via your smart phone is nice, but adding the ability fantastic, some of them a bit scary. What is important to note is that Yahoo has realized the value of what Google pioneered, and has just announced they are add-ability to report their location. Why would a user of Yahoo want to opt to report -cation" is presently doing on smart phones.
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Firefox Tips
By Dr. J.D. "Doc" Watson
This month we'll take one more look at Firefox (FF) by adding a few tips that I guarantee will make for easier homepages, reopening closed tabs, really fast search tips, and all the keyboard shortcuts you'll ever need to know (and then some).
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Why We Switched...
By Steve Hewitt
As we start this new column in CCMag, I am excited to see where it will why they switched from one Church Management Software (CMS) to another. Why did they switch? How did they make the decision? What were the even though we might be interviewing a small church or a mega-church. In addi-tion, while we will tell you what product the church switched too, we are going to market, has a value and customers that love them. However, there is no one prod-uct that is right for everyone. Hopefully through this series, we will discover how a church comes to recognize the need for a change, and how they accomplish the switch.
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Using Tablets & Faith
By Kevin A. Purcell
The TabletPC and the PDA have changed the way that many people use computers and technology to get their work done, whether that work is as a doctor, a pastor, a teacher or a student. Along with some computer or PDA is not only possible but enjoyable and functional.
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Beyond Google: Alternative Search Engines
By C. Brian Smith
Many Web searchers never stray beyond the Big Three: Google (http://www.google.com), Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com), and Live Search (http://www.live.com). Several companies track search engine usage patterns, including Nielsen Net Rat-ings (http://www.nielsen-netratings.com) and Hitwise (http://www.hitwise.com). Hitwise actually reported that - - as of June 2008 - - Google has amassed 70% of the search market pie. Yahoo! follows with 20%. Then LiveSearch weighs in with six percent, and Ask.com (http://www.ask.com) captures four percent.
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Are Your Church Communications Accomplishing What You Want Them To?
By Yvon Prehn
We have extraordinary tools available to create church communications and to wow people with our multi-media technology creations. Churches of every size can create and challenge members with video, media-rich websites and colorful print graphics. Dedicated church communication teams work hard to turn church lead-ership vision into reality. So what happens when we create these great communication pieces, but few people show up
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