Author: Sus Schmitt

Sus Schmitt has been on the staff of Cru since 1975 serving in the area of technology. She writes several blogs and is currently assisting Cru staff to use technology for ministry.
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Tech-learning Opportunities at CSU2013

Sus Schmitt

Mike and I were smiling after our near-panicky elevator ride on the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour (taken July 2011 in Cripple Creek, Colorado). If you’re claustrophobic, don’t take the tour. It was a cram-as-many-students-in-a-phonebooth-50s-style experience. Add total darkness and a descent of 100 stories and you get the picture.

Are you enjoying a little downtime before or after CSU2013? What are you recommending? We’re heading out Thursday for Colorado with a stop in Leadville before Staff Training. Continue reading Tech-learning Opportunities at CSU2013

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Why You Should Send eMail News

Sus Schmitt

at sign for e-mailOf course you know that the more our donors hear from us (and in a variety of ways), the more connected they are with us and with our ministry. Your financial partners are either giving because they love you and/or because they click with your calling. Make sure your paper prayer letters and your eNewsletters speak to both types of partners.

Take A.I.M.

Long ago, someone offered a framework for what to communicate with our financial partners. I try to have a balance in these every year in all our communication:

  1. Appreciation
  2. Information
  3. Ministry (minister to them, get them involved in ministry, …)

I’d include “getting-to-know each other” in addition to A.I.M. Continue reading “Why You Should Send eMail News”