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Bing.com for Your Travel Needs

Sus Schmitt

Are you looking for good flights for summer travel right now?  I can highly recommend bing.com next time you need to find flights and lodging and plan for things to do. After you go to bing.com, click on “Travel” in the menu across the top.  You could then click on “Flights” or on “Hotels” to quickly find flights, lodging and rates.  (Here’s their link to “Destinations” where you can start your planning from a specific city.) Rate indicators for both lodging and flights will help you know when is the most economical time to schedule your trip and which hotel … Continue reading Bing.com for Your Travel Needs

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Plan Ahead to Publish Regular Prayer Letters

Sus Schmitt

Do you have a plan for publishing your newsletters? Here’s my plan and what we actually did last year.

We plan for a prayer letter every six weeks, totaling eight letters. We also send two fund appeals per year. In-between the prayer letters we send eNewsletters with some family and ministry news for the financial and prayer partners that have given us eMail addresses. This group of people hear from us every three weeks. (I also print and mail some of our eNewsletters throughout the year for top donors who don’t have eMail addresses.) We also have a handful of people who receive our letters quarterly. They’ve either told us not to spend money on writing to them or we’ve put them in this group for some other reason.

Follow these steps… Continue reading Plan Ahead to Publish Regular Prayer Letters

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Your New Year’s Resolutions

Sus Schmitt

Do you make resolutions every January 1st? No matter what you think of resolutions, we know it takes repeated effort to form a new habit. Here’s some ideas and links for you to try for the new year.

Read the Bible through.

Do reimbursements online.

If you’ve been planning to sign up to help with EveryStudent.com, Jesus for Women, or Global Media Outreach. Why not start today?

Try my ideas to start regular correspondence with your ministry partners.
• Download and start using TntMPD
• Gather eMail addresses, birth and anniversary dates.
• Make a permanent plan for when prayer letters go out and mark it on your calendar. I’ll give you my dates in the next post.
• Write thank you notes as promptly as possible.
• Try my system to start sending birthday and anniversary cards
• Follow the links for LOTS more ideas. Continue reading Your New Year’s Resolutions

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How to Make a Stationery Sheet with Official Fonts and Colors

Sus Schmitt

I use this stationery when I want to add a personal note in a prayer letter or in a greeting card. (See related posts below). Follow this step-by-step guide to make one of your own.
Set up the Stationery
Sign in to the Staff Web and go to this page about branding. (If you right click the links on this page, you can open each new link in a separate tab on your browser to make it easier to work through the steps.)
The Fonts
Click the link about downloading fonts which will explain the two free fonts available to staff and also gives thorough instructions on installing the font files for PCs, Macs, Windows XP, and more.
The Colors
Click the link with the official Campus Crusade color palette. You’ll notice more color choices, such as silver and gold. Continue reading How to Make a Stationery Sheet with Official Fonts and Colors