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Two Musts for Ministry: Technology and Proficiency (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

You cannot be effective in ministry today unless you are PROFICIENT in technology/social media.

Not an expert, nor a casual observer, but intentional, strategic, and humble to learn, try, and discard technological tools.

I love what Matt Stauffer, a staff member from Intervarsity, is doing over at Staffhacker. So much so that I’m going to be guest posting there regularly on the topics of technology and productivity.

When I read Brian’s post, I thought of YOU! No matter what your level of technological skill (or your opinion of technology), I can almost guarantee that you will need to be learning and growing in your use of technology. A very effective way to do that is to SUBSCRIBE to receive weekly emails with e4e posts. Every week, you’ll receive two ideas about ministry and technology in your inbox. Continue reading Two Musts for Ministry: Technology and Proficiency (Guest Post)

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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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Appeal Tracking with TntMPD (Guest Post)

Sus Schmitt

Do you send special asks to your ministry partners? Perhaps an end of year ask or a ask related to a specific need? If so, then TntMPD’s “Appeal Tracking” feature may be helpful to you. Appeal Tracking is a “secret feature” in TntMPD that turns out to be very helpful for staff members. It’s not a secret in that it is hidden, but it’s a secret because it is one of the most overlooked features. You can use TntMPD for years and never use Appeal Tracking, but using Appeal Tracking provides several benefits, including… 1. You can record everyone to … Continue reading Appeal Tracking with TntMPD (Guest Post)