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The Best Decision Making Process for Churches
Everyone jokes that churches take a long time to make a decision. One pastor even called it ‘Glacial.’ But, the real reason that churches often take so much time is because they use a ‘consensus...
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Study: Why do people give to their churches?
A recent study entitled, “Making Money Sacred: How Two Church Cultures Translate Mundane Money into Distinct Sacralized Frames of Giving, shares two stories about how the act of giving was transformed...
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Is Our Ground Water Safe from Fracking?
Cecily Anderson Last year when I attended a retreat with National Council of Churches, several of the leaders stayed up one evening to discuss the issues of ‘Fracking.” The term “Fracking” is shorthand...
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Trees Add Value to Properties & Operations
Did you know a tree can add 10% of value to a property? Or, that trees can help to lower heating and cooling costs to a facility? Ben.Millet The answer to both of these questions is “yes, both are...
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Coaching Will Improve Your Performance
jeffweese It is funny how most of us grow up being coached in sports (soccer, tennis, football, basketball, etc.), but never think about how personal coaches can improve our work performance. For the...
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How to balance Financial and Human Resources
Balancing Resources Every organization has two types of resources- Financial and Human Capital. Now most of us could define that financial capital refers to money and other tangible assets (buildings,...
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Reporting Impact & Sharing Mission
Yesterday, I talked about how technology can bridge the accountability gap that separates donors from beneficiaries, and in the post I shared that I would write 3 blogs showing how such examples can be...
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How Millennial are You (Is your Church)?
Pew Research Quiz Logo There is a lot of conversation in the business world about how to connect with Generation Y, aka the ‘Millennial Generation,’ as they grow and transition from youth into...
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Building the Base- Fundraising by Volume
laubarnes If you follow trends in fundraising (most people don’t), then you may remember that America saw a shift in how organizations approach small donors during the 2008 election campaign. Prior to...
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Improve Your Church’s HVAC w/ Wifi
The Nest When most of us think about a HV/AC system, we usually picture an older furnace- rarely would we picture a sleek thermostat that connects to a wifI system. However, this seems to be the future...
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