The question I hear from campus staff often than any other is “How do I manage my contacts?” There’s a term for this in the business world: Constituent Relationship Management tools. Â A few months ago I asked around about the options available to campus ministers, and after some great feedback decided to develop Karani. However,… Read more
The question I hear from campus staff often than any other is “How do I manage my contacts?” There’s a term for this in the business world: Constituent Relationship Management tools. Â A few months ago I asked around about the options available to campus ministers, and after some great feedback decided to develop Karani. However,… Read more
Usually when we need to accept payments, it’s for donations to our personal fundraising budget–and usually those are managed by our organization. But what about when we need to accept payments that aren’t handled by our organization? What about conference registrations, book table sales, shirt sales, organization donations, raising funds for a charity, and more?… Read more
I’m not going to waste your time writing fluff pieces that you don’t need to read. I’m out of creative, clever ideas–the sort that drove me to start Staffhacker. I think there is still plenty of write about–even plenty that I can write about–but it’s now been quite a few months since I’ve actually been… Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything related to getting things done and task management systems. Some of you might be overwhelmed by the particulars, needing still to get your mind wrapped on how to approach creating a task list and a workflow for creating (and, importantly, completing) tasks. Michael Hyatt, whose site we’ve… Read more
Brian Barela has a great post up called 3 Words to Consider When Fundraising Online. Have you tried to move some of your fundraising online? Or have you seen it done well or poorly? Share your experiences and resources in the comments.
We have an ongoing series called “Keep it Simple” where we introduce you to some of the basics we think you should know in order to do ministry effectively. These maybe be a little elementary for some of you, but not all of you. It seems Michael Hyatt, the former CEO of Thomas Nelson, has… Read more
Finally, the project that has consumed my free time can be revealed: Karani, a cloud-based CRM (constituent relationship management) tool for fundraisers. It’s a web app, and it will look great on your computer, phone, or tablet. The word Karani is Swahili, and it means “bookkeeper”, “clerk”, or “steward.” Karani is a tool primed to… Read more
OK, it’s not quite ready to launch today, but the project I’ve been promising will be ready for alpha testing signup by this Thursday. If you’ve never heard of alpha testing, it’s just like beta testing but the product is in an even earlier state. Think Google Wave (flaky but the basics are there), not… Read more
I (Matt) am in the middle of developing a very big project that will hopefully be of great use to campus ministers the world ’round. Unfortunately, all of my free time thinking has gone into working on this project–including the time I’d normally spend writing articles or working with the other Staffhacker authors to develop… Read more
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