Posted Monday, February 06, 2012 by Emmalee Schaumburg in Finance   Guest Bloggers  

GUEST BLOGGER: RUSTY LEWIS, Stewardship Strategist with Generis
About Rusty: Rusty Lewis joined the Generis team in 2001, following a fourteen-year career raising money for schools and non-profit youth groups. With experience in education and as vice-president of a $22 million corporation, Rusty’s breadth of experience fuels his calling to serve churches and faith-based....
READ MORE >>Posted Monday, January 30, 2012 by Emmalee Schaumburg in Resources  

There are 800 million users on Facebook today. It’s no secret that we check facebook every day, maybe even 4-5 times a day. That’s a lot. Are you using facebook as a tool to reach people and spread the word about your church or business? If not, you’re missing out.
The Design of Your Ad
Your ad needs to be eye-catching, and most importantly it needs a call to action. If you....
Posted Monday, January 23, 2012 by Emmalee Schaumburg in Guest Bloggers   Resources  

GUEST BLOGGER: BOB FRANQUIZ, Senior Pastor of Calvary Fellowship and Founder of Outreach Ninja. www.OutreachNinja.com
Facebook: The Digital Campfire
Imagine if every person who is most likely to attend your church hung out at the same place.
Would you go there?
Would you put an invite on every car in the parking lot?
Would you find a way to get into that place and....
Posted Monday, January 16, 2012 by David Evans in Design Trends  

Excitement of Space
Serving a generation that has grown up with audio and visual communication as a primary voice, the church has learned to speak the language that connects its message with the people. This trend continues to strengthen as technology advances, and society expects more of this electronic language. The emerging church is now positioned to provide cutting edge worship....
READ MORE >>Posted Monday, January 09, 2012 by David Evans in Design Trends  

The sense of arrival. Psychologically, it symbolizes the completion of a journey. Excitement is present when a destination is achieved and the experience or what lies ahead is in store.
Upon arrival to a church facility, people process through a series of motions as the experience of arrival is achieved. Site parking and amenities establish a precursor to the architectural....
READ MORE >>Posted Monday, January 02, 2012 by Emmalee Schaumburg in Guest Bloggers   Resources  

GUEST BLOGGER: CATHY HUTCHISON, Acoustic Dimensions
Many worship facilities stream their services live—and it doesn’t take a huge production studio to pull it off.
At its most basic, internet streaming is about taking an audio feed and a video feed, using an encoder to convert them to a format streamable over the internet, then getting that feed....
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