Planning forms, ready-to-print PDFs & editable MS Publisher Files

This set of  forms is an invaluable help in planning and tracking your church communications. These are the forms that are  shown in the videos and books on Planning. The Forms are FREE for ECC MEMBERS (click link at the bottom of this article) or for sale for anyone in an immediately downloadable ZIP format [...]

Planning Overview: articles, videos, templates for Effective Church Communication Planning, Measuring, Evaluating

In many churches communications are done because “we’ve always done it that way” or as a response to a pressing need for PR to advertise a church event or recruit helpers for a ministry. Though something gets done and it sometimes gets a response, this approach is not the best way to make your church [...]

WEBINAR/VIDEO: How to create and use church communication surveys, how to decide what really works

Because we all tend to communicate in ways that are most comfortable to us and because, as church leaders, we make decisions for people, in this time of changing communications, we may be totally missing out on what the types of communications our audience needs for them to hear the gospel message or our challenges [...]

FREE FOR ECC MEMBERS e-book: Planning Book special edition: Big is busted, try tiny

This Special Edition of our book on Planning is part of our overall materials on planning. So often we tend to think that we have to do big, extravagant things to impress people and to get them to come to our church. Sometimes big and impressive does work, but quite often it is the little [...]

How to create online polls with Poll Daddy, Webinar On-Demand

Online Polls are a useful and fun addition to any website. This video shows you how to create them quickly and easily using the free Poll Daddy software. Poll Daddy Software is free and it allows you to create a variety of polls and surveys.

VIDEO: How to plan, measure, and evaluate church communications effectiveness

Ed. note: January 2012: This video will be free through Tuesday, Jan.24 , 2012 and then it will only be available for Effective Church Communication Members. For membership information and sign up, CLICK HERE. When you have advertised a church need, such as when you want volunteers to help with a ministry in the church, [...]

The disappointing results when you jump into church communications production without planning and how to change them to positive ones

We have extraordinary tools available to create church communications and to wow people with our multi-media technology creations. Churches of every size can create can challenge members with video, media-rich websites and colorful print graphics. Dedicated church communication teams work hard to turn church leadership vision into reality. So what happens when we create these [...]

VIDEO: Church Communication FORMS: to help you plan, measure, and evaluate communication effectiveness

Ed. note: January 2012: This video will be free through Tuesday, Jan.24 , 2012 and then it will only be available for Effective Church Communication Members.For more information on ECC Membership, CLICK HERE. This video goes over a set of forms that will help you be more effective in your church communication ministry. It shows [...]

Reporter Form: a great tool that enables church communicators to get the information they need to create communications

As a church communication creator, the value of the information that you put out in print, on the web, in your bulletins, newsletters, and other communications is only as good as of completeness of the communication information you are given. To help you get the complete information, a form like this can be a life-saver. Often [...]

PDFs: Forms for church communicators for planning and evaluation

We will never be as effective as we can and should be in our church communications without careful planning and evaluation.  This collection of PDFs go along with the instructions on planning found in the Free for Members, e-book on Planning, click here to go to that book and download it. You may make as [...]

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