Planning, Measuring, Evaluating Church Communications, links to articles, tips, training videos
Nothing is worse than working incredibly hard on something and to later find out your efforts accomplished little. All of you who work in church communications, work very hard at what you do and you want to make certain your hard work results in eternal life changes. To help you do that, the following resources [...]
Church Communication and Technology Survey
This is the survey referred to in the article: Don’t only master church communication technology—measure results A ZIP file containing a ready-to-print PDF, a PNG image, and an editable MS Publisher files is available for Effective Church Communication Members at the link below. For information on how to become an ECC MEMBER, CLICK HERE. CLICK [...]
Church Communication Trends for 2012 and what’s essential for your church
At this time of year we are flooded with all kinds of trend analysis articles, what’s hot, what’s not, what is the latest in social media and gadgets, what’s is essential if we want to appear relevant and cutting edge. After reading a number of these articles and blogs and debating about what to pass [...]
Being a Better Office Manager, part one
“The right person in the right role, given the right tools and the right encouragement, is a key to good management.” —Ted W. Engstrom Of the many responsibilities encountered in your professional life, none is more challenging than developing management skills—those skills enabling you to effectively supervise others. During your first days in the church [...]
Manage your church communication team well
This article is for church leaders and those who oversee church communicators. You are responsible for the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the people who create your communications. Their job is vital to the growth and success of the church, but often they do their job under very difficult circumstances. Please consider the following [...]
Why you shouldn’t plan too far ahead in church communications
At the start of the year, it’s natural to want to do some planning, but planning can be both a positive and a negative thing. It’s always challenging as I was reminded when several churches have asked how to create a communication plan for the next five to seven years. Each of them has mentioned [...]
TEMPLATES: editable church communication planning and evaluation forms, plus PDFs
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 [...]
Book: Church Communications Planning, Measuring, Evaluating done a new way—big is busted, try tiny!
Churches have been entrusted with the Words of Eternal Life and we all want to make certain we do the best job possible with our work. This book will help you do that. The church has had extravagant, expensive ways to advertise its message in the recent past, but in spite of those tools, the [...]
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 [...]
