Comments on: Web apps for ministry – what do you use?

By: Steven Kryger

Steven Kryger — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:58:23 +0000

Hi Steve, thanks for getting in touch and great to hear you found the seminar helpful. I’m on holidays this week but will be posting all the details when I return next week.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:34:05 +0000

Hi Steve,

I attended your session at Create (tall guy pink shirt). It was worth the whole $100 entry price alone (and am still benefiting from the great stuff posted at your site. eg Christmas DVD’s)

I understood (and may have been mistaken) that you were going to post the presentation here… i.e. the full list of apps for each category. For that reason I didn’t copy them down… Would you be able to email me a copy of that powerpoint so I can go over all the different apps?

By: dan harding

dan harding — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:59 +0000

thanks. @danharding

By: Steven Kryger

Steven Kryger — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:19:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing everyone – some great suggestions coming in, along with more than a few that I haven’t heard of that I’m enjoying checking out.

Keep them coming!

By: Tony Waghorn (OMF)

Tony Waghorn (OMF) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:28 +0000

* Website analytics - Google Analytics * Password management - Passpack (life-saver) * Email newsletters - Constant Contact or Dotmailer * Asset management - ResourceSpace (open source) * Video sharing (temporary) - Vimeo * Presentations - Prezi * CMS - eZ Publish and Squarespace

By: Mikey Lynch

Mikey Lynch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:28:41 +0000

Regular, ongoing users use a subversion client for edit documents, I find that the slightly complicated procedure reinforces that editing documents is a serious business.

Lower level users use Autoversioning feature that updates as they edit.

By: David Pinn

David Pinn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:13:30 +0000

PayPal, LinkedIn, Wild Apricot (membership, event management), Box.net, Dipity.com

By: &rew

&rew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:57:25 +0000

One year for a bible study I used a google calendar and a blogger blog. I didn’t really have that many people on the uptake of it…

Next year I think Facebook will be one of, if not the main communication tool I will use (going to do a uni age bible study) as from talking with some other leaders, Facebook is the main way they communicate to their people throughout the week… They call Facebook emails femails… Its good in conversation when a male leader is talking to a younger male at church: “Did you see the femail i sent you?”

Mikey: Wow subversion, that is a cool idea. Do you automatically run a script to update back to the root (or stump or tree or branch) or do your users do that themselves?

By: Mikey Lynch

Mikey Lynch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:47:25 +0000

On a more advanced level, we use Subversion (along with Tortoise or SVNX) to manage our church documents and enable collaboration. I'm kinda averse to using third party apps (google cal, google docs) where I can avoid it. Don't know why exactly, just kinda seems messy, when you can create your own native system with a little more work and thought.

By: Hayley

Hayley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:37:51 +0000

You have taught me everything I know

Except:

Journler
I haven’t used it much this year but I find it an easy place to keep illustrations for talks; personal stories; recorded voice (i used for recording myself sayiing greek paradigms); bible passage teaching ideas / bible study openers.

Caffeine
Keeps your computer awake – easy to use for when giving ppt presentations etc. don’t have to change settings.

RescueTime
(similar to Focus Booster – I prefer FB)