Why Giving Kiosks are the Way to go in 2016
Want to give your church members a means to give anytime, anywhere? What has now become a common trend at churches across the country is offering a Giving Kiosk payment option via a tablet. While many of us use our personal iPad tablets for leisure, such as surfing the web, playing games or catching up on our favorite shows, the iPad tablet has also helped revolutionize the way churches can accept donations. Tablets are light,...
How Can Offering Recurring Giving Benefit Your Church?
As more and more churches continue to adapt to the idea of offering online and mobile giving, many churches are discovering that the use of technology to provide alternative giving methods correlates with increased giving. The notion of giving made easy, and allowing individuals to give more conveniently, has proven to increase overall giving. Thousands of churches across the country have now bought into the idea of recurring giving,...
Maximize Your Year-End Online Giving Plan
Most churches rely on their year-end giving to help compensate for any budget shortcomings throughout the year. In fact, over 15% of giving comes during the month of December, while nearly 4% of all giving takes place on New Year’s Eve. Individuals show increased financial generosity and gratitude in the final weeks of the year, and a quality end-of-year giving plan can maximize these giving efforts. As online giving continues to...
Be a Student of Church Tech
Technology is an exciting world these days. It provides some of the best job opportunities and is home to many of our greatest advancements as a society. It is an ever changing and fast paced environment. Everything about technology changes at a rapid pace from the hardware itself to the software that runs it and even down to the languages used to create that software. As a leader in church tech, you must first become a student and...
#GivingTuesday: December 1st, 2015. What is it and how do you get involved?
December 1, 2015 marks the fourth annual global-giving phenomenon known as #GivingTuesday, a world-wide day of giving powered by social media and other forms of international collaboration. While the US recognizes major shopping days such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a cultural center located in New York City decided to introduce #GivingTuesday in 2012 to observe a day of giving. This New York based organization, 92nd Street Y,...
Can Small Churches Rock Tech?
Recently, we have been taking a look at questions small churches ask about various technologies. Many of these posts have been geared toward the low-tech churches, but does small really mean low-tech? Not necessarily. While smaller churches often struggle to stay up on the different technologies because of both budget and personnel, this isn’t always the case. There are definitely some churches out there leading the way in terms...
