Most non-profits operate with limited resources and are forced to do more with less. Technology can be an enabler to leverage more automation, simply our environment and as a result, impact more people around you.
If you’ve had a church going for any length of time, you’ve likely heard of Planning Center as one of the options for your church management system. It’s easy to use and lets you pay for only what you need. As you grow, your plan grows as well as how much you pay for it. […]
Nonprofit organizations need software tools that can help them expand their reach and grow their impact, but sometimes these tools can be expensive. Luckily, there are a number of software options that are both affordable and effective. In this blog post, we will discuss five software tools that can help your nonprofit organization without breaking
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Like any organization, email is a critical tool for a nonprofit. But should you pay for it? Absolutely not! Google’s G Suite is available for free to nonprofits, and it’s an important tool you’ll want for your organization to connect and collaborate with others. Google’s G Suite features a number of integrated apps designed to
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Can you track attendance in Planning Center? Yes, absolutely. But that’s different from knowing how many people are active in church. Active people in church are much more valuable and dictate their involvement in serving, tithing and many other areas. Let me break it down. What’s the difference between a count for attendance and a
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Planning Center itself is a powerful church management system (or CMS). Churches around the world use it to manage their congregation’s information, giving, serving and small groups. As a church management system, you need it to not only work well within itself but also need it to work with other systems. That’s where the power
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When we moved to Planning Center, one of the core strengths I wanted to implement was to automate repetitive tasks. And I don’t just mean “automate” for automation’s sake. I mean automation for growth, automation for scale and automation so no one and nothing would fall through the cracks. That’s where the question came about
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As a church, we recently moved to a new church management system – Planning Center. We had been on RockRMS (or Rock) for almost 4 years, which offered a lot of flexibility and customization to essentially do whatever you want it to do. We had also chosen it because after talking to some more established
