This document discusses using technology to assist with partnership development. It outlines three major areas of partnership development - raising, tracking, and keeping partners. It then examines the needs and requirements within each area. Several potential technology solutions are presented, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, TNTMPD software, social media like Facebook, and mass mailing services. It emphasizes that technology should make partnership development easier and not harder, and that relationships are ultimately more important than tools.
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1. Technology for Ministry -PD Support
Technology For Ministry Using Technology to Make
Partnership Development Easier
Roy Yabuki -DFW Director Rebekah
Miller Web Coordinator Bob Schwartz
Computers in Ministry
Partnership Development
(What is it all about?)
Re-connecting with many friends
Different place in relationship with each in regard to PD
Asking, Re-asking, asking if they sent the check yet. thanks
Simple process but need to stay on track with each person
About relationship, but with so many people it is hard to remember what shared with who and
what promised
Tough need to stay on task and focus on relationships dont need hassle of tools. Should
make it easier not harder.
Three Major Areas of PD
Raising Partners
Tracking Partners
Keeping Partners
What do We Need? Raising Partners
List/address book of potential ministry partners with contact info
Way to keep track of where in the process of PD a person is
Way to keep track of actual interaction with people
Reminders for you to follow-up based on where they are in the process
Tracking Pledges vs. actual giving history
Analysis of response to activity (letters, appeals, website)
What do We Need? Tracking Partners
What we get from home office?
Weekly Donor Report
Annual Donor Report
You learn
Who is giving?
How often?
How and when
What do We Need? Tracking Partners
giving?
Statistics & Analysis Crunching the data
Progress to Goal?
Summary of Donor giving Patterns?
Average monthly giving?
Last year but not this year
givers?
Late donors...
Top givers?
Giver profile? Who do Igivers? more? How?
Most consistent ask for
How are people giving?
Scott Morton stuff
What do We Need? Keeping Partners
Way to keep track of interaction with people
Last time said thank you
How can we pray for our partners?
Way to get people to experience your ministry as if they are there...
Staying in contact with partners on a regular/personal basis
2. Technology for Ministry -PD Support
Mass e-mail/Calling/Social networking
Keeping people up on what is going on
Snail Mail newsletter/personal mail
Is someone giving more or less? Why?
Solution 1 Microsoft Outlook
Centralized contact manager can be shared
Calendar / To-do
Keep track of interaction (journal) searchable xobni add-on
Flags/Categories Set Priorities/Groups/Status
Mail Merge More work to personalize
Can be backed up/ synced with exchange server Web/outlook/ Smart phone access with
one database
Outlook for Business Contact Manager workflow
Solution 2 MS Excel/Word
Simple searchable/sortable database
Analysis of giving Data is Hand Keyed
One page showing of data
Mail Merge -Personalized
Snail mail
Email
10 Solutions 3: TNTMPD http://tntware.com
Free and specifically designed for partnership development
Built in support related address book, calendar, to-do functions and can be synced with
Outlook, Access & Excel
Tracks where you are in the donor relationship workflow
Automated reminders/tasks in donor relationship workflow
11 Solutions 3: TNTMPD http://tntware.com
Tracks and analyzes giving (hand input of data with potential some day of syncing with
home office system)
Tracks interaction with people and suggests next steps
Simple reports analyzing giving patterns
Birthday and Anniversary Report
Can do mail merging
12 Tip1: iContact / Constant Contact
http://icontact.com, http://constantcontact.com
Mass E-mail
Easily send attractive formatted semi-personalized e-mail messages to different types of
partners
No spam blocking
Keep track of if your mailings are actually being effective
Scheduled e-mail follow-up
Approx $6-20 month
13 Solution 4: Facebook & other social media (Youtube, Picasa, Flickr, Kodak
photoshare)
Keep track of partners lives and interact with them as stuff happens on both sides
Partners see your interaction directly with students
Get in contact with "long lost friends, potential partners, etc and they see you interacting
directly with students
Share pictures & videos so partners/potential partners can experience your ministry as it is
happening (as if they are there)
3. Technology for Ministry -PD Support
14 Tip 2: Chalkline
Chalkline
Mass Snail mail
http://www.chalkline.org/
Expensive but good in a pinch
15 Other Options
Database Tools
Free
Donor Manager (www.donormanager.com)
Paid
ACT!/Goldmine & other CRM Tools
Microsoft Access!
Saleforce.com
16 Other Options
Notepad(moleskin), Calendar, address book
Online slide shows (www.slideshare.net)
Zoho.com (wonderful online tools like google docs)
Writer CRM
Notebook
17 Important
Its not the tools but its your heart, your relationships and Gods grace that drives partner
development
It takes time to save time
Set aside a day
Then 10 minutes a
week
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