Comments on: Church Management Solution http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution Father, Christian, Preacher, Husband (not necessarrily in that order) Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lauren Hunter http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-1492 Lauren Hunter Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:38:40 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-1492 Since my last comment, Church Community Builder has revamped their website and now allows you to view some videos without filling out a form. Go to their home page and watch the 7 minute video, Begin to Belong - http://www.churchcommunitybuilder.com/ It's really awesome. Best of luck! Lauren Since my last comment, Church Community Builder has revamped their website and now allows you to view some videos without filling out a form. Go to their home page and watch the 7 minute video, Begin to Belong – http://www.churchcommunitybuilder.com/

It’s really awesome.

Best of luck!
Lauren

]]> By: Stacey http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-1488 Stacey Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:41 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-1488 1 week of training does seem like a long time and $1000 is a lot of money to learn how to use their software. It's good that it has a lot of features but wow, not everyone can devote that much time. There are tons of Church membership software so I'm sure you'll be able to get something that's easy for you to use. 1 week of training does seem like a long time and $1000 is a lot of money to learn how to use their software. It’s good that it has a lot of features but wow, not everyone can devote that much time. There are tons of Church membership software so I’m sure you’ll be able to get something that’s easy for you to use.

]]> By: Lauren Hunter http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-449 Lauren Hunter Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:34:11 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-449 I had a chance to talk with Steve Caton, VP of Sales and Marketing for CCB over the weekend about the company's reasoning for asking folks to fill out a form to view the online demo: "We think it is important that we have a chance to speak with someone at the church so that we can understand the unique needs of the church and determine whether we are a good fit. Technology should be considered as a solution that empowers key objectives and goals. Unfortunately, many see it only as a commodity. Although we are making our website more interactive, we will always manage our sales process through relationship, not demos. Those that see their technology providers as vital ministry partners appreciate that approach. As far as providing 30 day free trials, we do offer a way to test drive CCB but not until we have had the necessary conversations to determine the strategic alignment. Furthermore, our experience has taught us that simply dumping people into free trials creates more problems that it solves. It is often overwhelming to the end-user, especially with software as comprehensive as a ChMS." - Steve Caton I hope this helps!!! Best of luck in your discovery process. I had a chance to talk with Steve Caton, VP of Sales and Marketing for CCB over the weekend about the company’s reasoning for asking folks to fill out a form to view the online demo:

“We think it is important that we have a chance to speak with someone at the church so that we can understand the unique needs of the church and determine whether we are a good fit. Technology should be considered as a solution that empowers key objectives and goals. Unfortunately, many see it only as a commodity. Although we are making our website more interactive, we will always manage our sales process through relationship, not demos. Those that see their technology providers as vital ministry partners appreciate that approach.

As far as providing 30 day free trials, we do offer a way to test drive CCB but not until we have had the necessary conversations to determine the strategic alignment. Furthermore, our experience has taught us that simply dumping people into free trials creates more problems that it solves. It is often overwhelming to the end-user, especially with software as comprehensive as a ChMS.” – Steve Caton

I hope this helps!!! Best of luck in your discovery process.

]]> By: Sergio http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-448 Sergio Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:10:30 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-448 ha ha ha good stuff i feel you pastor ha ha ha
good stuff

i feel you pastor

]]> By: Trevor http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-447 Trevor Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:50:27 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-447 My name is Trevor and I work for Excellerate church mangement software. I was reading your post and our software can handle the reports you want. You can get a free demo to play with by going to http://www.excellerate.com/?demo_church_software. Some of the reports you are looking for aren't standard, though you can easily make them yourself, or the free initial support would cover having us make the templates, which we would email to you so you can use them anytime you want. If you have questions, feel free to call me at 888-371-6878, or email trevor@excellerate.com and I'll be happy to help you My name is Trevor and I work for Excellerate church mangement software. I was reading your post and our software can handle the reports you want. You can get a free demo to play with by going to http://www.excellerate.com/?demo_church_software.

Some of the reports you are looking for aren’t standard, though you can easily make them yourself, or the free initial support would cover having us make the templates, which we would email to you so you can use them anytime you want. If you have questions, feel free to call me at 888-371-6878, or email trevor@excellerate.com and I’ll be happy to help you

]]> By: Carl http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-445 Carl Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:58:43 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-445 I think that the training is needed because there is so much to the software. It is really amazing what it can do (what it says it can do. I could not exactly figure it out). On the other hand, I found out that you have to fill out a form and get contacted with a CCB rep in order to watch a promotional video for their product 8-0. Really? That is plain weird. I can't even find out what your software can do without talking to a sales rep? Cant even watch a video? F1 lets you sign up and get a free 30 day trial without making contact with someone. I think that the training is needed because there is so much to the software. It is really amazing what it can do (what it says it can do. I could not exactly figure it out).

On the other hand, I found out that you have to fill out a form and get contacted with a CCB rep in order to watch a promotional video for their product 8-0. Really? That is plain weird. I can’t even find out what your software can do without talking to a sales rep? Cant even watch a video?

F1 lets you sign up and get a free 30 day trial without making contact with someone.

]]> By: Lauren Hunter http://www.carlthomas.net/church-management-solution/comment-page-1#comment-444 Lauren Hunter Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:36:13 +0000 http://www.carlthomas.net/?p=377#comment-444 Hi Carl. I highly recommend you participate in the online webinar for Church Community Builder (CCB) and get the full scope of what CCB can do for you. I work with them professionally to assist with marketing and PR, and have also been in on tech meetings with my own church regarding ChMS software. It has been an interesting process to see each and every person on our team (pastors, admins, etc.) come to see the way our church can improve its communications through using CCB. I often interview churches using CCB for editorials and success stories. One person I interviewed echoed your thoughts on training by saying that in his perspective, in this day and age, web-based software shouldn't require that much training - if it's not easy to use and understand, it will never be beneficial to his church. Good luck with your search. The folks at CCB are really great--I know you'll enjoy the journey. -Lauren Hi Carl. I highly recommend you participate in the online webinar for Church Community Builder (CCB) and get the full scope of what CCB can do for you. I work with them professionally to assist with marketing and PR, and have also been in on tech meetings with my own church regarding ChMS software. It has been an interesting process to see each and every person on our team (pastors, admins, etc.) come to see the way our church can improve its communications through using CCB.

I often interview churches using CCB for editorials and success stories. One person I interviewed echoed your thoughts on training by saying that in his perspective, in this day and age, web-based software shouldn’t require that much training – if it’s not easy to use and understand, it will never be beneficial to his church.

Good luck with your search. The folks at CCB are really great–I know you’ll enjoy the journey. -Lauren

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