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Create a Social Network for your Members

10. April 2009

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Create a Social Network for your Members

This past year, our church launched our own social networking site. I had a few critics as to why we need our “own” social network from the tech community when I first started talking about it. A lot of people said to simply create a Facebook group. My response was, “How many people actually go [...]

4. April 2009

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Keepm - Free Contact Manager

Keepm is a secure online contact manager that let’s you keep your data fluid rather than sitting in a drawer or scribbled on a sticky note or business card someone on your desk. For churches, this tool can prove invaluable. Have your secretary store all of your vendor contact information on Keepm so that the [...]

5 Tips to Access Your Digital Church Remotely

2. April 2009

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5 Tips to Access Your Digital Church Remotely

Accessing your local church computers and information from an external location is not as hard as you think. Here are some great ways to get remote access to your local network. Logmein FREE version LogMeIn.com offers a free service that gives you access to your remote computer as if you are sitting in front of it. [...]

14. January 2009

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Truthcasting Is Now Free

Several months ago, I wrote a post about TruthCasting.com and their streaming service for churches. Several readers started using this great service. The only inhibitor for some was the new equipment purchase of a Mac Mini for the cost of $700.00. In reality, $700.00 for a one-time setup was extremely inexpensive compared to the monthly [...]

14. January 2009

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Yammer Is Twitter for Organizations

Many people don’t see the value of Twitter and the microblog community. I’ve heard people say, “I don’t want to know what others are doing!” Well, that might be true when it comes to casual friendships, but in a work environment, knowing what your co-workers and colleagues are doing can be productive. [...]

13. December 2008

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Free Wordpress SMS plugin from Mister Nifty

I’m very excited to announce the latest version of my new plugin for Wordpress. EasySMS installs right into the back-end admin panel and a simple sidebar form installs by dragging and dropping the widget on your sidebar. Once people start subscribing, you can categorize them in groups and send SMS messages right from Wordpress. Another [...]

20. November 2008

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Win a free Flickr Pro account for Christmas!

Congratulations to Dickie Adams and Goa Observer for being the lucky winners of a brand new shiny Flickr Pro account for Christmas. Check out Freelance Switch where Dickie Adams is a contributing editor: http://www.freelanceswitch.com Check out Goa Observer’s Flickr page at: http://flickr.com/photos/goaobserverstream/ For Christmas this year I am giving two blessed Mister Nifty readers a free Flickr Pro [...]

30. October 2008

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Google Apps equals super productivity.

Everyone and their brother uses Gmail these days because of its pure awesomeness. I have converted most of my friends and they love it. The usefulness of a gmail account extends far beyond email to online documents, calendar, rss reader, and custom websites. Individual accounts are great, but they really don’t meet the needs of [...]

28. October 2008

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Free statistics manager for churches

Church Metrics has finally gone live. If you’ve ever been involved in church administration on any level, you understand the headache it is to keep track of data and report on that information. From attendance to baptisms to giving reports, ChurchMetrics.com gives you all the tools you need to analyze your data. You can track [...]

25. October 2008

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Optimize Your DVD Sermons for iPods/iPhones

I’ve had several people ask me how to transfer sermon DVD’s to the web and more frequently to mobile devices. For smaller churches it’s not a reality to stream your services live, let alone archive them on a computer. It takes expensive equipment, streaming server bandwidth and trained volunteer staff that most churches just cannot [...]

23. October 2008

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Create Awesome Flash Widgets

Sprout has just announced that it no longer is providing a free service. You can see their pricing on their website. Sprout Builder is a great tool that helps you easily build flash banners and widgets for your site. It’s free and you can build all kinds of cool things that interact with social platforms. This [...]

23. October 2008

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Mister Nifty gets a new look!

After hours of working on a redesign, I finally scrapped the project due to a lack of time. I caved and went with a super cool template from WooThemes.com. Mister Nifty now supports Gravatars in the comments section. You can have your own custom icon next to all of your comments. Go check it out [...]

20. October 2008

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Make your church site iPhone friendly

I found this great little kit to help web developers recreate their sites into iPhone format. The templates are already set up. All you have to do is copy/paste your content code and build simple menu structures. Then, set up a separate directory or subdmain on your server for the alternate site. I would use [...]

20. October 2008

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Dropbox makes life easy

Of all the latest file-sharing technology on the web, I’m most excited about Dropbox. Released at Tech Crunch 50 this year, Dropbox has changed the way people share files. Here’s how it works. A simple install will place a dropbox app in your system tray. It will point to a directory on your computer which [...]

15. October 2008

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BAD2008 Part 2: The reality of our US condition.

My last post was about poverty in the context of the US economy. I’m a firm believer that we must impact our local communities because God has entrusted us with a geographic responsibility to those around us. However, to truly impact our local communities, I also believe that one must see the condition of our [...]

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Create a Social Network for your Members

Keepm - Free Contact Manager

5 Tips to Access Your Digital Church Remotely

Truthcasting Is Now Free

Yammer Is Twitter for Organizations

Free Wordpress SMS plugin from Mister Nifty

Win a free Flickr Pro account for Christmas!

Google Apps equals super productivity.

Free statistics manager for churches

Optimize Your DVD Sermons for iPods/iPhones

Create Awesome Flash Widgets

Mister Nifty gets a new look!

Make your church site iPhone friendly

Dropbox makes life easy

BAD2008 Part 2: The reality of our US condition.

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