Category: Technology

Here at Conversatio Morum, we want to utilize technology to retool organizations (specifically churches) for greater effectiveness. It’s been a little while since we’ve done an app review and I found one that is truly worthy of reviewing. I’m generally a technology agnostic, so when I get as excited as I am about an app there’s a reason. In fact, this app is so useful that I’ve changed\am changing the way I use email. Continue reading “Awesome App Review – Mailbox”

At Conversatio Morum, we love WordPress. It’s the tool used for everything web related. So giving you a way to do neat things in WordPress sounds like a great idea.

This past week I preached at my church. It’ll be up on our podcast site soon. You can find it here. While preparing I had an idea. A lot of people ask for my notes after I teach in different settings. How cool would it be to have a place where people could just go and get my notes? So I created a separate ‘hidden’ part of my blog called notes. Continue reading “WordPress – Exclude Categories From Main Page”

Hey folks. We’re starting a new type of post here on Conversatio Morum. It’s Awesome App Reviews. We’re going to post reviews of helpful apps that can help you with efficiency, productivity, and mission. Today we’re going to review our first app, for a simple task that you probably never thought you’d need more options for….until now. Greenshot, is the most amazing screen shotting tool that I’ve ever seen. Continue reading “Awesome App Review – Greenshot”

Here at Conversatio Morum I want to give you valuable and thought-provoking content.

Why? Because I love you.

So a while back I posted about efficiency being part of our mission and then a tutorial about how to create a productive interrupt on your computer. You can read those here and here. The tutorial was created with Windows 7 and when I switched to Windows 8 I discovered that there are some differences to how to set this up. So I want to show you those differences to make this information still be useful to you. Continue reading “Productive Interrupt Tutorial – Revised”

At Conversatio Morum, we’re currently in the middle of talking about Client Relationship Management (CRM) systems and rethinking them as Church Relationship Management systems. We’ve previously intro’d, talked about the purpose of doing so, talked about different types of CRM’s, and why you might not want to utilize a CRM solution. You can review those posts here, here, here, and here.

Today, we are going to talk about why a CRM system isn’t actually the solution. Continue reading “CRM – Technology isn’t the Solution”

At Conversatio Morum, we like to rethink technology for the church. Our goal is to tie Theology to Culture through the use of Technology. With that being said, we’re currently in the middle of talking about utilizing Client Relationship Management (CRM) systems as Church Relationship Management systems. We’ve previously intro’d, talked about the purpose of doing so, and talked about different types of CRM’s here, here, and here.

Today, we are going to talk about reasons why you might NOT want to use a CRM system. Continue reading “CRM – Why Not?”

As stated in previous posts on Conversatio Morum, we are dedicated to retooling the church by making the tie from Theology to Culture through the use of Technology. With that being said, we’re currently in the middle of talking about retooling Client Relationship Management (CRM) systems as Church Relationship Management systems. We’ve previously intro’d and talked about the purpose of doing so here and here. Continue reading “CRM – Choosing Right CRM Technology For Your Church”

Since Conversatio Morum is dedicated to Technology, Theology and Missiology we are taking time to talk about Church Relationship Management in Church (CRM in church) systems. When dealing with new visitors the most effective point of retention (i.e. having them come a second/third time and getting them to stay long-term), is follow-up. One of the biggest questions I find myself asking is “How do we get better at not letting visitors slip through the cracks?” “How do I make involvement in the life of a church easier?” Continue reading “CRM – Purpose of CRM in Church”

At the beginning of the year the staff of the church I serve in sat down and began to develop a strategy for the next 12 – 18 months. This has caused some extra work on my end, due to my ability with systems and structures. One of the main things that we put on our priority list is tackling how to get people involved beyond their first visit. We’ve definitely improved on our ability to get people into the front door. However, we need to adjust our follow-up and involvement processes. Continue reading “CRM – Church Relationship Management?”