Plaid Blog

Take a survey to win a Flip Video

tim.bednar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:32:25 +0000

Plaid is giving a way a Flip Video camcorder ($129USD) to someone who completes our survey on how they use the web to get things done for ministry. The survey closes at midnight November 18. I will...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

How Plaid answers the challenge issued by the new book from Greg Hawkins and Cally Parkinson of Willow Creek: 2 of 100 ways Plaid gets stuff done

tim.bednar — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:21:43 +0000

I was reading Willow Creek Repents (which I think is an unfair title) and was fascinated by the findings issued by a new book from Willow Creek. This lead me to watch the video by Greg Hawkins where...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Easily add new contacts: 1 of 100 ways Plaid gets stuff done

tim.bednar — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:53:33 +0000

At your events, there are many ways to aquire contact information from new people and visitors. It usually results in a stack of handwritten cards. Even with well-intentioned ministry teams, entering...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Are you always late? Use Google Calendar to text reminders

tim.bednar — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:54:02 +0000

I use Google Calendar with Gmail to organize my life and work. I do not carry a paper calendar and usually just scribble notes (in pencil) on whatever scrap of paper is nearby. I have tried all the...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

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Feel Productive: how to manage projects for ministry

tim.bednar — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:25:01 +0000

As a web designer, you would think that I spend most of my time in Photoshop designing web pages. Well, you would be wrong. I spend lots of time managing projects. When I pastored, I never thought in...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Most people who have interesting things to say are not yet blogging

tim.bednar — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:55:19 +0000

Marc Andreessen, the man who co-created the first web browser and co-founded of Netscape, started blogging only five weeks ago. He recently summarized eleven lessons he learned about starting to blog...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen is a board game

tim.bednar — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:21:11 +0000

Without irony, I present the Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen board game [via ysmarko], Your Best Life Now: The Game is an entertaining and educational way to take inventory of yourself and...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Get your church listed on the Apple iPhone

tim.bednar — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:01:25 +0000

Apple announced that Google Maps will be one of the 12 widgets that launch on the new Apple iPhone. Well if you want your church to appear on Google Maps on the iPhone, get your ministry listed on...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

Send free e-Cards for your ministry

tim.bednar — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:22:18 +0000

DaySpring allows you to send free Flash cards to people. You can find: Birthday Prayer Sympathy There are dozens of others. This is a simple way to keep in touch between ministry events.

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.

One easy way to create more time for solitude, meditation and prayer

tim.bednar — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:18:16 +0000

Ministry is hectic. Most people serving in ministry have other things in their lives going on besides church. It is hard enough to carve out time to actually be at the ministry event and find the...

Plaid Blog is read by very innovative ministry teams to impact their ministry. Plaid is used by small teams to keep track of their ministry using shared contact information, reminders and comments.