<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510</id><updated>2024-09-05T12:03:26.260-04:00</updated><category term="communications"/><category term="appeal"/><category term="audience"/><category term="basics"/><category term="buy-in"/><category term="catalyst faithworks"/><category term="church"/><category term="focus"/><category term="perspective"/><category term="portfolio"/><category term="printing"/><category term="support"/><category term="vision"/><title type='text'>Church Capital Campaign Communications Central</title><subtitle type='html'>Hello and welcome to the Catalyst Faithworks blog for &lt;b&gt;church building campaign communications&lt;/b&gt;. This blog is intended to be an informative and helpful resource to help guide you on your church capital campaign journey. Happy church fund raising! Be sure to visit our website for more information and to view our large volume of design templates. We also design completely custom campaigns as well.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Stephen Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15725404849899680407</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510.post-131368796919785141</id><published>2009-06-10T09:10:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T10:06:38.481-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="catalyst faithworks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="church"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communications"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="printing"/><title type='text'>Church Capital Communication Basics (Part II)</title><summary type="text">        How Catalyst Faithworks can help.       If you were to ask anyone who has done a stewardship campaign: “What was one of the hardest parts of managing your capital campaign?” The answer will almost always be – “Communications!”       If you were to ask the same person: “What was one of the most important parts of managing a successful capital campaign?”  The answer will almost always be – </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/131368796919785141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5550468179997189510/131368796919785141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/131368796919785141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/131368796919785141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/2009/06/communication-basics-for-church-capital.html' title='Church Capital Communication Basics (Part II)'/><author><name>dave fingerlos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07160733433516509197</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510.post-3441687337689046584</id><published>2009-03-31T01:03:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-31T01:22:41.421-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="basics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communications"/><title type='text'>Church Capital Communication Basics (Part 1)</title><summary type="text">Consider the communication issues in the following three scenarios...       Scenario One         Your church has embarked on a vision for ministry whose implementation is going to cost at least two to three times its annual budget. As a result, the leadership team wants to introduce the idea of a formal capital fundraising campaign, but it first wants to check the “pulse” of the congregation for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/3441687337689046584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5550468179997189510/3441687337689046584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/3441687337689046584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/3441687337689046584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/2009/03/church-capital-communication-basics.html' title='Church Capital Communication Basics (Part 1)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510.post-788132775142931086</id><published>2008-10-30T18:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-29T11:20:43.650-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="appeal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="buy-in"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="focus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="support"/><title type='text'>Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part III</title><summary type="text">John Caples, a marketing copywriter, once wrote: “I’ve seen one advertisement sell not twice or three times as much, but l9 times as much as another. Both ads occupied the same amount of space in the same publication. Both had photographs and carefully written copy. The difference was that one used the right appeal (the audience’s point of reference was considered), and the other used the wrong </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/788132775142931086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5550468179997189510/788132775142931086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/788132775142931086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/788132775142931086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/2008/10/developing-clear-communication-in_3914.html' title='Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part III'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510.post-7645213539553522189</id><published>2008-10-30T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T16:46:45.695-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="audience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communications"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perspective"/><title type='text'>Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part II</title><summary type="text">Determine the right capital campaign communication track for your congregation. Not all communication roll outs propel the vision further in the right direction. As advertising legend David Ogilvy wisely points out: “It’s said that the head of marketing research at Ford once inserted advertisements in every other copy of the Reader’s Digest. At the end of the year, the people who had not been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/7645213539553522189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5550468179997189510/7645213539553522189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/7645213539553522189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/7645213539553522189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/2008/10/developing-clear-communication-in_30.html' title='Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part II'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550468179997189510.post-7692043057388447331</id><published>2008-10-30T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T17:42:32.358-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="portfolio"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vision"/><title type='text'>Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part I</title><summary type="text">A great vision from God calls forth something in us: We must not only share it, but engage and enlist others to join us in pursuing it, thus is the vision behind your church’s capital campaign. There’s a responsibility before God to see that the vision is clearly, adequately communicated to the congregation, and that it’s done so in a relevant manner. The hope for your church capital campaign is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/feeds/7692043057388447331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/5550468179997189510/7692043057388447331' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/7692043057388447331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550468179997189510/posts/default/7692043057388447331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://capital-campaigns.blogspot.com/2008/10/developing-clear-communication-in.html' title='Developing Clear Communication in a Church Capital Campaign - Part I'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>