Church Mgt and Report Church Mgt and Report GenerationGeneration
MSCM 8630 IT for Church Management
Dr. WagnerSept. 25, 2008
This week in class…This week in class…Two on-line sessions this week
◦Thursday night 7:30 p.m. EST◦Tuesday morning 9:30-10:30 EST
(repeat session)Continue reading
◦Chapter 4 in Welch book◦Articles from CC magazine
Finish talking about spreadsheets and reporting
Review the details of the second assignment◦ Do Excel tutorials in Element K as needed
Questions about class so Questions about class so far?far?
Let’s look at some PPT Let’s look at some PPT presentations…presentations…Caroline BeattyJim BradyFelicia
Hedgepeth
Joe CroteauJohn Burger
IT and Church Mgt in a Bad IT and Church Mgt in a Bad EconomyEconomyCan IT make a difference?
◦Effect of higher gas prices? $3000/year in gas costs to drive to church?
◦ChurchRides.com $15/month?
◦Small Group Mgt Support for home meetings uroomtech.com Member networking sites mychurch.com,
myflock.com◦Sales of smart phones keep rising
Online giving?◦IM vs. email
On-line Storage for On-line Storage for ChurchesChurchesPortable, free, hassle free?Not necessarily for primary
repository◦Security issues?◦Save local drives?◦Platform agnostic?◦At least 1 GB free
Box.net – recipient of files must register Xdrive.com – AOL, 5 GB free; desktop tool eSnips.com – social networking + storage Dropboks.com – secure; file size capped at
50MB Mediamax.com – 25 GB free!! (now closed)
File conversion File conversion issues/utilities?issues/utilities?Mac vs Windows compatibility
tools?◦Export feature◦Save as feature◦Save as a .pdf file?
Version issues?◦Problems with obscure fonts
File compression◦Winzip common utility in Windows
world
Review of Spreadsheet Review of Spreadsheet featuresfeaturesEntering and formatting text and
numbersSizing columns and rowCentering text with Merge &
CenterUse autosumFormat worksheet with autoformatCreated 3-D column chart
More spreadsheet More spreadsheet features…features…Standard functionsInputting formulasFormatting worksheetPrinting worksheetsRenaming tabsCopy, paste, insert, and delete
cellsAbsolute vs. relate cell addresses
More spreadsheet More spreadsheet featuresfeaturesDocking toolbarsHide and unhide cellsIF function for a logical testPayment functionAdding a system dateCollaboration tools
What are some typical documents?Accounting – GL, costs, budgets, payroll,
fund accounting, AP/AR, direct depositChurch Mgt – member tracking, groups,
contributions, contacts, events, phone trees, volunteers
Facility scheduling – church calendar mgt, event planning, building schedule, maintenance, weekly bulletin, holidays
Miscellaneous – list mgt, certificates, class mgt, name tags, email notifications, etc.
Let’s try some spreadsheet practice
Assignment for next weekAssignment for next weekRead chapter 4 of Welch bookPractice using the Excel tutorials on
Element K (if necessary)Work on assignment 2
◦Choose a sample report you might encounter
◦Enter and format sample data, headings◦Use formulas and create a chart◦Show formulas and chart on separate,
named tab
Questions?Questions?
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