10 Design rules to keep in Mind

I found these helpful hints here and thought I would pass them along to you.  I am sure some of you dont have degrees in graphic design but still design, so maybe these tips will be worth looking over.
10 design rules to keep in mind
(1) Communicate — don’t decorate.
(2) Speak with a visual voice.
(3) Use two [...]

Yammer - What are you working on?

I wrote a post recently on accountability here at another blog I have for my Sunday School Class.  What I mentioned was that every task must be matched up with some sort of accountability for it to be effective.  I really do believe that, but it is very often hard to find a good system that will [...]

Feedburner - Analyze, Optimize, and Publicize your Blog

This is the #1 tool to partner with your blog, podcast, or other feed.  It is a free service, owned by Google, that adds some great functionality to your blog.
Provides one permanent feed address no matter where your blog may ever move to.  
This is my biggest reason for advocating Feedburner.  It’s a great safety net.  Most [...]

Priceless Podcasts for Pastors (Ways to do podcasts for free)

Media is one of the great tools that we have at our disposal, and podcasts and other types of feeds are very useful for distributing a wide variety of content to the masses.
Here are some types of “podcasts” and other “feeds” that you can use, for free, and the type of media distributed.

Regular podcast - the [...]

Online Giving - Easy Tithe

A great feature that you could add to your website is the ability to give online.  Any user in the world can log on to your site, give, and money can be directly deposited into YOUR account.
Now, how do you do it?
There are 2 easy options I will tell you about: Paypal and Easy Tithe.
First, Paypal.  Paypal is pretty much [...]

Jott.com

One of my favorite tools.  A free one.  Are you ever somewhere, think of something, but don’t have a good place to write it down to remember it??  Do you use email and have a cell phone?  Then Jott is for you.
Here is how you use it.  

Call Jott. (after you set up your account)
It will [...]

Backup and Sync Contacts - Plaxo

Plaxo is actually a full-fledged social networking site now, but one of the greatest features of it is the ability to backup your address book from your Mac or PC for free.
Any address that you have on your volatile computer is safe on Plaxo because it automatically syncs without you even noticing it.
Also, if anyone in your [...]

Find Music - Rhapsody, iTunes

Today I am working all day on finding special music, scheduling, and planning.  That means I am making full use of Ministry Tools.  Putting the whole schedule on Airset, looking through my library on iTunes, and listening to music on Rhapsody.  
So, I thought I would give a few more tools to help with music for your church. [...]

How to Make a Good Design — EASY!!

It seems that churches often suffer from horrid-design-syndrome.  Which is a horrid shame.  I would consider designing to be extremely important in the church.  For events, website, logos, classes, promotions, announcements, etc.  It does a few extremely important things…

Creates interest and attention on the event
Indicates effort and interest put into the event
Communicates real desire for [...]

21 Factors that Influence the First Impression of Your Website’s Visitors

When a new visitor comes to your website for the first time an initial impression will be formed pretty quickly. A good first impression will drastically increase the chances of that visitor returning again, and a bad first impression will be difficult to overcome.
This list looks at 21 factors that will influence your visitor’s impression [...]