SUMMIT OVERVIEW: Technology is changing the way we work, live and operate as nonprofits. Centered on the theme of increasing your communication, operations and donor engagement The Ministry Internet & Technology Summit features twelve sessions that will expand your reach, increase your donor base and enhance how you do ministry in this increasingly online world.

TOPICS COVERED: Social Networks & Communities, New Media, Donor Management, Internet Marketing, Mobile Web & Applications, Interactive Media, Web Applications, Branding and Infrastructure.

WHY ATTEND? In today’s economic climate nonprofits need to be good stewards through decreasing costs as well as doing more with less. New technologies and web strategies can equip your ministry to achieve these goals. Learn from real world practitioners and experts who will equip you in ways that will make an immediate positive impact for your ministry.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Ministry executives, technology staff, development and fundraising officers, marketing and communications professionals and other nonprofit leaders interested in being on the leading edge of today’s technology.

SESSIONS:

A Look into the Near & Distant Future of Online Ministry
In this session leaders will learn to apply a web strategy framework to address their ministries needs both for today and tomorrow. Learn from cutting edge organizations and hear what experts say is next on the horizon. This session is designed for strategic leaders regardless of their technological level of understanding. In this session participants will 1) learn how to plan for an effective ministry online strategy, 2) explore key emerging technologies that will impact their ministry and 3) hear how cutting edge organizations are implementing revolutionary practices today.
Drew Goodmanson, CEO, Monk Development and cofounder/pastor, Kaleo Church, San Diego

Lost in Translation
You have a unique brand story. Don’t let it get lost in the way you express it. Social media, your web presence, print collateral, direct mail and events are all opportunities to consistently reinforce your story. This interactive session will unpack the importance of creating a brand identity that aligns with organizational strategy and avoids blind use of trends and gimmicks. In this session participants will learn 1) how to create a powerful story for your ministry, 2) how to integrate it across your entire communication and 3) how to ensure your story aligns with your organizational strategy.
Tim Ellens, President, CHANGEffect

The New Church Social: How Interactive Media Values Can Transform Your Ministry Mastering social media strategies is a communications imperative for businesses, churches, and nonprofits. As we move towards a technologically immersive environment, best practices for new media strategies have amplified value. Explore best practices you can employ for your particular new media needs. In this session participants will: 1) learn to identify five new media values, 2) gain the ability to implement these values into their social media strategy and 3) explore how small changes in communication practices can result in greater communication impact.
Cynthia Ware, Online Technology and Church Development consultant, TheDigitalSanctuary.org

The Three “I’s” in Internet
From mobile to social applications, including wikis, microblogging and social networks, ministries are constantly presented with innovative ways to connect. From case studies and current research, attendees will learn how to: 1) leverage new media trends 2) increase online donations and 3) maximize a website visitor’s experience.
Ron Weber, Chief Operating Officer, Trinet Internet Solutions, Inc.

How to Successfully Raise Funds Online
Learn how Campus Crusade has collaborated to launch several of its most effective multi-channel fundraising campaigns, with particular success in the online space. Hear important lessons learned from one of the world’s largest Christian ministries and receive practical tips for cultivating donors on and offline. Participants will learn 1) best practices in driving successful integrated multi-channel fundraising, 2) specific examples of multi-channel fundraising in action and 3) practical applications for the cultivation of donors.
Dave Raley, Director of New Media, Masterworks and Megan Hawkes, Executive Director, Constituent Engagement, Campus Crusade for Christ International

Back to Basics: Website and Social Media – More Tools In Your Communications Belt
Explore websites, Internet presence, email blasts, and social media and learn to select and tailor these tools for specific ministries using basic communications principles. Hear from a one-woman communications department that successfully implemented these tools at a 900-student seminary. Participants will acquire 1) a clearer understanding of how to develop an online strategy specifically for their ministry 2) ideas for developing and implementing those strategies with limited personnel and resources and 3) practical steps for creating and implementing an effective online communications strategy.
DJ Turner, Director of Communications, Denver Seminary

Online Ministry Opportunities, Challenges & Lessons
Examine key findings from an online ministry research project that included many large and small ministries. The research gathered includes web surveys, analytics, key performance metrics and interviews from online ministry leaders. Explore opportunities in fundraising, donor relations, evangelism and discipleship. Learn common online mistakes. This session includes time to learn from peers, regardless of ministry size. In this session participants will: 1) learn from innovative online ministries, 2) gain an understanding of pitfalls and 3) examine the results of online ministry research.
Drew Goodmanson, CEO, Monk Development and cofounder/pastor, Kaleo Church, San Diego, Kevin Ring, President, Unconventional Method and Dave Bourgeois, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Biola University

Information Technology: What’s Hot and what’s not
Our panel will share their thoughts and respond to questions and good and not so good trends in Information Technology for ministries. This panel brings a wealth of insight into the leading edge IT trends affecting ministries today. Come with your best ministry IT questions and be prepared to walk away with answers.
Nick Nicholaou, President, Ministry Business Services and co-founder Ministry Technology Institute, Clarence White, IT Secretary, The Salvation Army – Western Territory and Steve Hewitt, Editor-in-Chief, Christian Computing magazine.

The Case for Online Kingdom Excellence
Explore a standard of online ministry excellence centered on Kingdom principles that promote long-term Kingdom success. Examine critical new research, while studying a five-point model for online excellence: strategy, presence, measurement, engagement, and impact. In this session participants will 1) consider creative and innovative ways to create impact through online ministry 2) be armed with language, data, and examples to make the case for online excellence within their organization and 3) receive validated practices and benchmarks against which they can measure their Internet strategy.
Kevin Ring, President, Unconventional Method and Dave Bourgeois, PhD, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Biola University

Ministry Growth through Email Communication Best Practices
Explore critical and relevant principles from the for-profit world to make email communications programs more effective for your ministry. Email can advance your organization’s goals like few other programs. Understand the hurdles and challenges inherent in email communications to dramatically increase effectiveness in attracting and retaining donors. Participants will gain knowledge of 1) best layouts, day/time to send, service providers, and more 2) understanding of the difficulties of getting your email seen correctly across all email programs and 3) how to get emails opened and read.
Mike Atkinson, Principal, uneekNet

Delivering Income Solutions through Data Strategies
Improved income comes through connecting with the right donors at the right time using the right messaging. In today’s competitive fundraising environment, successful nonprofits must employ smart data strategies to maximize income. The best data strategies are centered in relationships, not technology. Participants will: 1) understand how to optimize communication with your donors using your data 2) learn how to interpret donor-giving patterns to improve donor relationships and 3) find out how to choose the proper channel and timing for the best donor communications.
Steve Thomas, Partner, Oneicity

Ministry IT Roundtable
Join Information Technology colleagues for a session on solutions and cutting edge thinking by our “best in the business.” This session will be a wide-ranging roundtable discussion that will help ministry IT professionals to learn key insights and best practices to maximize their organization’s Information Technology systems and programs. Come prepared to help and be helped!
Nick Nicholaou, President MBS Inc., and co-founder, Ministry Technology Institute and Alan Weisenberger, VP or Technology Services, ECCU

Planting in a Post Christian World: The culture is changing and therefore there new methods of church planting are required.  This session will help you learn how to effectively minister in a post-Christian context.   Come learn the key values of this Post-Christian generation, the idols that enslave them and effective ways to communicate the eternal and unchanging gospel message.

The Internet and the Sovereignty of God: God has used major technological and cultural shifts to bring sweeping change.  As our culture moves increasingly online, this session will help your church effectively use the internet to be missionaries to unbelievers, gather the unchurched and connect with your community.  Come learn how to use this powerful tool to change the community in which you are called to plant a church.

We’ve all heard about Web sites, social networking, search engines and blogs. But how effective is your church’s Internet strategy in the areas of outreach, creating community and discipleship? Learn practical ways to enhance your Web ministry and reach hundreds, if not thousands, of people. We’ll look at case studies and discuss best practices from churches that have succeeded in online ministry. Whether you’re an Internet expert or a Web novice, you’ll leave with practical strategies to use technology for outreach.

Expect to be stretched. Expect to be challenged. Expect to cultivate a new way of thinking. If you are creative, strategic, and responsible for influencing how your church communicates, there is a chair waiting for you…

Drew Goodmanson (CEO of Monk Development) will be facilitating a session on Web Strategy.

Drew Goodmanson (CEO of Monk Development) & Cynthia Ware (The Digital Sanctuary) will be co-leading a session entitled:

Social Media & the Church

Social Media will impact your Church and how you communicate the STORY.  What’s on the horizon?  What are other churches doing?  Does it work?  Should the Church do this?  Hear the results from ‘The State of the Church Online: Social & Community Networks’ study involving hundreds of churches and numerous social media strategies.  Learn the questions to ask as you evaluate these technologies as well as view the future impact to the Church.  

Why you should go
* To discover new forms of media
* To be inspired to use media in new ways
* To learn how to create original forms of media
* To move beyond what’s been done and dream about what’s next
* To turn ideas into a reality that impacts others for Christ

What you can expect
* Speakers and classes that challenge you to raise the standard of media being created for the church
* To learn practical techniques, tools, and skills geared toward helping you do what you do better
* Opportunities to connect with others who share your passion for creating and using media
* To find and learn about new resources for media and technology

Dates: July 29 - 31, 2009
Location: Dallas, Texas

Get a $50 off promo! The code is: goodmanson and will be good through July 29.

Drew Goodmanson from Monk will be attending and conducting two Breakout sessions at this conference.

• The Truth about Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach
• Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community

We have all heard about the importance of a church website, the craze of social networking and the need for pastors to blog. But how effective are these really in gathering people, creating community and fostering discipleship? Learn how to enhance your web ministry and impact hundreds, if not thousands of people. Learn from case studies and best practices from churches that have been successful doing ministry online. This valuable webinar will equip you with practical strategies whether you are an online expert or a beginner.

Presented by Drew Goodmanson and sponsored by Monk Development and Denver Seminary.

Two dates are offered for this free webinar:

• Thursday, April 30 from 12pm ET/9am PT till 1pm ET/10am PT
• Wednesday, May 13 from 5pm ET/2pm PT till 6pm ET/3pm PT

To register for one of these sessions, and to receive instructions on how to login for the webinar, click on the date you wish to attend from the list above.

If you have questions, please contact DJ Turner at dj.turner@denverseminary.edu or 303-762-6948.

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder and Pastor at Kaleo Church, a church planting movement in San Diego, CA.  Monk is an Internet strategy and web development company.  Drew often speaks at conferences about how churches can effectively use the Internet, his blog is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs, he wrote a chapter in Voices of the Virtual World: Participative Technology and the Ecclesial Revolution and his company's services are used by thousands of churches and ministries.  Drew spends much of his time thinking about church planting, web missiology and being a husband and father.

Monk Development will hold a conference call for resellers and design partners to discuss:

Title: Monk Reseller & Design Partner Call
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.  Your PASSWORD will be sent after you register.

System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

National Religious Broadcaster February 7-10 (Attend)

The Idea Camp February 27-28 (Facilitate Session)

BibleTech:2009 March 27-28 (Present)

• Content Distribution Strategies: Getting the word out online

Christian Leadership Alliance April 20-22 (Present + Exhibit)

• Leading Website Development
  

National New Church Conference April 20-23 (Present)

• Using the Internet to Gather, Disciple and Create Community
• Websites, Technology and Church Planting

Echo Church Media Conference July 29 - 31 (Present)

• The Truth about Church Websites and Effective Online Outreach
• Beyond the Web 2.0 Noise: How to use the Internet to Disciple & Create Real Community

Christian Web Conference 09 September 11-12 (Present)

• What does Gospel + Community have to do with Social Media?
  

National Outreach Convention November 4-6 (Present + Exhibit)

• Leveraging the Internet to Gather, Disciple and Create Community

The NRB annual Convention & Exposition is the largest nationally and internationally recognized event dedicated solely to assist those in the field of Christian communications.  This international event networks thousands of Christian communicators, from program producers to authors, pastors to engineers, directors to vendors. NRB’s professionals emphasize strategy and innovation to tap the power of new media ministry models.  The dynamic Exposition consists of over 300 companies and is an active marketplace for those seeking tools and services to expand their ministries.

Monk Development's Justin Bodeutsch will be presenting a session on "Making Your Church's Data Available and Easy to Find".  In this session Justin will help churches learn how to get their sermons, articles, events and other information up on the web and the various means to make that data available to as wide of an audience as possible.   In addition, Justin will discuss Sermon Cloud and how Monk uses the data from client web sites and aggregates it.   He'll cover the SEO used, tags, references and some of the coding challenges encountered in building this site as well as several web application platforms.

Please RSVP (drew@monkdeveloment.com) if you plan on attending.  The conference call details will be sent to you via email the week of the call.

Please RSVP if you plan on attending.  More information will come to you via email.

Ekklesia RAD Conference Re-Cap - On Friday, March 14th at 10am PST the call will discuss the announcements at RAD, including: Product Roadmap, Feature Development, New Services, Vision and the backend redesign set to launch April, 2008.  You should receive an invite to this, contact Monk if you would like to attend.

Re-Design Conference Call - For those who attended Ekklesia RAD we will be providing access to customize the new backend on Wednesday, March 12th at 10am PST.  All attendees will receive an invitation via email.

Ekklesia continues to expand and we are glad to share the new developments and roadmap to best serve your clients. 

• Who: Ekklesia Resellers & Design Partners
• When: February 25-27, 2008
• Where: San Diego, CA (Catamaran Resort - on the beach)
• Costs: $89 RSVP *by Feb 1st*
  

Why Come: At this conference you will get access to all of Monk’s development team (CSS, API, Development, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Project Management) to discuss your projects and improve your business. Past attendees have walked away with insight on how to cut their client’s projects launch time, how to increase revenue and reduce costs. In addition, you will learn first-hand the vision for the rest of 2008 and beyond. We also enjoy a time to deepen our relationships as we seek to further the kingdom through our partnerships.

What to Expect: Vision/strategy sessions, break-out sessions to dive deep into learning more about the CSS/API, new features will be discussed and a lot of learning through Q & A with several leading design companies present.

Other: Meals will be provided during the day and Monday night dinner. Monk Development has negotiated significantly lower rates ($112 a night) for the Catamaran, which normally run from $219-$799 per night. Contact us if you would like to book rooms.

Session 1: Communication in Our Post-Christian World
The culture is changing and it requires new methods of communication. This session will help you learn how to effectively minister in a post-Christian context. Come learn the 1) five values of this Post-Christian generation, the 2) ten idols that enslave them and 3) effective ways to communicate the eternal and unchanging gospel message.

Session 2: The Internet & The Sovereignty of God
Pax Romana, the Gutenberg printing press and the internet. God has used major technological and cultural shifts to bring sweeping change. As our culture moves increasingly online, this session will help your church effectively use the internet to be missionaries to unbelievers, gather the unchurched and connect with your community. Come learn how to use this powerful tool to change the community in which you are.

Learn More: GCA - Church Planting Conference