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Eight years ago, Gateway Church opened the doors in NW Austin to a new facility which included a...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Sep 22, 2014 | Ideas | 0
Eight years ago, Gateway Church opened the doors in NW Austin to a new facility which included a...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Apr 9, 2014 | Geek, Ideas | 0
Last night someone sent me a link to the video posted below. I had no idea this was coming, but I’m very excited about it. Planning Center Online, the creators of the absolute best service planning software has just launched check-in software. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting this but I think that this could be a game changer.
I found Planning Center Online shortly after it came out. I personally didn’t have a need for it as I wasn’t planning services in a way that the software would help me. However, I was intrigued by how it scheduled volunteers. I exchanged emails with one of the developers making suggestions on how this software could be modified to help manage volunteers in a Children’s Ministry context. At that point, it assumed that the same set of volunteers would serve for multiple services on a weekend. Since then they have modified their software to allow you to schedule volunteers for multiple services with an “evite” type feel.
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Aug 23, 2013 | Geek, Ideas | 0
Okay, in the next week or so, I’m going to write a little bit about moving to self check-in. For the past 4 years, I have been wanting to upgrade to self check-in at Gateway, but we’ve not had the resources to do it all at once. So, I’ve been working on it all summer and we’re launching self check-in a week.
We went the barcode route and started distributing them last week. Here’s my big question though.
Do any of you recommend a good barcode app for your smartphone? We spent a little extra money to get the nice barcode readers, like the ones they have at Starbucks and airports. It was important to me that we had another option for people who forgot to bring their barcode.
The only app I know is the keyring app. It’s a great app with lots of options, but a little more complicated than I’d like. I want to make it super simple for parents to create a digital copy of their assigned barcode. Keyring makes you walk through 2-3 steps I’d prefer to avoid for simplicity. So, does anyone know of a simple app that stores your barcodes for future scanning?
Your help would be much appreciated!
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Aug 27, 2012 | Geek, Ideas | 18
Two years ago, we experimented with using iPad for check-in. It worked well, but it didn’t...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Nov 28, 2011 | Geek, Ideas | 1
I’m on a search for new check-in kiosks. A few months ago, we permanently moved our Middle School program to an are we call the Garage which is a great environment for the teens. To accomodate check-in, I just brought in...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Jul 31, 2011 | Geek, Ideas | 7
So, if you use Fellowship One, you know that there were significant issues with Check In today. Even if you don’t use F1, you might have seen the traffic on twitter about the issues. I know that for some churches, the...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Oct 19, 2010 | Geek, Ideas | 11
Last week I posted about these $350 All-In-One check in computers that were selling on Amazon. What a great price. All you need to do is plug in a printer and a scanner and you’re ready to go. So, I ordered two and got...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Oct 12, 2010 | Geek | 1
I just bought two Asus all-in-one touch screen computers for my check-in. You can hang them in a wall as it’s the CPU and screen all built in one. How much did I pay you may ask? $350 That’s right. I’ve never...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Oct 12, 2010 | Geek, Ideas | 20
So, I need your help. I’ve been using Fellowship One for many years now and based on the equipment we have we’ve been doing assisted check in. Essentially, that requires a volunteer to man the computer and check...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Oct 8, 2010 | Geek, Ideas | 9
I’ve got a question for you. How much do you pay for labels for check-in? Why do I ask? Well, I know that a lot of you out there are feeling the tight restraint of budget cuts. I don’t care how big your budget is,...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Aug 31, 2010 | Geek, Ideas | 6
So I’m excited about this little piece of technology. We currently use Fellowship One for check-in, but we’re only using it as assisted check-in. I want to move toward self check-in stations, but I only have one...
Read Moreby Kenny Conley | Aug 23, 2010 | Geek, Ideas | 7
I’ll be the first to admit. Using the iPad for check-in was beyond cool. It’s funny how many of you commented and messaged me for more information about using the iPad for check in. A few weeks ago when I first wrote...
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