Posts from February, 2010
- 25 Feb
by TIm
No commentsIt’s Not Easy Keeping Clean
Worship Facilities Magazine has just released an excellent article that you need to read about cleaning your ministry facility.
- 21 Feb
by TIm
1 commentWhy Use Facility Management Software for our Church: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of our series exploring why using Facility Management Software for our church facility may be a smart move.Last time we developed some “common language” to establish a baseline for our future discussions. The terms we defined were:
1. Service Request
2. Work Order Process (a better term may actually be Work Order Management)
3. Scheduled Maintenance
4. Capital Improvement Needs
5. Vendor Management
6. Equipment Cataloging and Tracking
So…why should your church consider using some form of Work Order Management software or Facility Management software? Isn’t that just for big churches with big facilities and big budgets and big staff and big….(you complete the rest)…
- 14 Feb
by TIm
No commentsWhy Use Facility Management Software for our Church: Part 1
How do you track and process work requests at your facility?
Legal Pad?
Excel spreadsheet?
Post-it Notes?
Cross your fingers, then hope and pray?
I would like to explore the other options for tracking work orders, service history, equipment inventory and condition, capital improvements, defective equipment log, vendor log, on-site maintenance staff assignments….and so much more. We will take the next several weeks to investigate the needs of most churches to track service requests and work orders as well as being proactive on tracking capital improvements to assist in your annual budgeting process.
- 9 Feb
by TIm
No commentsELEVATION CHURCH selects Cool Solutions Group
PRESS RELEASE
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) February 9, 2010 — Cool Solutions Group announced the signing of a Facilities Management agreement with Elevation Church in Matthews, North Carolina. Elevation Church, the 2nd fastest growing church in America, has recently opened their first permanent campus of over 43,000 SF. Elevation will be utilizing not only the Facilities Management services of Cool Solutions Group, but will also be using their cutting edge web based software solutions; ministrEspace (Room Scheduling software) and facilitEspace (Facility Management/Work Order tracking software).
View the entire press release
- 7 Feb
by TIm
No commentsRoom Scheduling Software: The 10 questions to ask before you buy
In today’s world of web 2.0 applications, cloud computing, and web based solutions, it can become confusing as to what is the
right application for our church/ministry. What will meet our needs? What are our needs (always a good place to start…identify the “pain” then resolve it)? How much will it cost? Will it be easy to learn? Well….to assist you in your selection process, we have developed a guide to help you make the RIGHT decision. The following need to be asked and answered as you navigate through the selection process.
