Many of my fellow associate pastors write a lot about their craft in the church and share their ideas in the blogosphere. So, to keep with the tradition of sharing ideas I thought I would introduce one of our organization tools.
We call it the Whiteboard. I know what you are thinking, ‘I have one of those!’ Well, its not what you think. We use Adobe Illustrator to create all of our publications and its installed on my computer as well. During our meetings we are usually in my house and I will hook my computer to the TV and put Illustrator up on that screen. I have a 24″x36″ page with pre-made discussion terms that can be moved freely about the workspace. As we discuss them the ideas are being put up on the screen just like a dry erase white board. Using Illustrator I have the freedom to move things around, easily edit or copy information and because its on the screen for all to see, its more dynamic. The best part is when we are done, it makes a handy PDF that gets sent to everyone to use as a reference for things to get done. It also serves as a legal document when we need to pass legal motions for the organization.
If you don’t happen to have a 50″ plasma in your living room, thats ok. Lots of you have projectors that you use on Sundays or even a regular TV. Get creative, but it beats the old fashioned dry erase board because at the end of the day, everyone gets their own copy.
Its a fantastic tool and I recommend you try it out. I have it available for download in my resource widget to the right. If you don’t have Illustrator there are a few open source options that you can use as well.
What is your church doing to keep things running smoothly?
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Plus I don’t have to write anything down….which is nice.