Users' Conference 2010
Workshops
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We offered 45 different workshops this year. About half of our workshops were led by users sharing their real life experiences. Other workshops offered training on ParishSOFT software, from beginning to advanced levels.

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Bold = Parishes and Schools
Regular = Dioceses

Ministry, Collaboration and Technology

Exporting ParishSOFT to Word®, Excel®, and MailMerge (Basic – PS Staff) M1
Mobile Computing (Intermediate - Hewitt) M2
Parish Management: Best Practices (Miner) M3
Safe Environment: Managing Your Program using ParishSOFT X(Overview – Wolf, Haiar) M4

Effective Users Groups (Wiggins) M11
Exporting ParishSOFT to Word®, Excel®, and MailMerge (Basic – PS Staff) M12
Increasing The Value Of Diocesan Services To Parishes And Other Organizations (Dcn. Anderson) M13
Mission First: Aligning IT to Achieve Ministry Goals
(Discussion Group Follow-On to Keynote – Glover) M14

Mobile Computing (Intermediate - Hewitt) M15
Safe Environment: Managing Your Program using ParishSOFT (Overview – Wolf, Haiar) M16


People, Census, Offering and Pledge

ConnectNow Family Directory: Discussion (PS Staff) P1
Family Directory: Duplicate Checker (HANDS ON - Wolf) P12
Family Directory: What’s New and Tips & Tricks (PS Staff) P3
Getting Started with ParishSOFT: Families, Members,
Sacraments, Contributions (HANDS ON - Dandaraw) P4

Offering & Pledge: Periodic and End of Year Statements
(Intermediate - Haiar) P5

Offering & Pledge: Pledges, Statements and Reports
(Intermediate - E. Priest) P6

Diocese Software: What’s New and the ParishSOFT
Roadmap for the Future (PS Staff) P11

Family Directory: Duplicate Checker
(HANDS ON - Wolf) P2

Sacramental Recordkeeping (Intermediate - Becnel) P13


Religious Education and Tuition

Religious Ed: Best Practices
(Intermediate - Sr. Burton) RE1

Religious Ed: Sessions, Classes, Catechists, Student
Record, Milestones (Basic – Pershon) RE2

Tuition: Billings, Payments, Statements and Reports
(Intermediate – PS Staff) RE3

Using Technologies to Engage Youth
(Intermediate - Sr. Burton) RE4

Using Technologies to Engage Youth (Intermediate – Sr. Burton) RE11


Reporting

Excel®: Data Analysis (Intermediate – PS Staff) RP1
Parish IQ: Advanced Queries, Exporting
(Intermediate – PS Staff) RP2

Parish IQ: Basic Queries (HANDS ON - Tucci) RP3
Queries and Report Customization Including Registration Form X(Intermediate – Muldoon) RP4

AIM IQ: Targeted Appeals, Data Mining, and Analysis
(Intermediate – Swiger) RP11 & F11

Diocesan Reporting, Including Self Service
(Basic – PS Staff) RP12

Excel®: Data Analysis (Intermediate – PS Staff) RP13
Status Animarum (Annual Report) (Overview – Rinkacs) RP14

Accounting Workshops

Accounts Receivable (Demo – PS Staff) A1
Church Accounting: Best Practices & Applied Internal Controls (Intermediate – Hanson) A12

Accounting Reports For Internal Management
(Intermediate – Jacobson-Holman) A3

Ledger & Payables (Basic – Miner) A4
Payroll: Basics, Reports & Taxes (Basic – PS Staff) A5

Accounts Receivable Including Billing Your Parishes
(Demo – PS Staff) A11

Church Accounting: Best Practices & Applied Internal
Controls (Intermediate – Hanson) A2

Financial Consolidation Manager: Analysis And Reporting (Intermediate – Akers) A13


Communication Workshops

Address Quality: Keeping Addresses Up-to-Date (Basic – PS Staff)  C1
Constant Contact®: Professional e-Newsletters
(Basic – Smith) C12

My Own Church: Connect With Your Community
(Basic – Fr. Arnold )C3

My Own Church: Set Up, Administration, Managing Parishioner
Accounts (Basic – PS Staff) C7

MyOwnChurch (Demo – Smith) C6
NotifyNow: Instant Communication (Demo – PS Staff) C7
Parish Communications: Best Practices
(Intermediate – Dcn Amon) C8

Working With Workgroups And Ministry Groups in ParishSOFT X (Intermediate – Argetsinger) C9

Address Quality: Keeping Addresses Up-to-Date
(Basic – PS Staff) C11
Constant Contact®: Professional e-Newsletters
(Basic – Smith) C2

Dio Directory: Communicating With Your Community
(Intermediate – Argetsinger) C13

NotifyNow: Instant Communication (Demo – PS Staff) C14
Working With Workgroups And Ministry Groups in ParishSOFT X (Intermediate – Argetsinger) C15


Fundraising

Donor Management: Best Practices (Intermediate – Fischer) F1
Online Giving: Managing the System (Overview – Appel) F2
Online Giving: Marketing to Givers (Basic – Good) F3
Donor Management: Best Practices
(Intermediate – Fischer)  F13

AIM IQ – Targeted Appeals, Data Mining, and Analysis
(Intermediate – Swiger) F11

Development Manager: Contact Management
(Demo – PS Staff) F12
Online Giving: Managing the System (Overview – Appel) F14
Online Giving: Marketing to Givers (Basic – Good) F15


Volunteer Management

ConnectNow Ministry Scheduler: (Demo - PS Staff) V2