Pastor Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church) blogged about some of the apps he uses, the other day::
In a previous post, I talked about some technology that helps me do my job. One of my most frequent needs is to capture an idea. Recently it's been: a sermon idea, ideas for the next all staff meeting, Innovation3 Conference outlines, thoughts for the next weekly email, ideas for the next series, etc.
Here's a couple of tools that I use:
1. When I'm brainstorming alone (scary thought) I use a program called Carbonfin Outliner on my iPhone.
When I've got what I need, I can send the outline to Evernote
for future reference and work, or to someone else in an email. This
has been a killer app for me in helping to capture ideas on the run.
2. When I'm brainstorming in groups, and we've got a computer handy, we use a free program called Dabbleboard. It is a digital whiteboard that can be accessed by groups of people from various locations.
We use Dabbleboard along with TokBox
to do our message planning meeting every Monday morning. With the
combination of the two, we can include campus pastors in the process. Dabbleboard actually works better for me than a real whiteboard,
because it's easier to move ideas around and capture them when we are
done.
For productivity, I also use EverNote on my iPhone, along with 3 others I'll mention here:
- MagicPad :: this notepad has multiple fonts, and what's magical is how it has CUT & PASTE!! And, it lets you create notes in rich text format that are email-able. The iPhone built-in notepad is plain too primitive.
- DarkRoom [iTMS link] :: this native app takes steady crisp & clear photos on the iPhone. No more blurry photos, unless the subject(s) are moving. I use this to capture whiteboard notes, remember faces, connect people virtually with more than just an email intro. Premium version makes the entire screen a shutter button -- no more scrambling to find the button to take a photo!
- Dial2do :: This free service lets me to send a reminder to myself via a phone call, and lets me twitter and listen to twitter. It's illegal to drive and text in California, and even if legal, it's not safe. This one is a phone service with web-based admin (so would this be called a phone app?)
What apps do you find yourself use to help your ministry?
// DJ Chuang is a Director at Leadership Network, launching digital initiatives, and connecting multi-site churches and Asian American pastors. He joined the Leadership Network team through a partnership with L2 Foundation.
Noter2 hands down. You can work on your computer or iPhone then sync. I could never go back to the iPhone notes app. http://dbelement.com/apps/noter2
Posted by: Amy | March 12, 2009 at 12:43 AM