TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

• Natchi Lazarus: OpenAI, YouTube, Google & Meta news.

• Matrix Group: Choosing an AI note-taker App.

• ChurchTrac: Canva for Churches tutorial.

• Planning Center: New features in September 2024.

Connected Church News

Natchi Lazarus shares “Connected Church News // Open AI, ChatGPT, Gemini, YouTube, Meta, WhatsApp…” (7-minute watch), highlighting new features for Facebook and Messenger, OpenAI’s Canvas interface, 3-minute YouTube Shorts and other news in the AI and Social Media spaces.

Choosing an AI Note-Taker App

Matrix Group shares “How Matrix Group Chose an AI Note-Taker App” (5-minute read), outlining their evaluation of multiple AI tools for efficiency and collaboration. The article discusses criteria like ease of use, transcription accuracy, integration with existing systems, and security. They ultimately chose Fathom due to its superior features and seamless Zoom integration.

Canva Crash Course

ICYMI: ChurchTrac shares “Canva for Churches: A Guide” (23-minute watch), a “crash course” to help Churches get started using Canva’s free Pro Plan for creating content ranging from social media posts to flyers and connect cards. ChurchTrac users can submit a support ticket for assistance.

Planning Center Updates

Planning Center shares “New for You in Planning Center: September 2024” (4-minute read), announcing multiple updates. Highlights include a chat feature in the Services mobile app for team coordination, enhanced reporting tools, new event registration features, and improved volunteer communication tools.

Closing

Thank you for your time. We trust that this information was useful. Please consider sharing via the links at the top of the post. Finally, please take our brief Reader Satisfaction Survey to help us understand how to serve you better. Thanks and be blessed.

Disclosures

In the interest of “shunning the appearance of evil” resulting from undisclosed relationships and/or potential conflicts of interest, we disclose our relationship(s) with the providers mentioned.