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Our team has had the privilege of working on hundreds of ministry networks around the country. We are often appalled at the high support costs our clients paid with their prior engineering/support firm. There are usually three reasons ministries pay more than they should, let’s identify them to help you avoid unnecessary support fees.

You're in a building project, and the problem solving seems to be done.  But is it?  Get ready!  This process is a roller coaster ride like you’ve never been on before!

Most organizations have an undocumented disaster recovery plan that has never been tested. As many ministries learned in last year’s hurricane season, waiting until the disaster hits is the worst time to test your system.

Well coordinated ministry teams are rare!  Ministry staff members are most often best characterized as entrepreneurial competitors who try to be diplomatic and work with each other-- sort of.  Why is that?  How can we help our staff work together in a well-coordinated fashion?

In light of recent events many stories and articles are circulating about the need for disaster preparedness.  Many of us are in areas prone to at least one form of natural disaster.  What are the facts?  How do we prepare?  Possibly the hardest question to answer-- what will it cost?

VoIP is a hot topic of conversation at nearly every ministry conference these days!  VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol,  is what many think of as free phone calls over the Internet.  Television cable companies have begun advertising it to compete with telephone service providers, and now telephone service providers are offering it too!  VoIP sounds promising, but is it as good as it sounds?  Let’s look together at VoIP: what it is, its upsides and its downsides so you can determine if it is for you.