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MSCM 8630: IT for Church ManagementDr. Wagner
Sept. 11 2008
Class announcementsClass announcements
Goals for this weekGoals for this week
Welch’s view Welch’s view
What is the Digital Age?What is the Digital Age? Education
◦ Miami U. - Started as a Civil Engineering/Math major
◦ Ended up with 2 UG degrees; B. Phil and BA (ancient Greek/Latin)
◦ Worked on Agora Excavations in Athens
◦ America School (Athens)
◦ Masters in Classical Languages (U. of KY)
◦ MBA (U. of KY)◦ Ph.D. in MIS at U of KY◦ Villanova since 1991
Research/Professional Interests◦ Dissertation in Expert
Systems/ Applied AI◦ Published in a variety
of journals◦ Published first college
text on XML (2003- Phall)
◦ Published first text on Customer Relationship Management (2007)
◦ First at VU to teach class over Internet
◦ Coordinate SAP University Alliance
◦ Editorial Boards for several journals
Binary worldBinary worldWife and 2 children
◦Son at U. Del and daughter at VU◦Wife doing Masters in Counseling at VU
Lu-Bhu◦Raised Lutheran but practicing
Bhuddhist meditation for last 25 yearsHistory buff
◦Founder of VU civil war round table◦Archeology and ancient history
Fixing up old farmhouse◦Gardener, camper, hiking, play on VU
faculty basketball team, etc.
What is IT?What is IT?
Organization of CourseOrganization of CourseDivided into three main modules
◦IT for Personal Productivity How can IT help you and your office work
better?
◦IT for Church Communications How can IT help you and your church
communicate better?
◦IT for Church Operations How can IT help the overall church
organization function better?
Course ResourcesCourse ResourcesShort, new text by Tim Welch
Welch, Tim Technology Tools for Your Ministry, 2008, Twenty-Third Publications.
Augmented with other readings. Mainly from Christian Computing magazine
Vendor demos (especially in last module)Element K tutorials for hands-on work
Check out web site and loginNote: Hold off on purchasing the
Expression Web text.
Assignments/GradingAssignments/GradingReadingsHands-on
◦IT inventory◦Spreadsheet report◦Database application◦Web site design◦Group collaboration project – design a
web portal for all things related to IT for Church MGT
Final Projects – research or applied use of IT
Assignment for next weekAssignment for next weekReach chapters 1 and 2 of Welch
book◦May also send you a brief CC article
Initialize and familiarize yourselves with the Element K site
Try to list all the main activities in your office (informal list)◦Be prepared to give 2 examples of tasks
that could be done better with IT◦We will meet next Thursday (9/11) at 7:30
p.m. (EST)
Questions?Questions?
Questions?Questions?
Go Cats!!