Overview
A bird's eye overview covering the basics of getting started with MSP.
Krista Kutz discusses how she implemented MSP at Old St. Pat's.
Ensure a smooth transition and learn the basics of MSP when taking over a database that has been set up by someone else.
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Ministries
Learn how to define your ministries and configure their settings.
Covers the two methods you can use to label positions in a ministry.
Learn how to use titles to categorize volunteers (by gender, level, etc.).
Service Times
Learn how to create weekly, monthly, and yearly services.
Volunteers
Discusses how to manually add volunteers and set up their profiles.
Covers importing volunteers from an Excel spreadsheet, .csv or .txt file.
Learn how to synchronize MSP with your church management software.
Communicating with Volunteers
An overview of the most important aspects of the Web Terminal for use with the Web Terminal Setup Checklist.
Learn how to craft Announcements to reach your volunteers by email or text message.
Once your message is sent, use the Announcements pane to track sent emails and texts, follow up on polls and RSVPs, and print emails for those without internet access.
Scheduling Volunteers
An overview of how to create and distribute the schedule. You’ll learn about the scheduling cycle and the 4 scheduling methods available.
Learn how to set up teams to schedule volunteers together, and optionally how to rotate teams in fixed, repeating patterns.
Learn how to setup repeating and/or rotational assignments for volunteers using MSP.
Once you have created a schedule, learn how to leverage your schedule data to gain insights and ensure a fair distribution.
Discusses how to post a schedule on the web, and how to export for printing.