Video Tutorials

Overview

• 6 min

  Bird's Eye Overview

  A bird's eye overview covering the basics of getting started with MSP.

• 3 min

  Transitioning to MSP

  Krista Kutz discusses how she implemented MSP at Old St. Pat's.

• 7 min

  Crash Course for New Admins

  Ensure a smooth transition and learn the basics of MSP when taking over a database that has been set up by someone else.

Ministries

• 4 min

  Creating Ministries

  Learn how to define your ministries and configure their settings.

• 4 min

  Labeling Positions

  Covers the two methods you can use to label positions in a ministry.

• 3 min

  Using Titles

  Learn how to use titles to categorize volunteers (by gender, level, etc.).

Service Times

• 3 min

  Creating Service Times

  Learn how to create weekly, monthly, and yearly services.

Volunteers

• 7 min

  Creating Volunteers

  Discusses how to manually add volunteers and set up their profiles.

• 4 min

  Importing Volunteers

  Covers importing volunteers from an Excel spreadsheet, .csv or .txt file.

• 3 min

  Sync with Management Software

  Learn how to synchronize MSP with your church management software.

Communicating with Volunteers

• 6 min

  Managing the Web Terminal

  An overview of the most important aspects of the Web Terminal.

• 5 min

  Creating Announcements

  Learn how to craft Announcements to reach your volunteers by email or text message.

• 2 min

  Managing Announcements

  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

• 5 min

  Creating a Schedule

  An overview of how to create and distribute the schedule. You’ll learn about the scheduling cycle and the 4 scheduling methods available.

• 3 min

  Team Scheduling

  Learn how to set up teams to schedule volunteers together, and optionally how to rotate teams in fixed, repeating patterns.

• 4 min

  Rotational Scheduling: Preassignments

  Learn how to setup repeating and/or rotational assignments for volunteers using MSP.

• 5 min

  Reports

  Once you have created a schedule, learn how to leverage your schedule data to gain insights and ensure a fair distribution.

• 6 min

  Posting and Printing Schedules

  Discusses how to post a schedule on the web, and how to export for printing.

• 5 min

  Notes and Resources

  Learn how to add notes or resources to services.

• 5 min

  Rosters

  Discusses creating rosters of volunteer info to print or post online.

• 5 min

  Tracking Custom Information

  Learn how to track extra volunteer information by creating custom fields.

• 4 min

  Enrollment Forms

  Learn how to setup and customize an online form to capture new volunteers.

• 3 min

  Using the Sign-in Kiosk

  Learn how to set up and use the Sign-in Kiosk to track attendance.

• 2 min

  Types of Admins

  Learn about the three types of admins in MSP and how to assign each.

• 2 min

  Creating and using Web Admins

  Learn how to create and use Web Admins in your database.

• 6 min

  Web Terminal: Volunteers

  Designed for volunteers to learn how to use the Web Terminal.

• 3 min

  MSP App for Volunteers

  Designed for volunteers to learn how to use the MSP app.

• 4 min

  Updating your MSP Profile

  Explains the My Profile tab of the Web Terminal in more detail.

• 8 min

  Web Terminal: Leaders

  Designed for leaders to learn how to edit volunteer profiles, make changes to schedules, and communicate using Announcements.

• 5 min

  MSP App for Leaders

  Designed for leaders to learn how to use the MSP app to edit volunteer profiles, make changes to schedules, and communicate using Announcements.