OSV Faith in Action Websites October 2012 Presented by: E ileen (Herrington) Pecoraro Terry Poplava

1. OSV Faith in Action Websites October 2012 Presented by: Eileen (Herrington) Pecoraro Terry Poplava

2. WhoisOurSundayVisitor One Priest - One Dollar - One Mission

3. Whatyouwilllearntoday

4. BostonFaith in Action Websites • Pre-built static pages with Catholic content about the faith, sacraments, newcomer information and more • NEW Optional Dynamic content from OSV Publishing for Daily Meditations, Faith in Action and Catholic News & Perspective. • Ready to go, just add your parish information and promote your new site

5. PreloadedwithCatholiccontent • Built on a best practices model for navigation, content and images and layout • Written by Archdiocese of Boston with content for newcomers, Catholic faith information, important parish pages

6. DynamicCatholicnewsfeedsfromOSV • Engage with Daily Meditations for spiritual growth and inspiration • Strengthen & grow the faith with real life stories about people living the Catholic faith around the world. • Educatewith Catholic news and perspective of what’s happening in today’s world • Prosper with Online Giving- stabilize your offertory through the year

7. HigherTraffictoYourWebsite • Dynamic content generates daily visits • No work for the website staff- just promote your site • Daily meditations ranks highest followed by Catholic News and Prospective

9. Easytouseforstaffandvolunteers • A web based CMS system designed so that you (and anyone you approve) can easily add pages, change page layouts, update calendars, load pictures, videos and more… • No computer coding needed, • easy to use editing icons • Personalized template design with unlimited pages • Most of all your parish is in control of your website

10. PowerfulemailCalendars-Multi-mediaready Each site starts with 10 email addressesfor a professional way to contact the parish and staff! Create simple one-time calendar events or complex reoccurrences. Sub calendars allow site visitors to easily sort events of interest or subscribe for automatic updates Easily post audio, video, and other multi-media resources (ex: sermons or YouTube videos) on your site so visitors can view or download one at a time or subscribe to your podcast or blog for automatic downloads

11. Socialmediaready- Radius sites comes with social media integration. Easily connect to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter Accounts. Visitors can even subscribe to your podcasts & blogs and calendar

12. Let’sgointoaFaithinActionwebsiteand…. • Edit a page • Upload a bulletin • Enter a calendar item

14. Some BostonAreaWebsites stmonicamethuen.org/ townsendcatholic.org/ stmarysfranklin.org/ stathanasiusreading.org/ holyfamilyduxbury.org/ smhmilton.org/ stpaulwellesley.com/ gateofheavenstbrigid.org/ stmarydanvers.org/ sttheclapembroke.org/ littletoncatholic.org/ ologp.net/ sacredheartquincy.org/ Sauguscatholics.org Stjudenorfolk.org Stagnesreading.org Sacredheartnewton.org Stbrigidparish.org Dorchestercatholic.org Stjohnbeverley.org Strosetopsfield.org

15. Websitesfromaroundthecountry St Anthony- New Bedford, MA St Patrick- Urbana, IL St Edward- Palm Beach, FL St James- Eau Claire, WI St John de LaSalle- Niagara Falls, NY St Anne- Columbus GA St Agnes- Phoenix AZ

17. Make an impact at your Parish • Online Giving • Envelopes • Increased Offertory Program • State of the Parish Reports • Custom Mailings • Annual Planning

18. Online Giving

19. More Parishioners Using Online Giving • Electronic means for supporting revenue • First Fruits planning • No interruption in gifts • Online Giving implementation • Promoting Online Giving

20. Online Giving Results • Parish in Northeast: • 47% Increase in giving year to year • $60,000 increase • Parish in Midwest: • Stabilized Cash Flow -  approximately $30,000 • 23% Increase in giving in addition • Parish in Midwest • $90,000 increase year to year • 42% Increase in giving year to year • 5% increase in Total Contributions from all sources

21. Great Envelope Designs

22. Offering Envelopes • Parish Photo • Image Reflecting Parish Community and Culture • Scripture • Special Series

23. Increased Offertory

24. Results Averages • 25-35% increase in offertory from respondents • 35% participation rate • $.14 - $.17 to raise a dollar

25. Increases Per Respondent • 65% increase gifts by more than 30% • 25% increase their gifts by 10% or less • 5% increase their gift by 20-30% • 5% increase their gift by 10-20% The optimist says, the cup is half full. The pessimist says, the cup is half empty. The child of God says; My cup runneth over.

26. Results from Increased Offertory Initiative • Totals for All Commitments • 33.9% increase over 2010 donations • Average pledge increase per week of $2,362.64 • Increase of $118,212.30

27. Spring 2012 Increased Offertory Letter “A” Consistent donors: 71% Response Rate 18% increase in commitments Letter “B” Regular and Irregular donors: 45% Response Rate 44% increase in commitments Letter “C” Non-donors: 3.2% Response Rate New commitments = $37,966 46% Response rate 43% Increase over 2011 donations Increase of $341,277 from 2011 donations

28. Sustained COLLECTIONS

29. Record of Contribution Card Inserts

30. Annual State of the Parish Reports • President has “State of the Union Address” • Corporations have “Annual Reports to Stockholders” • Federal, State and Local Governments “State of…” reports to their citizens Don’t presume the parishioner’s know the parish story. Tell the parish story through an Annual or Periodic Report!

31. Annual PlanOffertory and Communications Onsite Consulting and Workshops

33. PackagesAvailable • Website + Online Giving • Website + Envelopes • Website + Online Giving and Envelopes • Increased Offertory Program We work with you for the best value for your parish

34. YourOSVContacts Envelopes and Special Mailings: Karen Giuffrida 800.348.2886 ext 3001 Websites and Online Giving: Eileen ( Herrington) Pecoraro 800.348.2886 ext 6880 Increased Offertory Program: Rich Fischer 800.348.2886 extxxxx

35. Thank You For Attending God Bless!