More than 90% of church Web sites are updated less than five times per year, yet most active churches depend upon printed bulletins, newsletters, and even phone calls to keep their congregations informed of the many things happening each week. Ektron provides a solution.
A religious organization's Web site needs to serve both the community and congregation, allowing information to be continually updated to reflect changing schedules, programs, and services. But most organizations don't have the expertise and can't afford to pay high prices for complex content management applications, never mind the high costs to implement the application by expensive IT personnel.
Ektron’s content management solutions (CMS) change that. With our CMS, your organization can have a professional Web site loaded with features that can be updated on a daily basis at a price that you can afford. Additionally, Ektron CMS includes an exceptionally easy-to-use interface which incorporates Ektron's award-winning, browser-based content editor. The editor resembles a popular word-processing application that you, and your employees, are already familiar with. Ektron's learning curve is virtually non-existent, and the streamlined content creation and management ensures that the right people are producing the right content.
Pastors, faculty, volunteers, and secretaries are able to update content at any time from any computer. Where some tasks used to take days to complete, Ektron empowers users to complete these task in minutes. Sermons can be uploaded, religious education forms can be created, and events can be added to calandars in seconds.
Different groups in these organizations demand different styles and workflows. Ektron CMS allows your youth director to create and maintain content with a colorful, edgy look that appeals to teens, as well as giving the church daycare or coffee house full control over their content.
By having an up-to-date, accurate Web site that is both appealing and informative, saving time that the administrative staff spends answering frequently asked questions - what time is service? where are you located? what does your church believe in? - can be significantly reduced, and the site makes this information available 24x7.