I have just found www.wufoo.com I think this might be our answer. Easy to set up a form and the back office looks like it is exportable into Excel. I'll let you know how it goes.
We have used a program called SmartRoster for many years www.smartroster.net. You can try it for free for 45 days. Our church has been using it for about six years. I believe it is an upfront cost then an annual license fee (the fee for our church is about $80 a year). It is worth every penny. We have one person that oversees the database...me. We were able to import our names/addresses/phones and email addresses from PowerChurch. We then set up the areas we needed. We have a larger church. We have about 1000 names in our church database now with SmartRoster. We schedule for two services (some areas 3). We schedule for two areas of nursery, five other morning children's programs, ushers, greeters, and security. We can schedule families together on the same week. Our volunteers tell us when they are not able to serve (via email). They LOVE this. We send out email reminders to volunteers a few days before they are to serve. When looking to fill a holiday or needing more volunteers, our response rate to email is so much better than a bulletin announcement. I hope that helps. Would be happy to talk more to you if you need more info. The support at SmartRoster is great. I hope that helps!
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I have just found www.wufoo.com I think this might be our answer. Easy to set up a form and the back office looks like it is exportable into Excel. I'll let you know how it goes.
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We have used a program called SmartRoster for many years www.smartroster.net. You can try it for free for 45 days. Our church has been using it for about six years. I believe it is an upfront cost then an annual license fee (the fee for our church is about $80 a year). It is worth every penny. We have one person that oversees the database...me. We were able to import our names/addresses/phones and email addresses from PowerChurch. We then set up the areas we needed. We have a larger church. We have about 1000 names in our church database now with SmartRoster. We schedule for two services (some areas 3). We schedule for two areas of nursery, five other morning children's programs, ushers, greeters, and security. We can schedule families together on the same week. Our volunteers tell us when they are not able to serve (via email). They LOVE this. We send out email reminders to volunteers a few days before they are to serve. When looking to fill a holiday or needing more volunteers, our response rate to email is so much better than a bulletin announcement. I hope that helps. Would be happy to talk more to you if you need more info. The support at SmartRoster is great. I hope that helps!