👀 GOOD TO KNOW: GMAIL TRICK FOR AN EMPTY MAILBOX💡

We thought we'd share a few little tips and tricks ✌️

For all those who use Gmail, there is an feature to have many mail addresses at the same time to sort mails automatically.


1️⃣ Wherever you enter an e-mail address, simply enter your normal e-mail address, e.g. benjamin.amann@icf.ch

2️⃣ Now add a "+" and any word or term (this can be anything) e.g. benjamin.amann+important@icf.ch

3️⃣ You will receive the mails normally in your Google mailbox without any problems. You can now e.g. set automatic filters so that it ends up in a folder etc.


This is unlimited - brilliant, isn't it? 🤩

I use it e.g. for newsletter registrations or if I want to test something quickly and have to enter several e-mail addresses. 🤝

Have you heard of this trick? 😊

💳 DONATION FORM SOLUTION💰

Would you like a donation form, especially for Sundays, that has all possible providers integrated? 👀

With Payrexx you can do just that:

👉 Offer direct Apple Pay on your mobile phone
👉 Offer your local payment providers
👉 Offer different currencies
👉 Offer different languages

This allows you to make it even easier for people to donate and not need a PayPal login, for example.

This can certainly lead to more donations 💰

➡️ https://payrexx.com/de/home/

As a non-profit you get a 50% discount with Payrexx


Here is an example form from Vorarlberg. Have fun testing🤝

If you have any questions, please contact @benniamann

☺️ MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎄

An exciting year is behind us - we started this channel with regular news and we hope we could help you here & there 🎉

What's in the pipeline for 2024? 👀

💡Continued updates & tips
💡We are starting with online learning communities
💡We will start sharing more tools & special discounts
💡Our focus shifts to our new website project, and we will bring updates at regular intervals, several times a month
💡AI continues to be a topic (Channel)

Feel free to write to me at https://t.me/benniamann if you have any other ideas or requests 🤝

We'll get back to you in 2024! 👋
Your ICF Digital Team

🚀 FIRST ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 🎉

As promised, we are starting this year with Online Learning Communities, and the first one is around the corner! The Topic: Our New ICF Website 🔥

We'll give you an update on last year's progress, where we are and how things are progressing, and what you can expect for 2024. A Q&A session will be included. 🤝

🗓️ Wednesday, 07 February
🕖 07:00pm
💬 German (🇺🇸 translation on request - min. 5 people)
🎥 ZOOM LINK


👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈


We are excited to have you as part of it 🚀
Your ICF Digital Team

🚨 REMINDER: FIRST ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 🚨

Hey Digital Community,

this Wednesday at 19:00 our first Online Learning Community on the topic "New ICF Website" will take place.

We look forward to seeing you there! 🎉

👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈

ZOOM LINK

Your ICF Digital Team 🤝

👋 BYE ICF SLIDE CREATOR - HELLO CANVA 🤝

As you know, the digital world is developing extremely fast. 🚅

For this reason, ICF Zurich has decided to switch off the "ICF Slidecreator" platform a few weeks ago, due to limited resources and the lack of maintainability 👋

As an ICF Movement we have decided to focus on "Canva", which we already use and covers all functions (And its free up to 50 users) 🚀


💭 Do you have questions about Canva?
Write to us at digital@icf.church

💻 Are you a Canva admin?
Then join the Telegram group


Your ICF Digital Team

🚀 NEW ICF WEBSITE - SNEAK PEEK 🎉

We have updates for you! At the last Online Learning Community, we were able to give you a little insight into the new ICF website 🔥

💡 New features
💡 ICF Content Hub (New Tool)
💡 Domain Change
💡 Timeline
💡 Q&A

Be sure to check it out. Finally, there are some great tips on what you can do now to prepare for the new ICF website. 🤝

👉 RECORDING ON EQUIP 👈

Do you have any questions? 💭
Feel free to contact digital@icf.church

Greets Benni ✌️

💡 NEW ICF WEBSITE - PODCAST CHANGES 📢

We are getting ready for the new ICF Website and want you to get prepared. (Watch the recording) 🚀

One thing that will change is, the Podcast Management - Our old website plugin is going to be end of life ❌

So make sure:
👉 Choose a new hosting & podcast distribution platform
👉 We recommend Spotify (Direct video hosting possible)
👉 Change the hosting as soon as possible
👉 Decide if you want to use our shared Spotify Premium platform "Megaphone"


➡️ SIGN UP FOR SPOTIFY MEGAPHONE ⬅️


If you have any questions please write us digital@icf.church or contact me directly

Have a great week ✌️

❗️REMINDER: FAITH STATEMENT ON YOUR WEBSITE 💻

Hey Digital Web Admins,

Last year we released our official ICF Faith Statement and sent out tutorial on how to implement it on your website.

A few ICFs have the Faith Statement on their website already - so this is the reminder to do so 😊 🤝

❓If you have any questions about the integration, please contact me @benniamann.

Thank You 🙏

📣 AI ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 📣


“THE CHURCH'S FUTURE WITH AI"

AI ist eines der schnellst wachsenden Technologien die wir in den letzten Jahrzehnten gesehen haben und es wird einen grossen Impact auf alle Branchen haben - Auch auf uns als Kirche.

Zusammen mit dem Special Guest aus Los Angeles, Michael Whittle (Founder & CEO Pulpit AI) und unserem ICF AI Team, laden wir dich ein zur Online Learning Community, wo wir uns gemeinsam anschauen, was uns AI für Möglichkeiten eröffnet und was du darüber wissen solltest.

MITTWOCH, 29. Mai - 19:00 bis 20:30 Uhr

💡 Input vom Guest Speaker "Michael Whittle" (🇺🇸 EN)
💭 Q&A mit Michael Whittle (🇺🇸 EN)
📢 News, Tipps & Tools vom ICF AI Team (🇩🇪🇨🇭 DE)


👉 JETZT ANMELDEN 👈


PS.: You want to read this post in English 🇺🇸? Just click on the message and choose the button "translate"

🚨 GOOGLE ANALYTICS DATA LOSS 🚨

This info is important for everyone who uses Google Analytics for their icf website.

The current "Google Analytics Universal" doesnt collect data since last year but will now be completly deleted by Google on 1 July 2024. ‼️

Sadly there is no option to export/miport the data to "Google Analytics 4". 🥲

So if you want to save old analytics data, which can be very helpful sometimes, follow this tutorial:


👉 GOOGLE ANALYTICS EXPORT 👈


PS: If you don't use Google Analytics yet and have questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with @benniamann. We highly recommed to use it to track helpful website data to support content optimization & decision making processes. (How To Link)

‼️📢 REMINDER - AI ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 📢‼️

In a week's time, our AI Online Learning Community will take place! 🔥

We will have Michael Whittle with us as a special guest.

He is co-founder & pastor of C3 Church in Los Angeles and founded the AI company "Pulpit AI" at the beginning of 2023, which makes it possible to create loads of content from one sermon. 💡

We are looking forward to it! Are you in?

👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈

Feel free to forward the registration to friends, colleagues from ICF or other churches. 💪

🚀 NEXT ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY - THE NEW PODCAST HOSTING 🎉

We are back from our summer break and we are going to host our next Online Learning Community.

The Topic: Podcast Hosting for the New Website (Spotify Megaphone)🔥

We'll give you an short update on recent progress of the website project but mainly we will introduce "Spotify Megaphone" - Our new ICF Movement Podcast Hosting Solution for you! 🤝

🗓️ Wednesday, 11. Sept
🕖 07:00pm
💬 German (🇺🇸 translation on request - min. 5 people)
🎥 ZOOM LINK


👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈


We are excited to have you as part of it 🚀
Your ICF Digital Team

‼️📢 REMINDER - ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY 📢‼️

In a week's time, our next Online Learning Community will take place! 🔥

We will show you our new podcast hosting plattform and how you can migrate to it for the new website 🤩

We are looking forward to it! Are you in?

👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈

Feel free to forward the registration to friends, colleagues from ICF or other churches. 💪

🆕 NEW PODCAST HOSTING WITH SPOTIFY 🤩

Our last Online Learning Community was about our new Podcast Hosting Solution "Spotify Megaphone".

It is a free offer from us a part of our new ICF website 📢

⭐️ Sptoify Premium Platform
⭐️ Unlimited Podcasts
⭐️ Unlimited Users & Storage
⭐️ Use your own Audio Promo in your podcasts
⭐️ More Analytics & Chart Insights
⭐️ & more

On EQUIP we uploaded the recording and explain everything in detail 🤝

https://icf.church/equip/de/resources/podcast-hosting-neue-icf-website/

Please write me @benniamann if you are ready to switch 🙋‍♂️

🎓 ICF CHURCH TRAINING WEEK🎓

Dear Volunteers and Team Leaders,

We are excited to invite you to the ICF Church Training Week!

These three days are a special opportunity that you should not miss. 🙌🏻

It's your chance to expand your skills, ask questions, find answers and discover new perspectives together with other passionate people from our ICF Movement.

Participation is definitely worth it - for you personally and for the whole Movement.

👉🏼 Register now and experience a transformative week that will leave a lasting impact on you!
👉🏼 DISCOUNT CODE for ICF Volunteers and Team Leaders: ICFCTW2025

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CHURCH TRAINING WEEK 2024 - KEY FACTS:
📆 Date: Tuesday, 04.02 to Thursday, 06.02.2025
📍 Online
🎟 Registration open

📢 NEW ICF WEBSITE UPDATE 📢

We want to give you a short update about the new ICF Website and our current timeline. We are working really hard to get to the finish line💪

⭐️ We plan to finish the development by the end of 2024 (If everything works well with the agency)
⭐️ In October we are starting testing with the ICF Zurich team
⭐️ After that process you will get access to the template so you can start to create your new website
⭐️ Then you have time to prepare all the content & we will help you in 2025 to make the switch

🤝 WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW TO GET PREPARED? 🤝

1️⃣ Fill out this form, to define your project leader
2️⃣ Write @benniamann to switch your podcast solution
3️⃣ Clean up your website - delete old pages, images & forms
4️⃣ Plan already, what content you want on the new website
5️⃣ Check your 404 errors on your website
6️⃣ Pray for the project & for the team 🙏


If you have question contact me @benniamann or write us digital@icf.church 💬


Have a great week 🙌
Your Digital Team

📢 FAITH STATEMENT ON THE ICF WEBSITE ✌️

A few months ago we communicated the new faith statement website and how to integrate it.

What happened so far:

📑 We have translated the faith statement in all movement languages

🎯 We have set up a central movement page, so changes will be available on every page without any effort

👨‍💻 We have integrated the faith statement for you on your ICF website


If you have any questions contact us 🙂
Your ICF Digital Team

👨‍💻 SPECIAL ICF MOVEMENT ELVANTO DISCOUNT 💰

We have a special 25% discount for all ICF locations that use Elvanto as a church management tool 🎉

Check if your discount is active?
Fill out this form:

👉 https://forms.gle/s8wEA3vrhS2Mkd8E9 👈

Have a blessed week ✌️