💡 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 ✌️

🚀 NEXT ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY - NOCODE TOOLS | HOW EVERYONE CAN BE A DEVELOPER 🎉

Who hasn't experienced it: We have ideas, projects to build the church, but often we face challenges link limited finances, not enough volunteers or no digital staff 🥲

In this OLC, we want to take you into the world of No Code/Low Code tools and show you how anyone can develop or automate things without having to be a software developer themselves 🤩

We'll show you how we've applied this strategy and its pros and cons. 💪

🗓️ Wednesday, 20. Nov
🕖 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

👋 SHORT REMINDER - DIGITAL OLC THIS WEDNESDAY 🎉

TOPIC: NOCODE TOOLS | HOW EVERYONE CAN BE A DEVELOPER

🗓️ Wednesday, 20. Nov
🕖 07:00pm
💬 German (🇺🇸 translation on request - min. 5 people)
🎥 ZOOM LINK


👉 SIGN UP NOW 👈


See you ✌️

🎥 WE ARE LIVE! 🎥

👉 NOCODE - HOW EVERYONE CAN BE A DEVELOPER 👈

JOIN NOW 📢
https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/62656831980

🆕 NEW: DIGITAL TOOL LIST 🎉

We have some nice updates - Our Digital Tool list is ready 🎉

👉 https://digital.icf.church/tools 👈

So that you have a better overview:

🤔 what tools we use in the ICF Movement
🤝 which ones we can recommend
💰 where we have a discount for you
🙋‍♂️ who is the right contact person

Currently, we use Notion - It has a search & filter function, but use it on your desktop to have the best experience ☺️

Let us know if a tool is missing or if you have any questions ✌️

Your Digital Team

⚠️ IMPORTANT ICF WEBSITE UPDATE 💡

As we mentioned in our last update min mid-October, we planned to finish the development by the end of the year.

Because of the unexpected parental leave of the agency project leader & the head developer, the development is delayed 🕞

⚙️ Testing with ICF Zurich starts by the end of January
🆕 New planned release "End of Q1 2025"

🎉 THE GOOD NEWS 🎉
Everything else on our side is ready and also our ICF Hub Beta version. We are just waiting on the agency to finish 🤝

👉 CONTACT FOR HUB BETA TESTER 👈
👉 CHECKLIST TO GET PREPARED 👈


Thanks for your patience 🙏If you have question contact me @benniamann or write us digital@icf.church 💬

Merry Christmas & be blessed 🙌
Your Digital Team

📢 ICF WEBSITE - UPDATE CHANNEL 📢

We want to give you updates even more regularly, highlight features and involve you more in the process in the next 3 months 🤝

We have now created a separate channel for this purpose

JOIN NOW: https://t.me/+Y_e0O-HID3pkZGRk

☺️ MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎄

An exciting year lies behind us, and we say thank you to all of you who invest your time & resources in building church and for your passion for the digital space 🫶

What can you expect in 2025?

💡 Ongoing updates & tips
👨‍💻 Launch of the ICF Hub & the New Website
🧩 EQUIP will get an upgrade
👀 Church Health Dashboard
🚀 Checking together how AI can serve us even better

And of course we will continue to provide support & development for the existing platforms & organize more OLCs and trainings. 🤝

Feel free to write me @benniamann if you have ideas or requests 🤝

We wish you and your families a wonderful and restful holiday season and look forward to the coming year with you! 🎄


We'll get back to you in 2025! 👋
Your ICF Digital Team

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PS.: The video is generated by the AI tool sora.com - Its now available for the public and yes, it will get better 😄