Comments on: Next Steps http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453 a blog by jon edmiston Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453&cpage=1#comment-1822 Jon Thu, 21 May 2009 04:52:14 +0000 http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453#comment-1822 The truth is it depends ; ) Yes you Arena can fill all of your needs outside of the financials (Accounts Payable, Receivables, GL, etc), it certainly does for us and others. There are some customers that are really tied to certain of their previous solution and find it difficult to move. I think it comes down to are you willing to change some processes for a new software package? Arena is very customizable but at the end of the day every software package is different and when moving from one to another you have to be willing to make some changes. In fact there often times is a value to these changes. The cool thing about Arena is that you truely are limited by the technical capabilities of your church. 'Out of the box' Arena can do some pretty cool things, but the sky is the limit if you have the skills. Hope this helps... -Jon The truth is it depends ; ) Yes you Arena can fill all of your needs outside of the financials (Accounts Payable, Receivables, GL, etc), it certainly does for us and others. There are some customers that are really tied to certain of their previous solution and find it difficult to move.

I think it comes down to are you willing to change some processes for a new software package? Arena is very customizable but at the end of the day every software package is different and when moving from one to another you have to be willing to make some changes. In fact there often times is a value to these changes.

The cool thing about Arena is that you truely are limited by the technical capabilities of your church. ‘Out of the box’ Arena can do some pretty cool things, but the sky is the limit if you have the skills.

Hope this helps…

-Jon

]]> By: Sharla Kershen http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453&cpage=1#comment-1821 Sharla Kershen Wed, 20 May 2009 21:50:44 +0000 http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453#comment-1821 Jon, we are looking at Arena very seriously. Everything I see, I like. However, I just got off the phone with a F1 representative who said that Arena required Shelby to work correctly. My understanding is that we can keep Shelby Financials and it will interact with Arena, but that all other Shelby modules are eliminated in moving to Arena. This makes sense to me and is what I am being told by Arena rep's, but I want to hear it from a church with first hand knowledge. Can you help me with this? Jon, we are looking at Arena very seriously. Everything I see, I like. However, I just got off the phone with a F1 representative who said that Arena required Shelby to work correctly. My understanding is that we can keep Shelby Financials and it will interact with Arena, but that all other Shelby modules are eliminated in moving to Arena.
This makes sense to me and is what I am being told by Arena rep’s, but I want to hear it from a church with first hand knowledge.
Can you help me with this?

]]> By: Jon http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453&cpage=1#comment-1819 Jon Sun, 17 May 2009 16:56:30 +0000 http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453#comment-1819 The link below explains the Next Steps. We added one, Baptism, to the dashboard. That's what the drop is for. http://www.ccvonline.com/Arena/default.aspx?page=12691 The link below explains the Next Steps. We added one, Baptism, to the dashboard. That’s what the drop is for.

http://www.ccvonline.com/Arena/default.aspx?page=12691

]]> By: Jeremy Hoff http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453&cpage=1#comment-1818 Jeremy Hoff Sat, 16 May 2009 00:41:30 +0000 http://www.jonedmiston.com/?p=453#comment-1818 Awesome. Simply Awesome. Do you mind describing the icons to those of us who have no idea what a drop of water has to do with ministry? ;-) Awesome. Simply Awesome.
Do you mind describing the icons to those of us who have no idea what a drop of water has to do with ministry? ;-)

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