Day 0: 30 Days of Training to Reduce Operational Expenditures
Churches waste a lot of money.
So, I’m about to embark on a series of posts that are actually e-mails to our staff on simple ways to reduce operational expenditures. One of my crusades this quarter is to reduce our administrative spending by $160,000. I feel that if we are able to accomplish this goal that we will be poised to make a much greater impact in our ministries, our community, and in the world.
I hope that these simple posts will spur you on to ideas to help your organization. Feel free to use them in any way you want.
- Day 1: Turning out the Lights
- Day 2: Scheduling Rooms
- Day 3: Toll Free Numbers
- Day 4: Water, water everywhere
- Day 5: Bring a Sweater
- Day 6: 100 Eyes on Patrol
- Day 7: Don’t print that e-mail
- Day 8: Intent
- Day 9: Free Postage
- Day 10: Long Distance, ew
- Day 11: Buy Used
- Day 12: Take the Stairs
- Day 13: Ink Jet Printers
- Day 14: Sharing
- Day 15: Does it really need to go snail mail?
- Day 16: Lamps
March 5th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
YAY! for saving money, even if it takes my job. :) But, I hope that is does not! LOL
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 pm
i loved this series! so im disappointed to see that its ending @16. what about using print preview b4 printing so you dont waste by printing semi-blank pages? how about open-source substitutes for standard pay per license software products? combining errands to save on gas (assuming you are receiving reimbursement from the church)?
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Hey thanks! Those are good ideas too. I had more to go, but I started seeing the staff get a bit fatigued by the e-mails and I didn’t want them to stop thinking about good stewardship altogether.