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Meet The Need Ministries, Inc. Summit on Ending Homelessness
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Vision 2 Meet The Need Vision 1.Take that administrative work off of staff members so organizations can do more to serve the community 2.Find opportunities to serve that fit their skills and interests on local charity / church / business web sites 3.Link up individuals directly with charities to see their volunteer and resource needs so they can connect Issues 1.Staff doesn’t have staff to take calls, post needs, figure out who can help & make sure it gets done 2.Community is not provided with enough avenues to serve local ministries & families 3.Local Charities have a difficult time making churches aware of their ongoing needs
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Background The Founder was a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies designing strategic, process and technology solutions In 2000, while struggling in Atlanta to find opportunities to “give back”, God showed him how that same business technology could mobilize churches and charities to do more to help those in need. 3 2000 20022004200620082010 Founding & Design Pilot Focus Groups, Design & Build Beta Test Local Launch 2011 4 City Launch 2012 National Launch
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Before and After… 4 Local agencies need help but lack means to communicate needs A single mom needs help Community members could help but aren’t shown the opportunities to serve by their churches and employers Organizations want to mobilize people to serve, but can’t plan events and manage requests from agencies and families Before Meet The Need With Meet The Need Local agencies post volunteer and resource needs on MTN Families have needs posted by agencies, churches, or MTN’s call center Organizations view all outreach activities by vols, members and employees Members and employees search on their organization’s own web site and social media
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Internal (Your Volunteers: e.g. Events) External (Local Charities: e.g. Food Banks) Post internal needs for select group of people to see Share volunteer & resource needs with partners Internal (Your Families) External (Local Families) Internal (Missions & Missionaries) External (Missions Organizations) Charity or Church FamiliesMissionaries 5 Connect with your national or int’l missions partners Post internal needs for trips or missions families Record & schedule visits, post needs, and track all past assistance * See where families have been, schedule for assistance, and needs posted * 3 Legs of the “Compassion” Stool Note: Meet The Need is the only case management system that provides all 3 phases of helping a family – 1) Recording current visits, 2) Broadcasting needs they can’t meet, and 3) Scheduling families to come back
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All the Tools You’ll Ever Need to Manage All of Your Charitable Activities…at no charge! Managing and Recruiting Volunteers Managing Family Needs and Services Provided Accepting and Tracking In-Kind Donations Running and Broadcasting Events Running Charity Drives (Scheduling) Get Help with International Missions Trips & Missionaries Mobilizing Particular Volunteers (e.g. Background checks required) 6
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MTN is the “Engine” Behind Your Volunteer, Most Needed Items, Family Needs, & Event Buttons 7
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8 Charity’s Needs Appear on its Own Site
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9 Same Needs Appear on Other Local Sites
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Highlight Needs of Charity Partners 10
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Click to See & Sign up for the Charity’s Needs 11
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Organize and Manage Events 12
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Easy “Online Shopping” & Sign ups 13
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Shared Case Management – Record Family Visits and Post Needs 14 Note: Meet The Need holds to the high privacy and security standards required by its national ministry members.
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Schedule Families - Multi-Site Charity Drives 15
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Connect People Directly with Local Charities 16
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Track and Measure Impact in the Community 17
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Organizations See Who Met Each Need 18
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Updates are Instantly Reflected on the Charity’s Site and Each Church’s Web Site 19
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Charities / Agencies
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Churches
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Not a New Program, Just Doing More with Less 34 Meet The Need 1.No extra work 2.No shift in responsibilities 3.No commitment to change Programs Require 1.Effort 2.New responsibilities 3.Commitment So, what is Meet The Need – simply taking local missions from: Pen, paper & PostIt Notes Phone calls, emails & bulletins Labor-intensive (expensive) Disconnected, limited outreach Slow and unproductive in terms of missed opportunities to serve Leverage 21 st century technology Vastly improve communication of needs Take work off of church staff Body of Christ connected & mobilized Members quickly search and find opportunities to help, on your web site
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You are the “Face” to the Community Meet The Need is behind the scenes – the community, congregation and volunteers need to know about the your heart for ministry and compassion, not ours! All Meet The Need can do is facilitate an initial interaction – it’s local churches and charities who form relationships with people over time Building a new local charity has a positive impact, BUT enabling compassion organizations across the globe to bring more help and hope has an exponential impact 35
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The Value of Collaborative Outreach 36 Preventing People from Taking Advantage of Anyone’s Generosity Comprehensive Shared Case Management System Cross-checks entire local database to see if that family has received help (or is scheduled to) from other churches and/or agencies Each family is tagged to a single organization No needs may be posted for money Uniting Organizations to Serve Those Less Fortunate Common, state-of-the-art platform enables all churches and charities to work together to reach that community Needs are instantly published out to all churches, charities and individuals within the Meet The Need network
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Value for Charities 37 Direct Access to the Church and Business Community Uniting Efforts to Serve Those Less Fortunate Building Awareness of Your Charity within the Local Area Getting Software Most Could Never Afford to Build or Buy – for FREE
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Value for Churches 38 Church “Needs”Benefits of MTN Fulfill the Great CommissionShares the Gospel as Jesus did, through Service Do More to Impact the Local Community and the World Takes the Outreach Workload off of Church Staff Increase Member Service Opportunities Matches Members with External and Internal Needs Grow Your ChurchConnects Members with Families in the Community Foster Church UnityShared, Common Platform across Organizations
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Success Stories 39 Tampa Bay - The most connected city in the world Expanded from a presence in 4 states to 35 after making MTN available nationwide in January 2012 Strategic partnerships with several of the largest national charity organizations in the U.S. Technology provider selected to connect networks to solve key issues – e.g. hunger, disaster relief, schools Used by many of the largest churches in the U.S. Behind many of largest multi-charity/church events Enabled the first fully-collaborative toy and food drives
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Testimonials 40 “The support provided by Meet The Need was invaluable” —Director, Feed the Bay “a savings in manpower of roughly $176,000” —President, Metropolitan Ministries “Finally, someone has figured this out!” —Executive Pastor, The Crossing Church “Meet The Need releases the bottleneck at the church staff level…empowers individuals to put their faith into action.” —Outreach Director, Van Dyke Church
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41 Meet The Need Expansion Plans Florida and Select Cities United States 2011 2012 Central Florida 2010 2010 U.S. and Select Countries 2013
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Next Steps… Charities and Churches register at www.meettheneed.orgwww.meettheneed.org Get access to all of our systems in just 1 ½ hours Tell other charities and churches about Meet The Need 42
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What It Costs… NOTHING! You get $25,000-$30,000 of software for FREE We just ask that you consider donating to Meet The Need to help cover our costs of setting you up and maintaining your account We are a ministry organized as a 501(c)3 Public Charity, not a business –our heart is for see cities bridge the gaps between those in need and those who can help 43
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For More Information… Executive Director Jim Morgan (813) 230-0189 jmorgan@meettheneed.org Main Office (813) 527-0222 info@meettheneed.org Web Site www.meettheneed.org 44
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