Church IT Management Survey Status

My dissertation research survey in church IT management reached it's objective over the weekend with 72 completions out of 103 invitations, which is nearly a 70% participation rate. Normally the participation rate for Web-based surveys run from 30-60% with they typical on the lower half. The survey is now closed as of today 14 June.

Thanks to all those who participated. I will be posting my findings on the Church IT Roundtable Web pages.

Secure Google Searching

Google finally has a secure SSL encrypted web site for their search engine. Check it out at: https://www.google.com/

Final Church IT Survey Now In Progress

I kicked off my graduate research study in church IT management on 3rd of June, it will run two weeks till the 17th of June. If you are an IT professional (paid or as a volunteer) located in the U.S. and want to participate, check out the data on the Church IT Roundtable web site. The study's targeted population is members/participants of the IT Roundtable.

Thanks to those who have already participated in this survey and my two pilot studies.

SANS Security Architecture Summit 2010

Attended this IT networking summit, details can be found at the following SANS web site:

The 2010 What Works in Security Architecture Summit

While the summit provided lots to think about in terms of network security strategies, there's still so many factors that have to be looked at to tackle this subject...

Final Church IT Survey

Part 1 and 2 of the Pilot Study has been completed, thanks to everyone who participated in helping workout the details of conducting a survey, improving the survey instrument (questionnaire), and checking the processing capability that is to be used for the actual survey.

The actual survey will be released on/or about 1 June for a 2 week window. This is the survey that counts for my research!

More details to follow...

Pilot Survey, Part 2 Launched 4/19/2010

This is part 2 of the pilot study for my research project in church IT management. If you are a church IT professional and have used the Church IT Round Table, drop me your email address and participate in my research.

Thank you to all those who participated in part 1.

Fasting for Jesus

I'm fasting for 24 hours starting Thursday evening as my way of recognizing what Jesus did for us in dying for the forgiveness of our sins!

He is Risen!