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Feb 10 2022

MapDash: A Real Game Changer

By The Rev. Canon C. John Thompson-Quartey
Canon for Ministry Development & Congregational Vitality
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

MapDash for Faith Communities has been a real game changer for our diocese.  Using this tool on a judicatory level has proven to be a real Godsend, because we are now able to get a deeper understanding of the needs and opportunities in the environment in which our faith communities are located, so that we may better craft a suitable intervention to help each congregation respond to real needs in their communities.  No more do we have to default to anecdotes about why congregations are failing.  With a little help from FaithX, MapDash for Faith Communities is giving us real data with which we can interpret the needs and opportunities in our communities.  

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Written by Mary Beth Howard · Categorized: FaithX Blog, Ministry Development and Redevelopment, Posts by Guest FaithX Friends, Topics · Tagged: Data Driven Discernment, faithx, game-changer, Map Layers, MapDash, MapDash for Faith Communities, Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Report

Mar 05 2020

Why should I pay for MapDash when I can get the same data free? (Hint: You can’t.)

By Ken Howard

We’ve been getting this question a lot these days from our Episcopal clients: 

“Why should I pay for MapDash or Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Reports (NMIRs) when I can get the same data free off the Episcopal Church (TEC) website?”

The short answer is, “You can’t.” While all three are valuable tools for missional decision-making and there is certainly overlap between them, there are differences in the purpose and scope of each. The Know Your Neighborhood (KYN) report, the Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Reports (NMIR), and a subscription to a fully-equipped MapDash for Faith Communities platform each allow the user to ask and answer progressively broader and deeper questions. 

Here is a brief description of each of the above (click here for more detailed descriptions and comparisons):

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: Books and Resources, FaithX Blog, Ministry Development and Redevelopment, Posts by Ken Howard · Tagged: analytic platform, church demographics, data trends, Demographics, drivetime analysis, infographic report, Know Your Neighborhood, lifestyle data, map-based analysis, MapDash, MapDash for Faith Communities, Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Report, the Episcopal Church

Oct 10 2019

Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood? From Market Analytics to Missional Context Reports

This post on Missional Context Reports is the last of a seven post series on MapDash Analytics

by Ken Howard

One of the many features of MapDash for Faith Communities that makes it unique among other faith-based demographic tools is an analytic report that we call a Missional Context ReportTM. MCRs were developed by FaithX as a way for faith leaders at the congregations and judicatory level to better understand the lifestyles of the people in their neighborhoods in order to better engage them. 

MCRs are one-page reports that translate market segmentation data into ten areas of key information and practical programmatic and ministry opportunities that congregations can use to better target their engagement strategies to the unique lifestyles of the dominant population segment in each of the neighborhoods that form the community they serve. These areas are:

  1. Communications and Technology
  2. Education and Formation
  3. Hospitality and Fellowship
  4. Leadership/Doership Skill Set
  5. Midweek Involvement
  6. Neighborhood Characteristics and Issues
  7. Outreach Opportunities 
  8. Stewardship and Finance
  9. Theological/Political Orientation
  10. Worship

You can find a sample MCR here

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: FaithX Blog, Posts by Ken Howard · Tagged: analytics, MapDash, MapDash for Faith Communities, market segmentation data, missional context analysis, missional context assessment, Missional Context Report, population segments, strategic missional planning, tapestry

May 30 2019

Neighborhood Missional Intelligence – Report or Assessment?

This Post on Neighborhood Missional Intelligence is the 2nd of 8 posts on MapDash Analytics

by Ken Howard

FaithX Strategic Missional Services now offers two resources to explore missional opportunities at the local community level. The first is a Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Report. The second is a Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Assessment.

Think of the difference between the Report and the Assessment as the difference between taking a “selfie” and sitting for a portrait, except the subject is not you but your community and both are much more detailed than you might expect.

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: FaithX Blog, Posts by Ken Howard · Tagged: analytics, church demographics, Demographics, FaithX Strategic Missional Services, MapDash, MapDash for Faith Communities, Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Assessment, Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Report

May 16 2019

An Introduction to MapDash Analytics

To fully understand location-based data we need to organize and examine the data in four different ways. We have to:

  1. Visualize – Get your faith community’s data on an map, so you can explore it visually.
  2. Contextualize – Find your faith community’s place in the data, so you can examine its missional context.
  3. Analyze – Interrogate the data, to reveal what it means for your faith community.
  4. Socialize – Share your data, with leaders, members, the community, funders, and other stakeholders

Today’s post is about step 3, and the analytic tools MapDash for Faith Communities provides that help you reveal what demographic, lifestyle, and other data mean for your faith community or judicatory.

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: FaithX Blog, Posts by Ken Howard · Tagged: Congregational Sustainability Index, congregational vitality assessment, Congregational Vitality Index, drivetime analysis, Map Layers, MapDash, MapDash for Faith Communities, missional context analysis, missional context assessment, Missional Opportunity, missional opportunity index, MissionWeb, Neighborhood Missional Intelligence Report

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