April 15, 2025

Ten Ideas for Easter Follow-Up

For first-time visiting families, don’t let all the effort and energy you put into making Easter special go to waste. Keep the conversation going and encourage them to return by using a follow-up plan that makes them feel seen and valued. Your Easter follow-up plan should focus on ...

August 23, 2023

8 Steps to Create a Training Program

We are heading into fall, meaning an increase in new volunteers who need to be trained. Many will be responsible for tasks they have never completed in a system they’ve never worked in. To help new volunteers be successful, you need to increase their knowledge ...

August 16, 2023

Eleven Ways to Create a Safe Environment

For families, keeping their kids safe is always top of mind. They want to know how you intend to protect and ensure safety while their children are in your care. Child safety encompasses more than strict adherence to policy and procedures. It also involves creating an ...

July 26, 2023

Five Ways to Improve the Volunteer Experience

A strong volunteer base is essential to many organizations and a key to success. While the value of volunteers is widely known and accepted, creating a positive and fulfilling experience for volunteers can be challenging. People look for flexible opportunities in a supportive environment that offer ...

July 11, 2023

How to Say “You Are Welcome” 10 Different Ways

A guest post from Christina Embree. Christina is the founder and director of ReFocus Ministry. She is a thought leader in Generational Discipleship and widely recognized as a dynamic speaker, influential author, and executive coach. She holds a master’s in ministry with a focus on children, ...

March 7, 2023

Five Skills Every New Leader Must Master

If you are new to leadership, you will quickly learn there are several different management styles. For example, some leaders are extroverted and excel at social connections and advocating for new ideas, innovations, and vision. In contrast, introverted leaders stand out with analysis, listening, and ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In is Sharing Eight Strategy Components to Recruit New Volunteers

February 1, 2023

Eight Components to a Volunteer Recruit Strategy

This is the second in a series of three posts on creating a volunteer recruiting strategy that shows your organization is committed to attracting, recruiting, and keeping volunteers. In the first post, we covered six reasons volunteer recruitment strategy is essential and worth investing time ...

KidCheck Secure Children's Check-In Now Offers Brother Printer

January 11, 2022

KidCheck Now Offers Brother Printer

We are excited to announce that KidCheck is now compatible with and offering the Brother QL-800 Label Printer. The Brother QL-800 delivers great looking, high-speed, high-resolution printing. With direct thermal printing there’s no ink or toner necessary. It prints pre-sized, easy-peel labels for child name ...

KidCheck Secure Children's CheckIn Shares Child Safety Tips for VBS

December 7, 2021

Child Safety and Welcoming Guests in the Holiday Season

The holidays are a time of joy, gratefulness, love, and peace; as well as chaos, busyness, hustle, and preparation. During this wonderful and unique time of the year outreach increases, opportunities arise to welcome visitors and new families, and through it all, child safety must remain ...

November 16, 2020

Do You Have An Exit Strategy For Families? A Guest Post from Dale Hudson

It’s the time of year when new and visiting families begin to attend your church. The first and last impressions will determine how likely new families are to return. However, it’s the last impression that is final and very powerful. Making sure that visiting families have ...