Launching the Readiness 360 Process is Simple:
4 Weeks from R360 Launch: Plan
- Choose a partner to help manage the process – Pastors, you don’t have to do it alone! – You can add them as users in your Readiness 360 Administrative Dashboard
- Identify who you most want to take the survey and plan for best ways to get them engaged; In most circumstances, it is wise to get the bulk of your active participants–newcomers, old timers and everyone in between–to take the survey
- Review each milestone, identify what is needed to make it happen and who is in charge of making it happen
2 Weeks from R360 Launch: Customize
- Download and review the Survey Setup Guide
- Login to your R360 Admin Dashboard to customize the survey including two open-ended questions
- Review the email and announcement template to develop your communications plan
- Create a link to the survey on the homepage of your website and/or create postcards with information to supplement email; There are a variety of banner images available
1 Week from R360 Launch: Prepare for Worship
- Place announcement in bulletin and/or
- Set up website (link to survey and announcement)
Launch Survey
DAY 1 (Friday): Send email with survey passcode and link you customized and created (click here for sample)
DAY 3 (Sunday): Make a verbal announcement (with or without PowerPoint slides); Most congregations set up a computer lab with helpers to allow support for folks who aren’t comfortable with doing things online and/or those who don’t have access to a computer at home
DAY 7 (Friday): Check completion rate in your R360 Admin account and send email reminder you created before launch along with a thank you to those who already completed the survey
DAY 9 (Sunday): Make a second verbal announcement with or without PowerPoint slides
DAY 11 (Tuesday): Generate the report to close the survey. The survey will not be closed until the reports are generated; Once reports are generated, the survey may not be reopened
1 Week after Launch: Share & Review
- Share the R360 1-page News Release in an email, the bulletin and on the web (and any other weekly communication’s vehicles you use)
- Process the R360 Executive Report with your church’s Lead Team
- Process Leader Tips in Staff Meeting
2-6 Weeks after Launch: Organize Your Response
- Pastor convenes a 7 person Multiplication Task Group made up of people who have a passion for multiplying kingdom impact, who are committed to the Lead/Senior Pastor’s vision and who have excellent strategic implementation skills. This Task Group digests the R360 Comprehensive Report and drafts a 90-day plan
- Lead Team reviews, modifies and votes on 90-day plan
- Task Group is charged with monitoring implementation of plan
3 Months after 90-Day Plan: Celebrate & Continue
- Review 90-day plan accomplishments
- Create a second 90-day plan