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Nonprofit / Association Case Studies
Explore our unique nonprofit / association case studies below.
Bible Extension Course ProgramCreating more vibrant classes The Bible Extension Course Program (BECP) provides a supplement of Bible Course Electives, offering students a variety of Bible studies conducted by qualified instructors. The Director, Clifton Carpenter, stated, "With the available technology, I wanted to present the Bible Study material in a fresh, new way." TurningPoint interactive presentations dramatically changed his courses by improving assessment and encouraging student participation and interaction. Common Ground Church CommunityUsing interactive presentations to make sermons more meaningful Common Ground Church Community in North Lima, Ohio is a recently established community of faith that seeks "to reach out to the next generation of believers." Pastor Steve Fortenberry wanted to increase interaction during his Sunday message and encourage the congregation members to give more thought to the points of the sermon. Equal Voice for America's Families ConventionUsing RemotePoll™ for simultaneous, multi-city polling Equal Voice for America's Families is a family-led social movement aimed at improving the lives of low income families nationwide. Their national convention was held simultaneously in three locations: Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA. Turning Technologies was on board to provide audience response simultaneously at all three locations using RemotePoll, a state-of-the-art remote polling application. Everyday EdisonsTurningPoint simplifies voting process on reality television series Everyday Edisons, a reality television program which follows the process of turning inventor's ideas into realities, found Turning Technologies' TurningPoint to be the ideal solution for their contestant selection process. With TurningPoint, panel judges were able to greatly decrease the time normally associated with tabulating paper based score cards, allowing for a more efficient and effective selection process. Institute of Continuing Legal EducationEnhancing the training experience with engagement The Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Michigan integrated response systems after experiencing the technology in a voting environment. Immediately seeing the implications for CLE programs, the organization starting offering the technology to its speakers. Presenters now use the system to break down audiences by demographic, ask scenario-based questions and offer legal recommendations based on responses from attendees. Mississippi Children's MuseumTurningPoint provides a game show experience for fifth grade students The Mississippi Children's Museum began their annual Educational Fair in 2008 in order to educate students about the benefits of staying in school and receiving an education. With the use of TurningPoint response technology, students were treated to a game show program that involved all 3,000 students over the course of a day. Both students and volunteers thought it was the best part of the fair. Saddleback ChurchAdding interactivity to a large youth audience When High School Pastor Josh Griffin saw how quickly his weekend sessions were growing, he knew that he would have to find some creative way to keep the attention of his large student congregation. In order to conduct anonymous polling and inject a little humor into his teachings, Griffin adopted TurningPoint audience response. U.S. Bowling CongressTurningPoint Saves Hours of Voting Time for U.S. Bowling Congress The U.S. Bowling Congress holds annual meetings to vote on bylaws and elect board of directors. Paper ballots were originally used to calculate results, but would take hours to collect and tally. After seeing audience response in action, the USBC invested in a TurningPoint response system. Youngstown Metro ChurchEngaging a young audience with interactive PowerPoint presentations Youngstown Metro Church and Pastor Shank's mission is worship outreach to the 104,000 18-34 year-olds in the greater Youngstown area. After incorporating a variety of multi-media into his sermons, including audio and video, Pastor Shank felt the communication was still too one-way. TurningPoint changed this by creating more effective presentations, bringing a higher level of interactivity and audience participation. |
