As our user community expands, we are continuing to find unexpected pockets that are adopting Zapproved. One of those places would be non-profit organizations, but after we thought about it the idea made sense. Non-profits are constantly looking for ways to be more efficient with time and money. In particular, because they often work with volunteers who are not in a single place or on a common computer system, a web-based tool like Zapproved is a great way to leverage technology.
An early adopter of Zapproved is Fred Greco, the Senior Pastor for Christ Church PCA in Katy, Texas, a suburb of Houston. He discovered Zapproved while we were in beta and has been a continuous user since then. Fred is always looking for new tools to assist him and his members, so when he discovered Zapproved he put it to work in managing decisions of the church elders (the equivalent of a board of directors).
“We find it very helpful, especially with the 95% of approvals that are routine that we can do remotely,” he said. “Now I have a record of the decisions and can refer to them when I need to.”
“The experience in Zapproved has continued to improve,” Fred continued. He finds the recently introduced Outlook Add-in a big time-saver since he manages his email in Microsoft’s popular email client. In addition, the ability to include his church’s logo “helps people feel more comfortable when receiving emails from Zapproved,” he added.
Based on our conversations, using Zapproved for managing volunteer boards and committees is gaining ground. Having a simple tool that users of every technical ability can employ to create a reliable process for getting decisions made is valuable.
Fred concluded by saying: “I try a lot of online tools and Zapproved is one of the very few I’ve bought.” We are proud that is the case, and are happy to help support non-profit organizations in their important missions. We offer discounts to non-profit and education users so they can put Zapproved to good use.
Please send an email to info@zapproved.com if you are a non-profit and want to find out more about our discount plan.
