A tool I've been using for a long time is starting to catch on at my church. Doodle is the simplest imaginable tool for polling a group of people for their availability. You just create a poll, offer dates and times, then send invitees to a website where they fill in their names and check little yes/no availability boxes. It provides an instant, easy to interpret visual representation of which are the best days and times for the greatest number of people (without a single "reply all" email clogging your inbox).
I used Doodle to schedule meetings for the children's ministry, and almost instantly other groups at the church started asking me about it. Even people who are slow to warm to new technologies see the beauty of this tool right away. My brothers and sisters are starting to use it for Men's Ministry and for scheduling visitation and prayer for the sick. Praise the Lord! May he use it for many more good works. So, since I had gotten so many questions, spontaneously, I thought I'd share it here too.
Doodle is free. There is an option to register so you can manage multiple polls more easily, but a logon registration is not required.
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