In its simplest form The Hub was designed to assist you in the building of an online creative team, existing from those of your home church, friends and then others in ministry. No longer will you need to search for ideas alone, either as an individual or alone as a church. Sign in and connect instantly with others through the use of the features found in The Hub, such as; The Buddy List, The Hub Chat, Featured Topics, Featured Products, and the 5 main directory tabs; Brainstorm Your Topic, My Queue, My History, My Network and Featured Product.
The Hub ChatThis simple chat area is just a quick way to speak to anyone who has signed into The Hub. Chat with others to join you in a Virtual Brainstorming Room or just to say hello. Using the Hub Chat you can begin to develop relationships instantly.
The Buddy List is similar to a typical buddy system that you are probably already used too. It's a quick way to access your friends and see who is currently online. Find your friends, see their profile, send them a message, begin a private chat, or find what room they are in and join them instantly.
This area is designed for quick access to Virtual Brainstorming Sessions that are on demand, such as seasonal holidays like Easter or Christmas, as well as current ministry trends, such as The DaVinci Code. With the Featured Topic area you can sign in and begin brainstorming immediately.
Featured Product
The Featured Product area is connected to the topic list. Just select the topic you wish to brainstorm and the Featured Product area will display the most popular product for that topic.
The next section you will notice are the 5 easy tabs that direct you to the full benefits of MinistryHub.com.
Brainstorm Your Topic
The first of the 5 tabs allows you to select the topic you wish to explore. As the instructions state, it really is easy with our two step process; first make your selection from over 214 topics to brainstorm, and then second, either join a room currently in progress or create a room that works at a time for you and your team.
Creating a room is simple, you only need to answer three easy questions. First Which type of room do you want? You have two options here, a traditional Virtual Brainstorming Room that holds up to eight people, or an Open Idea Room, where you can invite as many as you wish to participate. All they need is an Internet connection and an active email to send the invitation. The second question is When do you want to room to begin? Here you can create a room for a time that works for you, or begin brainstorming instantly. And then last, Who do you want to brainstorm with? It's here you can invite those from your buddy list or enter any number of emails and they will be sent an invitation to join. Once you've answered these three questions, just select Go and depending on your settings, if you have selected now, you will join your room instantly, or if you created a room for a later time you will be directed to the area titled, My Queue.
My Queue
The My Queue area of MinistryHub.com allows you to interact and connect, with those invited to the Virtual Brainstorming Rooms, that either you have created or rooms that you have been invited to participate. For the rooms that you have created, you can edit the time, what type of room it is, as well as who has been invited. Verify if they have received their invitation, and if they have accepted or declined to join in, as well as send them a message, or a reminder once again about your scheduled meeting time.
The second section is for meetings that you have been invited to. It's here you can accept or decline the invitation as well as send messages to the other participants.
The My History tab gives you access to The Results area for all of the topics that you have previously brainstored, as well as access to those products that you have tagged as Save This Idea For Later.
My Network
It's our desire for the customers of MinistryHub.com to be able to connect with others in ministry, without having to share their email address if they choose to do so. We make that possible through My Network and it's two main areas. First is People Search, where you can locate like-minded individuals with the same background, church size or location as you. Second you can connect with them through, the Message Center, by sending them a message, adding them to your Buddy List or by inviting them to a private chat.
Featured Items
The last tab we will look at is the Featured Items tab. Just as the name implies it's here you will find articles, advice, surveys as well as product that we would like to bring to your attention.
