Other related questions:

1) Does Aspen coordinate all phases of a building project: vision casting, fundraising, communication venues, etc?

2) What is the quickest way to get started? If you have just begun talking about this, what is the most important step to begin?

Response: we realize the day can be a bit overwhelming and feel like you’ve been drinking from a fire hose! The conference is meant to do three things:

• Inform (that’s all the information you had presented to you – much of it from original research as well as many years of experience on the part of the presenters)
• Introduce (there were many people there who will be helpful to you as you move through this process)
• Inspire (by God’s grace you can do this! And it can be a blessing to you and your church body!).

That said, yes we at Aspen can help coordinate the various phases of your project. Some of these things we offer as direct services, and some, like fundraising, we coordinate with industry experts in the various fields.

It’s very important to start by selecting an internal team who will lead the process. I would be happy to expand on the principles shared in the Selecting the Team presentation if you would like to contact me at beisenmann@aspengroup.com. Very early in the process you will want to select external partners who can assist you in the various phases of visioning, feasibility, architecture and construction.

We at Aspen would welcome the opportunity to connect with your team to explore how we can best be of assistance. You can start by contacting any one of us from Aspen but specifically, for Indianapolis and the surrounding area: Lynn Cobb at lcobb@aspengroup.com and for Illinois and Northwest Indiana: Yolanda Fields at yfields@aspengroup.com.

Brad Eisenmann, Aspen Group. www.aspengroup.com