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  • Tip: When recording a Zoom meeting that will be shared publicly, we recommend that you not include participants' names. By default, when recording a Zoom meeting, Zoom includes the names of the participants in the lower left of each participant's video/image box. This can become a security issue,...
    Book, Leader Resource | By Larry Stritof | April 9, 2025 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disaster Prevention and Response, Records & Security, Social Media, Websites
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  • With so much personal, financial, and other important information able to be accessed online, it's more important than ever to use best practices for your digital security.
    Book, Leader Resource | By Larry Stritof | April 4, 2025 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disaster Prevention and Response, Records & Security, Social Media, Websites
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  • Your UUA leadership wants you and your congregation to meet this moment as democracy and basic freedoms are under threat, and offers these timely, curated resources.
    Reference | March 13, 2025
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting Rights
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  • Community Resilience Checklist Graphics are available for Unitarian Universalists and others to use in congregation and community settings, as well as on social media. These are part of a collection of resources available at the Community Resilience Hub.
    October 25, 2024
    Tagged as: #UUTheVote, Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting Rights
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  • A collection of resources gathered for Unitarian Universalists, UU congregations, and communities for guidance and support for the sacred work of making meaning in a time of instability and fear.
    October 16, 2024
    Tagged as: #UUTheVote, Community, Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting Rights
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  • Your congregation’s archives may be of historical interest, such that a larger collection might appreciate them as a donation. Here are some options:
    October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Governance for Congregations, Records & Security
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  • Property insurance challenges are becoming more common, from rate increases to policy terminations. While we can't make these problems go away, we can offer some suggestions.
    Book | By Safe Congregations Team, UUA Church Staff Finances | December 15, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Records & Security
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  • We’ve recently seen an uptick in email scams or “phishing” attempts that leverage recipients’ connections to the UUA and we wanted to alert anyone who might encounter them. The latest was an email purporting to come from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, the UUA president, saying, “I have a...
    By UUA Information Technology Service Staff Group | February 25, 2021 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Records & Security, Safe Congregations
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  • A shared history is a powerful bond and an awareness of history can foster a sense of pride and a feeling of connectedness. The telling of this history, whether in oral or written form, is one of the most important ways that newer members of a family are welcomed into the group. ...
    Leader Resource | March 24, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Records & Security, UU History
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  • Annual reports, often published in conjunction with a congregation's annual meeting, provide an opportunity to report on the annual goals that are serving the mission and vision of the congregation
    Leader Resource | March 24, 2019 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Governing Boards, Mission/Vision/Planning, Records & Security
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  • Step 1: Assemble your emergency operations team Step 2: Establish contact with local partners Step 3: Questions Step 4: Determining roles and responsibilities Step 5: Approval Step 6: Share Step 7: Train Step 8: Practice Step 9: Congregational drills Step 10: Review Resources Sanctuary Congregati...
    Utility | May 7, 2018 | From Safe Congregagtions Handbook
    Tagged as: Facilities Management, Records & Security, Safe Congregations
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  • All Member Congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) are required to report their Operating Expenses during the annual http://www.uua.org/directory/data/faq/certifyingmembership/173471.shtml… Certification. To report Operating Expenses, you will need the following: Prior Year...
    Reference | December 20, 2017
    Tagged as: Annual Program Fund, Giving & Generosity, Records & Security
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  • All Member Congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) are required to report their Operating Expenses during the annual http://www.uua.org/directory/data/faq/certifyingmembership/173471.shtml… Certification. To report Operating Expenses, you will need the following: Prior Year...
    Reference | February 13, 2015
    Tagged as: Annual Program Fund, Giving & Generosity, Records & Security
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  • Our congregations strive to be safe and welcoming places to all....
    Utility | By Safe Congregations Team | April 3, 2014
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Trauma, Violence
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  • Church members generally agree that saving church records is a good thing – but the reality of doing that raises a number of questions. Which items should be saved, and by extension, is it okay to throw some items out?
    Leader Resource | By Kathleen Parker | March 27, 2011 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Records & Security, UU History
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  • Q: We’re doing some housecleaning at church and we have a question about how long we should be keeping our legal and financial records. Is there a recommended time period that a church should hang onto its financial records? A: This is something each organization needs to decide on its own, says...
    By Donald E. Skinner | March 15, 2009 | From InterConnections
    Tagged as: Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, Records & Security, UU History
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  • Q. Our church administrator has trouble getting work done because of frequent interruptions from people who ask questions they should know the answers to. What can we do? A. The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, IN, created a three-page document that answers many of the questions that...
    By Donald E. Skinner | January 15, 2005 | From InterConnections
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations, Congregational Administration, Records & Security
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  • The archives of First Universalist Church, Denver (609 members), used to be one of its best-kept secrets. Tucked away in boxes in a basement room, few knew the historical documents were there. ...
    By Donald E. Skinner | March 1, 2001 | From InterConnections
    Tagged as: Congregational Administration, Records & Security, UU History
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