May
Interactive Digital Signage Used For Church Collections
Dynamic, digital signage is used even in houses of worship for various reasons and applications, now these units are featuring touch screens to assist in signing people up for regular giving.
Unlike the UK, America has seen a distinct rise in peoples believes especially when times are hard, as everyone is on the same playing field. However what makes the huge difference is that in the UK there is “gift aid”, this is when someone gives a regular amount of money to church every week and with being a tax payer, the Church can claim the tax back on the amount given increasing the donation by some 18%.
Now in the USA, the giving is something different, as worshippers are seeing touch screen digital signage now appearing in the Church isles, well not exactly. These interactive displays are showing the current Churches calendar and then there is a page where the congregation can use the interactive touch screen to enter their credit card details to sign up for a regular donation, even if you don’t attend Church. This is perfect for worshipers who work away from home knowing they can contribute to the upkeep of their church as well as their community.
These can be floor standing, touch screen displays normally 42” in size and in the portrait position, a PC or small form factor PC is placed in a secure compartment in the rear of the kiosk or enclosure and this is then connected to the internet and a merchant payment account that will accept the congregation’s donations.
Proving that if the House of God is investing in interactive, touch screen digital signage why are some businesses not investing in it?
Some times it is that businesses think that the investment is not worth the return, however digital signage is proving to be an exceptional way to brand a company, organisation or even a charity and it doesn’t have to break the bank.
Like everything in life, there are different priced products, so if the budget is not that big, you can either have a wall mounted digital poster or a floor standing LCD advertising display, but these are not interactive. To achieve an interactive solution you could use an LCD enclosure and fit it with an touch screen panel these panels can be infrared and send a beam throughout the panel in both vertical and horizontal lines, so when someone touches the display they break the beam and this causes the break to act as though you clicked a mouse on the screen and made a selection.
LCD Enclosure Global offer a range of indoor and outdoor digital signage solutions that include digital posters, free standing LCD advertising screens to outdoor LCD enclosures for complete protection of the signage hardware, specifically for areas of varied temperatures form -30 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit.