Name Badger!
The Quick & Fun nametag solution that promotes fellowship
in Worship, Fellowship events, Sunday School, and meetings.

  1. People walk up and click the first letter of their Last Name on the screen.

  2. They click their name -and then click "print".

  3. Out pops a single nametag in under 2 seconds!

The printing is fast because thermal label printers are optimized for speed, and don't use ink.

Don't see your name on the list?  Click a button, type your First and Last Name, then click "print."
(And the next time you need a nametag, your name will be there.)

Want to put all your members on the Name Badger list? It's easy. Just export a simple text file of member names and addresses from your membership software and import them using Name Badger's quick and easy import feature. Name Badger comes with instructions to help you do this.

Would you like an Attendance Report of everyone who printed a nametag?  Name Badger can print you a report of everyone who's printed a nametag, and the last five dates they did so. Or you can view their individual data screen to see their last 5 attendances. In effect, when someone prints their nametag, they are registering their attendance!

Want to print allergy and "pick up permissions" on a nametag -or store important info under the person's name? You can do that too!

In the best of all worlds, "permanent" nametags would be the perfect solution.

But in practice, they require a lot of management, aren't cheap, and tend to walk-off or get lost. They also present display & storage problems. Name Badger is quick to use and can be moved to wherever you need it.

Nametags are an important way for adults, kids, teachers and staff to get to know each other. Nametags promote community. And Name Badger makes it easy and fun.

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Sunday School kids and teachers

Worshippers

Bible Study

Special Fellowship Events

Seminars

Preschool Check-in

What's the price of a label printer and labels?

Label printers are sold at most office supply stores for between $50 to $70.  A roll of 300 sticky labels cost about $15. That's a nickel a label, ...which is about 1 cent more than "hello my name is" nametags.

This type of printer does not use ink, rather, it prints thermally onto treated label paper.

You'll need a basic label printer that can handle up to 2.4" wide labels. More printer details below.

Quick & No Mess. And unlike handwritten nametags, Name Badger nametags are LEGIBLE.


What's the price of LEGIBILITY?

Illegible handwritten nametags are a waste of money and opportunity.

Name Badger prints the first name LARGE over the last name.

Additional Name Badger Features:

  • Add a custom 'tag line' at the bottom of every nametag.
     
  • Easily Import list of names from any membership program. Instructions with the program give you plenty of help.
     
  • Add "personal" info to any record so that teachers can note allergies, special conditions, and "pick-up permissions" for security. This info can also be printed on the nametag footer text.
     
  • Select "Multiple Labels" at Step 1 ...allowing one family member to print several family members' nametags in one step.

See the Admin Screen Graphic below-right for more features...

  
System Requirements:

Windows Me/XP/Vista/Windows7. Minimum 900mhz processor, 128mb Ram or higher. A faster computer will speed up the printing process. Works on the kind of older laptops many members and businesses have to donate!

Depending on your needs, such as wanting to print nametags at multiple entry points into the church or hall, you may want to have more than one Name Badger printing station. If you will have more than one computer, you will need to buy more than one copy of Name Badger. See our great quantity pricing below. It is possible to connect two laptops to one label printer using an automatic switch into which the two computers connect.

Name Badger requires the purchase of a nametag width label printer and labels. See printer details below.
Name Badger is not designed to work with conventional inkjet printers.

Pricing: $35 for a single copy.
  2 to 4 computer installations: $23 each.
 5+ computer installations: $20 each.

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Purchasing your label printer...

There are many good thermal label printers available online or at your local office supply store between $50 and $90. Some good brand names: Brother, Dymo, Seiko. Label printers don't use ink, they print using heat to activate the paper. This makes them quick and smudge-less.

Be sure to get a label printer that can handle UP TO 2.4" wide labels (nametag width). Most will come with a full roll of labels. There are two types of nametag labels available for your printer: continuous and die-cut. The continuous labels are one long roll which the label printer's cutter will cut for you. The die-cut labels are pre-cut to size on one long continuous tape. Either works fine.

Some retailers may refer to their labels as "shipping labels" while others call them "nametags."  When setting up your label printer, be sure to consult Name Badger's help file on the CD and here at this website. Name Badger cannot be used with older "address" size-only label printers, or with standard inkjet printers.

Importing Names from your Membership Software into Name Badger

You can manually type names into Name Badger's interface, but you can also import names in one fell swoop from your membership software. Name Badger can import common spreadsheet files, text (txt) and "cvs" files. Name Badger's instructions walk you through it.

Secure Preschool Sign-in

Some churches want an added layer of security around their children and Name Badger can help. In addition to storing and viewing notes about students in each student's nametag file, Name Badger can also print any special info you want on the name tag footer, such as "Peanut Allergy." For "pick-up permission" control, simply print a copy of each child's nametag and give it to the parent, or include the name of whoever has pick up permissions on the nametag footer. Similar nametag programs cost upwards of $200, require special label forms, and are not so user-friendly.

 

Why I Created Name Badger...

I actually created a version of Name Badger for my church back in 1994, --two years before I started Sunday Software.  It was a big church and lots of people only knew each other by face, not by name. But the printers and computers were too slow, the interface was unrefined, and we only had a clunky desktop to put it on.

Then in the Spring of 2009, the lady in my church who was in charge of the "permanent" nametags, expressed frustration over creating them, and the fact that few people wore them, in part because they were hung a bit out of the way and people walked right by them without seeing them.  It was a cry for help, and I immediately knew the time was right for Name Badger. Label printers are now fast and cheap, and used laptops are dime-a-dozen. And I owned a software company!

I shared my idea with several church friends and they said "Go for it!"  So I showed my design to Ben at Pupu Platters Inc. (Elijah CD, Jesus in Space CD) and we built Name Badger. We tested it in 7 churches, and that refined version is the one we're selling today.

As a former staff person now sitting in the pew, this is what I want to IMPRESS upon church staff: 

People in the pew NEED HELP with names.

It's easy for staff people to remember names, ...it's their job!  As a church staff member I did pretty well remembering people's names. But ever since I started Sunday Software and became a full-time volunteer, I've become aware of just how DIFFICULT it is to know names in the church. IT'S NOT EASY.

Permanent nametags are a great idea that doesn't work in most churches.

  • Adults often don't wear them, or lose them. And kids destroy permanent nametags.

  • They require someone to regularly make them and replace them.

  • They require a convenient place to display them so that people won't forget to wear them.

  • And they require people remembering to take them off before they walk out the door.

Some churches have "Worship Entry Architecture" that helps permanent nametags work, as long as people don't walk out with them. But the "footprint" of a Nametag "Wall" or table is a problem, especially for larger churches. That wall is often "down the hall". So people miss it. In all my years looking at how church's display permanent nametags, I have yet to see a really good solution that doesn't require a lot of work.  Putting out Name Badger on a laptop -on a table or cart -right at the entrance HELPS.

Putting nametags on your students is also a great idea. Unfortunately, their handwriting is not always the most legible. And permanent nametags have the life-expectancy of a cookie at my church!

Many churches have tried putting sticky nametags in the pews. Doesn't work, and the kids mess with them. And pre-printing nametags by-the-sheet is wasteful.

We need a nametag solution that is:

  • simple to use

  • fun to use

  • inexpensive

  • prints quick

  • and portable

That solution is

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Questions? Email Neil MacQueen, neil@sundaysoftware.com