I helped write name tags for the first time at church the other week, something I've always wanted to do at the River. It was fun greeting people and seeing smiling faces that morning.

We asked the usual "Would you like a name tag?" to each visitor as they walked in the building.

Me and my group of name tag writers took an informal poll:

• Approximately 65% answered Yes.
• The remainder 35% answered No or ignored the question as they walked into the service. :(

While 65% isn't all that shabby, especially for a larger church, we wondered what would happen if we rephrased the question to one that would make it easier for everyone to answer Yes. After all, it was a little too easy for people to say 'No'.

Before I reveal what we changed our question to, let me just say that after we did, we had a conversion rate of 100%!! Every single person that was asked this second question got their name tag before taking their seat during service.

I'll update this post in a few days with the final question we asked. But first, I'd like to see what you all think the right question to ask is, if you were looking to make sure everyone in church got a name tag. :)

PS. If your question differs from mine, I'll make sure to give yours a try in an upcoming Sunday and report back on the results.