Mobile Ministry Magazine

Picked this up from Strategic Digital Outreach:

Dave Hackett, will be leading a conference call tonight on "Sharing God's Message Intimately - Online and On Phone."

The conference call will be held on tonight at 7 p.m. CDT (5 p.m. Pacific and 8 p.m. Eastern). Dave will inform us about the growing influence and practice of digital evangelism and newly emerging issues of online/on-phone evangelism, and time will allow for questions and answers. All are welcomed to join in on this call.

The presentation will use an audio conference call and an online presentation to be accessed simultaneously.

Voice Conference Call

Join the audio call by calling the Conference Call line at 1-616-597-8000. Enter the Participant Access Code 258593#. This audio call will be recorded and the call will be available for playback beginning Wednesday by calling 641-715-3443 and entering Access Code 258593#.

Presentation Site
To view the PowerPoint that Dave Hackett will present during the call, please have this Google Docs [presentation] up on your screen at the time of the presentation.

Labels: communication, community, conference call, mobility, presentations

My bro Jamie is at it again with another post talking about how he's gone about integrating technology in his recent church plant, and that process has gone.

This time he posts about presentation software, including some Mac vs PC aspects. Here's a snippet:

...Two years later I have consistently used multimedia to enhance our services. Using PowerPoint's to accompany my train of thought and provide visuals for our congregations. Controlling the music through iTunes acting as the dj. I have deployed a number of methods of media. Some have sailed and some have sunk. That has not deterred me. I am always looking to improve our technologies seaminglessness, quality and purpose to enhance rather than take away from our weekly gatherings...

Read the rest at the Inspire blog, and follow Jamie and his church (In the Light Ministries Philly) via Twitter (@pastorjc).

What kinds of issues have you had with using various presentation-based technology? I tend to be a "display from my mobile device" kind of person myself ;)

Labels: computer, information technology, innovation, presentations

Hopefully the folks at MinistryTECH won't get on me for getting this up late, but the next MinistryTECH conference has been announced and will be held April 23-24 in Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA).

MinistryTECH is a national conference dedicated to church information technology, audio-visual, and production professionals. Come join some of the leading church IT professionals to learn how they are using technology in their ministries.

In addition to the coming conference, there has also been a call for presentations for the 2009 meeting. Here's the information from the post:

We are accepting workshop proposals from ministry leaders, volunteers, and vendors on all topics relating to ministry IT, AV and production. Workshop submissions will be reviewed by the program committee and selected presenters will be notified by August 31, 2008.

While we would like to accept all proposals, we always have significantly more offers than available slots for speakers.

Workshop presenters typically cover their own travel and lodging expense, but do receive complementary registration to the conference. Breakout session speakers typically do not receive honorariums.

The following items must be included in your workshop proposal:
- Basic contact information (name, organization, mailing address, email, phone)
- Biography of presenter (1 page max)
- Session title Session summary (100 words max)
- Workshop outline (1 page max)
- Description of handouts to be provided
- Equipment needs

Email your proposal to tsanders@ministrytech.org. Deadline for submission is August 15, 2008.

Well folks, you have your assignments. Either make plans to go, or encourage someone to go. Lord willing, I'll have something to send to these folks as well, and maybe I'll get to see you there.

For more information, visit the MinistryTECH website.

Labels: church, Church IT, community, information technology, MinistryTECH, presentations, tech