Management

Get Some Feedback on Your Website with Bounce App
Came across this today and I thought it was slick: Bounce is a quick web app for getting instant feedback on sites. In a few easy steps you can create notes, and share with others to give feedback. My favorite part… You don’t even need to sign up for an account! Check it out:

Planning Center Drops Price on Music Stand, iOS 4 Update
We’re definitely fans of Planning Center and a lot of our community have been using their software with great success. They’ve recently announced a price-drop that you’re definitely going to want to pay attention to as well as an update for the new iOS 4 that’s been released for Apple products: We’ve recompiled the Planning [...]

Making Worship Management Easy with Planning Center Online
I have the privilege of playing drums for the worship team at my church. Our worship Pastor, Derek has always tried to gather the information necessary for the teams (there are two) to prepare. However, this meant downloads of charts, mp3s and links to YouTube videos to watch. It was tedious when getting and collecting [...]

4 Tips for Leading Volunteers on Your Church Tech Team
We spend all week making awesome videos and graphics and we invest tons of time and energy into our creative abilities. But when it comes time to present these elements to the congregation during the weekend services, volunteers oftentimes make it happen. You see, unless you are blessed to have paid staff at each position [...]
PicPick for Simple Image Manipulation & Desktop Capturing
It can be hard to find applications that strike a balance between simplicity and productivity. Often times, projects that aim for simplicity don’t aim high enough and those that aim for productivity can really go overkill. That’s why I seriously dig projects like this one that actually find this delicate balance…
How Backed Up Are You? Designers and Procrastination
Apparently we’re really good at this. How many of you are backed up on your work? Let’s here it.

3 Tips on How to Select the Right Ministry Freelance Projects
I wrote a post a few weeks back about 3 Quick Tips on How to Stop Burnout in the Ministry Freelance Space and I thought I’d share a few tips on how I choose the right freelance jobs in the ministry space. This, of course, directly impacts my ability to not feel burnout! I hope [...]

Planning Center Launches Online and iPad Music Stand
This is what I’m talking about! Planning Center has announced that they’ve released both an online version and an iPad standalone version of their product so that you can easily create a “digital music stand” with your PDFs. Check out these two videos after the jump:

2 Things I Was Reminded During the Easter Media Rush
Easter is a time when we reflect on what Christ did for us. However, there isn’t much time to reflect when you have a whole slew of projects that have to get done by Easter weekend! As creative staff and volunteers, we are the ones who do our best to make great media so that [...]
Running On Less-Than-Bleeding-Edge
It’s amazing how we continue to do so much great and transformative work on less-than-bleeding-edge hardware. It’s always an amazing reminder how we really do trust in God for the things that we do (and the results) and not the things we use to accomplish them. Although… I still like having the newest gear available, [...]





