The communications conference
for the entire team.

Workshop Description: Illustration and drawing isn’t exclusively for artists, but everyone! With a few simple lines, connectors and shapes, you can learn the art of drawing and notetaking. Learn from the one who wrote the book on “The Art of Visual Notetaking” and increase your creative craft with these ready-to-implement techniques.

Place & Time: Workshop Session A – Treehouse 4
Speaker: Emily Mills
Key Topics: Design, Creative Process

Workshop Description: Saddleback Church doesn’t just stream their services; they’ve created an entire online campus through intentional programming, engaging community and opportunities for offline relationships. In this class you’ll hear Jay Kranda break down the biblical why of online streaming along with the proven steps a church of any size can begin to see the same success of streaming sunday.

Place & Time: Workshop Session B – Chapel
Speaker: Jay Kranda
Key Topics: Streaming, Communications

Workshop Description: Having led large creative teams, and serving for a decade under other creative leaders, Dex will walk through a process of getting the most out of your creative potential by removing barriers that prevent great execution. This class will help you overcome the tension between senior leadership and the creative doers to build something incredible together!

Place & Time: Workshop Session B – Student Center 2
Speaker: Dex Alexander
Key Topics: Creative Process, Leadership

Workshop Description: HubSpot’s research shows that 94% of people start looking for a new product online through organic searching. If you want to make the most of your church’s online presence, you need to care about search engine optimization (SEO). In this class, we’ll unpack tried and true practices to help your church website get found more often, from someone who leads SEO and other digital channels for Dave Ramsey.

Place & Time: Workshop Session B – Treehouse 3
Speaker: Andy High
Key Topics: Communications

Workshop Description: A great short-film starts with a great script. But what does it look like when a personal story is told in interview format? The best video stories your church will tell come from the people in your community. Gary has interviewed over 100 top athletes and performers, creating short-films with the content results. He’ll help you discover timeless principles and practical processes to capture their best content, all in an interview setting where any subject feels safe, a little anxious, and courageous.

Place & Time: Workshop Session C – Treehouse 2
Speaker: Gary Molander
Key Topics: Storytelling, Creative Process

Workshop Description: There’s a growing demand to make things faster, cheaper and more efficient. Often “efficient” may not be the most effective. We’ll look at a few ways that the North coast team has increased the effectiveness of creating ministry models that may not seem so efficient on the surface. Why? Because people are our priority over organizational efficiency. Furthermore, this will help leaders develop teams that are effective for communication, production, creative, and administrative teams.

Place & Time: Workshop Session C – Treehouse 3
Speaker: Dennis Choy
Key Topics: Communications, Philosophy, Leadership

Workshop Description: Want your church to have influence on social media? The problem often lies in lack of resources, volunteers or equipment to pull off high quality content you would be proud of every week. So, let’s fix that. Join Clark as he walks through his 5 practical steps to improve your Sunday morning social media with his process that he’s used with Saddleback Church, North Point Ministries, Catalyst Conference, Global Leadership Network and more. Quit spinning your wheels on Sunday and start being proud of your social media!

Location: Workshop Session D – Student Center 2
Speaker: Clark Campbell
Key Topics: Creative Process, Communications, Leadership

Workshop Description: Signage is an art; an underappreciated art. But great wayfinding is necessary for a first-time visitor to find their way around your building. Sometimes we forget the best practices of great signage and wayfinding because we’re so familiar with our building. But in this class, we’ll explore new strategies and ideas to increase your wayfinding presence by diving into best practices for church signage.

Location: Workshop Session E – Treehouse 1
Speaker: Shayla Kenworthy & Meredith Erwin
Key Topics: Leadership, Communications

Workshop Description: From time to time, your creative team may need to take on a big task from a building campaign to the fall family festival. So we’ve asked an event industry expert and certified meeting manager to break down her team’s process to executing flawless events with ease. You’ll walk away with practical things to manage those event details and ways to save time and money in the process.

Place & Time: Workshop Session E – Student Center 1
Speaker: Falon Scott
Key Topics: Creative Process, Leadership

Workshop Description: Sometimes, it’s good to give your church a visual facelift; but, there’s a way to do it right and a way to do it wrong. Come learn from expert Dex Alexander how to implement a rebrand in your church in a way that increases engagement and excitement about the season ahead. We’ll also talk about the power of a logo and why a brand is important for the local church.

Place & Time: Workshop Session E – Treehouse 3
Speaker: Dex Alexander
Key Topics: Communications, Design, Creative Process

Workshop Description: Facebook is the largest single community of people in the world, and it’s not just a marketing platform but an opportunity for ministry. Learn how one church has created an entire online community with Facebook Groups, for ministry and impact, rather than service promotion.

Place & Time: Workshop Session E – Treehouse 2
Speaker: Johnny Stephens
Key Topics: Communications