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2021 CONFERENCE

Workshops By Schedule

Select the session below to jump to those classes:

SESSION A

Thurs @ 11:00a

SESSION B

Thurs @ 1:30p

SESSION C

Thurs @ 2:30p

SESSION D

Thurs @ 3:30p

SESSION E

Fri @ 11:00a

SESSION F

Fri @ 1:30p

SESSION A

Thursday @ 11:00a

  • CONTROLLING FEEDBACK AND BASICS OF EQ AND DYNAMICS

    SPEAKER: JUSTIN WHISNANT
    Audio

    Helping to tackle problem frequencies that cause feedback and how to eliminate the problem with console EQ and positioning on stage. Where to start with EQ and dynamics for instruments and vocalists. Giving practical first steps to minimal EQ and dynamics without completely changing the tone of instruments and vocalists.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Knowing the problem frequencies for instruments and vocalists
    • EQ subtraction vs addition
    • Compression, gates, de-essers, limiters: When and Why to use vs not over using
    • Ideal positioning for mics and people in relation to your PA
  • ESSENTIAL RHYTHMS & SYSTEMS FOR EVERY CREATIVE TEAM

    SPEAKER: PHIL BOWDLE
    Creative Process

    How do we plan more effectively? What can we do to create more margin so we can get more creative? How can we manage all the requests that are coming in? With Sunday’s always coming, and Christmas and Easter always on the calendar, it’s time to get some rhythms and systems in place to manage the chaos of creative ministry. In this session, we’ll cover some time saving and game changing rhythms and systems to help anyone in worship, production, communications, and video get more creative and effective in your ministry.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Walk away with customizable templates and resources for anyone leading in worship, production, communications, or video ministry
    • Essential rhythms and systems every creative team needs to plan ahead
  • MAXIMIZE & STREAMLINE PROPRESENTER 7

    SPEAKER: BRAD ZIMMERMAN
    Video

    ProPresenter 7 has so many features and ways to accomplish what your church needs to do each week. So in this class we will look at advanced topics & ideas that will help you use ProPresenter to more fully and streamline your content creation processes while making it easier on your volunteers.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Streamline content creation
    • Set up volunteers for success by making complex presentations easy to control.
    • Add more hardware & software screens to your computer
    • Control lighting or ATEMs
    • Scheduling & Automation
  • SETTING UP AN ONLINE BROADCAST STUDIO

    SPEAKER: CARL BARNHILL
    Online Church

    In enhancing your Online Worship Experience, how do you set up an Online Broadcast Studio for your Host? What should your Host say on camera? How do you choose talent to be your Online Host? Does it have to be a Pastor at your church? These questions and more will be answered in this workshop as the Twelve:Thirty Media team gives you practical tips on on to take your Online Worship Experience to the next level.

    Learning Objectives:

    • How do set up your Online Broadcast Studio.
    • How to Choose Talent as your Online Worship Host.
    • How to set up Audio and Video for your Shoot.
    • How to write scripts for your Host that connect with your Audience.
  • DESIGNING AND RENDERING STAGE DESIGNS - DIGITALLY

    SPEAKER: JACOB PADGETT
    Lighting

    Learn how to design and render stage designs in the digital realm, using programs such as Capture, Vectorworks, and Sketchup.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Overview on programs used to design and render stage designs.
    • How to make your designs look realistic and fit in your space.
    • Features in design programs to quickly get your ideas from your mind to concept.
    • Lighting Programming using digital stage design programs.
  • DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY FOR THE FUTURE

    SPEAKER: DARREL GIRARDIER
    Communications

    We are now communicating to the most diverse of group of generations. Which means the Church must have a strategy to communicate to these ever-changing demographics. In this class we’ll look at the foundations of great church communications strategy and the tools that will help you accomplish your goals with greater effectiveness.

    Learning Objectives:

    • You will learn core fundamentals of communicating to a wide range of generations.
    • Identify how to maintain context across the rapid changing technological culture we live in.
    • Learn how to clarify your communications goals, so you can create a proactive environment for their communications.
  • STRUCTURE YOUR CREATIVE TEAM FOR SUCCESS

    SPEAKER: TIM STEVENS
    Leadership

    Let’s be honest–leading creatives is hard work! Many of us weren’t trained to manage a team, balance budgets, or know what to do when the structure isn’t working. Tim Stevens has led teams of feelers and thinkers for more than three decades, and transitioned last year to become the Executive Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church. You’ll pick up on some strategies and practical learnings, but more importantly you’ll be able to dive into your own team challenges with Tim in an interactive session.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Learn how to navigate conflict proactively
    • Leverage your influence beyond your own department
    • Determine when it’s time to restructure and how to do it
    • Lead when you are way over your head and have know idea what you are doing
  • KEY STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR VOICE

    SPEAKER: JACOB CARR
    Worship

    Many people believe singing is only about whatever talent you’re born with. Your voice, though, is a result of the coordination of a variety of muscles and these muscles can be trained. Come learn about the first steps that you can take to discover the possibilities that lie waiting in your own voice.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Find and identify the parts of your voice and explore how to use them
    • Increase your range while learning to improve your pitch accuracy
    • Leverage the laws of acoustics to develop effortless vocal power
    • Develop a way of practicing that will over time fight fatigue and build stamina
  • HISTORY OF DESIGN FROM CREATION TO TOMORROW

    SPEAKER: DEX ALEXANDER
    Design & Film

    Design nerds ASSEMBLE! Have you ever wondered how we got from Eden to Expressionism? From the Golden Rule to the Golden Ration? From Heaven to Helvetica? In this session, you’ll see how design evolved from the creation of the universe to the creation of your next logo.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Overview of the History (and Theology) of Design
    • Understand historic periods of Design Movements and their influence on present and future design

SESSION B

Thursday @ 1:30p

  • ADVICE FROM THE PROS: WHEN ITS TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR PA

    SPEAKER: PANEL
    Audio

    When do you know it’s time to upgrade the PA for your Church? Or the bigger questions: should you upgrade, and what are your AV objectives? Join L-Acoustics Application Manager for Houses of Worship, Josh Maichele, for a panel that answers all these questions and more. How to know when it’s time for a change, what your congregation really needs, and when to work with integrators and consultants. Special guests from various disciplines will accompany Josh to help add perspective and provide more insight into the decision-making process.

  • CREATIVE PROCESS 101: BECOMING MORE CREATIVE

    SPEAKER: DEX ALEXANDER
    Creative Process

    There is a commonly held belief that “creativity” is a talent, gift, or superpower. But those of us who are constantly called upon to generate ideas know that it is more of a skill to be learned, a muscle to be trained, and a discipline to be studied. In this class, you’ll learn tactics to increase your creative capacity and confidence in your creative ability.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Deepen the “creative well” from which you can draw ideas
    • Build a mental framework so you’re prepared for a wide variety of creative requests
    • Understand creativity as problem solving first, producing second
  • CREATING AN IMMERSIVE BROADCAST EXPERIENCE: 90% HEART. 10% TECH

    SPEAKER: CHAD VEGAS
    Video

    This breakout is designed to help churches create more of an immersive experience for their congregation at home by making them feel that they are there with you. It includes learning how to use video production, and live stream technology for your church but at the same time focusing on why your team is truly there in the first place. Worship First, Capture Second.

    Learning Objectives:

    • A deeper understanding on why our worship through our craft (Directing, Producing, Camera) Matters.
    • Team Dynamics and how to create an engaging and winning culture.
    • Using camera movement to experience a first-person perspective.
    • Using different types of shots that is not common in traditional broadcast environments.
  • WHY NOBODY WATCHES YOUR STUFF: HOW TO DRIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH CHURCH ONLINE

    SPEAKER: KENNY JAHNG
    Online Church

    Most churches find it challenging to adopt church online in ways to drive real engagement instead of publishing for vanity metrics’ sake. Digital ministry is hard since content consumption habits have changed drastically and you can’t just copy/paste analog content offline to online. In this workshop, you’ll discover the 4 shifts you need to grapple with so that you can create content with purpose to target, attract and engage your community online.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify the 4 disruptions of decouplement happening with content consumption today
    • Learn the 4 questions you need to satisfy for content that drives engagement
    • Learn 7 ways to use content with purpose for digital ministry
  • LIGHTING 101: THE BASICS

    SPEAKER: CHRIS LISLE
    Lighting

    Do not let the world of lighting intimidate you! In this class we will briefly discuss the evolution of lighting in the live environment, but more so will look at the various types of lighting instruments used and their typical applications. We will discuss picking the right lighting fixture for the job, ideal placements, and creative uses. Find out how lighting can help transform the entire live environment!

    Learning Objectives:

    • To understand the different types of lighting fixtures used in live events today.
    • To learn the ideal and typical placements of lighting fixtures.
    • An overview of basic lighting concepts including front light, back light, color temperature, color choice, and effect options.
  • MARKETING AND REACHING YOUR COMMUNITY

    SPEAKER: STEPHEN BREWSTER
    Communications

    Most Pastors are asking, “How do we get people back?” We are in a unique and every changing moment where understanding and maximizing marketing, advertising, and story telling well matters. It’s not enough to just “get it” we have to know what it means for the next season of ministry and how we will use these tools to increase the kingdom.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understanding marketing, advertising, and storytelling – they are not the same.
    • Building a marketing plan
    • What mediums matter in marketing
    • The ability to shift your message from promotion to conversation
  • CULTIVATING A HEALTHY STAFF CULTURE

    SPEAKER: HENRY SEELEY
    Leadership

    Leading any size church team can be a challenge and leadership has to be intentional about creating a healthy staff culture. Learn how you can create the right culture for your staff and ways that you can benefit from their insights, wisdom, experience and spiritual healthiness.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understanding church leadership roles
    • How to cultivate and sustain a heathy staff culture in your church
    • Develop strong leaders in your team
  • LIVE VOCAL COACHING DEMONSTRATION

    SPEAKER: JACOB CARR
    Worship

    Come see a live demonstration on how a song can be improved in a single coaching. Learn about the best practices when talking to the singers on your team, tips you can give them to achieve the best quality sound possible, and warmups that can help get everyone’s voices resonate and flexible. Leave with a greater understanding of how to take the quality of the vocals in your worship service to the next level.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Assess singers voice types and learn how to use them most effectively
    • Find ways to simultaneously encourage and challenge your singers without making them self conscious
    • Learn how different exercises change your voice, immediately and over time, and how you can implement these into your rehearsals
    • Explore how to empower your team to find their own unique voice, and how to authentically connect to it in performance
  • PROCESS BEFORE PRODUCT: SUSTAINABLE FILMMAKING

    SPEAKER: JEFF LYONS
    Design & Film

    Whether you know it or not you have a workflow process for each video you make. Maybe you’ve never had time to think about HOW you make videos because you’re too busy actually making the video. In this workshop you’ll learn why taking the time to examine, strategize, grow and refine your video workflow will lead to better videos, less stress and more capacity for your work and your life. Regardless of the tools you use or the size of your team, come hear how you can produce better work faster than ever before.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Why prioritizing process will lead to a healthier work/life balance
    • How a definable and repeatable workflow can produce better videos
    • Practical tips & tricks to save time and restore sanity
    • File structure and naming convention best practices

SESSION C

Thursday @ 2:30p

  • ACOUSTICS: HOW TO CREATE A BETTER SOUNDING ROOM

    SPEAKER: DAVID MILLS
    Audio

    In this class we will discuss the importance of acoustics in the AV space, the impact that it can have on audio quality and solutions that can be deployed to help create a more intelligible and better sounding mix.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understand the fundamentals of room acoustics
    • Explore the advantages of measuring and analyzing your room
    • Gain knowledge of acoustical treatment options
    • Create an awareness of architectural noise and how to control it
  • CREATIVE PROCESS 201: PITCHING IDEAS TO YOUR BOSS/PASTOR

    SPEAKER: DEX ALEXANDER
    Creative Process

    As church creatives, we are called upon to develop new and innovative solutions the reinforce biblical truths, address the culture at large, look pretty and cost nothing – usually at a moments notice. Learn how to present ideas to your pastor or boss from someone who regularly pitches, and convinces, pastors of some of the country’s largest and most influential churches (and occasionally convinces his wife using the same techniques.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Learn a general mental framework for easily identifying and solving problems before they become project challenges.
    • Understand how to speak “executive”, “pastor”, and “boss” to understand clearly, and pitch with clarity
    • Develop or update a repeatable request process that gathers information from leaders and disseminates information to your team.
  • MAXIMIZING VMIX FOR YOUR CHURCH BROADCAST

    SPEAKER: DEVON ROBERTS
    Video

    vMix is a super powerful tool often compared to a whole video production truck at your fingertips. The past year has shown the benefits of live streaming services and events, but for many it continues to stay around. The bar in virtual event production is higher than it has ever been before. Learn some tips and tricks in this class to make sure your virtual production makes the grade!

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify user experience expectations from your online viewers.
    • Creatively add lyrics for online viewers.
    • Utilize masks on inputs to creatively show inputs.
    • Learn an overview of SRT protocols for linking buildings or campuses.
  • WORSHIP PLANNING IN A HYBRID AGE

    SPEAKER: PANEL
    Online Church

    Whether online, in-person, or hybrid, planning a worship service looks incredibly different than it did two years ago. Join our panel of content creators and local church leaders as we discuss best practices for planning and executing worship services that connect with your community and glorify God.

  • LIGHTING 201: PROGRAMMING WITH AUTOMATION

    SPEAKER: ANDY RUSHING
    Lighting

    Keeping it simple with all the features at your finger tips. I know the lights can move, but should they? Learn the dos and don’ts of programming with automated lighting, and how their many tools and features can be used to create incredible environments of worship.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Basic overview of moving lights
    • Using moving lights in a stage design
    • Programming moving lights
    • Breakdown of features and ways to use them
  • WEBSITE SEO FTW!

    SPEAKER: BEN STEWART
    Communications

    It’s time to look under the hood of your church website to make sure your technical SEO and website structure is helping your site rank on search. Plus, we’ll discuss how search fits into your overall traffic strategy, how to track your rankings, and how to leverage other search tools to help your church get found online.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Overview of the three types of SEO
    • Learn the essential technical SEO standards for your website
    • Understand how SEO fits with other traffic strategies
    • Discover standard SEO tools and resources
    • How to audit and measure SEO performance
  • A SUSTAINER BESIDE HIM: SHIFTING THE PARADIGM OF WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

    SPEAKER: SHERITA HARKNESS
    Leadership

    At the heart of any question of right or wrong, of good or bad, of should or shouldn’t is the bigger question of “who said?” When we think about the many questions that surround women working in partnership with men in the business and work of our Savior we must ask, more specifically, “What Did God Say?” The best place to start is the beginning.

    Join us as we unpack the original partnership model between man and woman and how Jesus’ ministry and resurrection not only reinstated that partnership releasing women into ministry under the new covenant of his love, and through His blood, but also what that partnership should look like today.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify the original roles of adam (Human) and woman (Sustainer beside him)
    • Learn about the women in the Word that helped to sustain and advance the church
    • Identify false truths and expectations of women in ministry + leadership
    • Learn from modern-day examples of Kingdom partnerships and the impact they are having on the new generation of believers
    • Challenge your own theories of women in ministerial leadership
    • Explore a variety of resources to help navigate and understand the role(s) of women in
      the Kingdom of God.
  • WHY WE LEAD WORSHIP: NOT A BIBLICAL TERM BUT A BIBLICAL ASSIGNMENT

    SPEAKER: KIERRE LINDSAY
    Worship

    We’ve never seen the term “worship leader” in the bible but the bible has absolutely introduced us to a few. It can appear to only be about music but, the beautiful burden of leading worship stretches beyond what we sing or play. In this session we will talk about the importance of the worship leader – biblically and institutionally.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Receive practical guidance on becoming a more effective worship leader.
    • Strengthen knowledge and confidence in the assignment of the worship leader.
    • Fortify the worship leader beyond the music.
  • THE ROLE OF SOUND IN FILM

    SPEAKER: TYLER SMITH
    Design & Film

    When it comes to the world of film and video, what you hear is almost equally important as what you see. Next time you are watching your favorite movie try turning the volume off for a few minutes and you will quickly see that this is true. In this workshop, Tyler will dive into the intriguing history of the relationship between music and film, share stories from his own experience as a composer, and discuss the effect sound has in ministry.

    Learning Objectives:

    • A deeper understanding of the relationship between sound and film
    • Learning how to effectively choose the right style/genre of music for your video
    • A look into the music composing process

SESSION D

Thursday @ 3:30p

  • STREAMLINING YOUR WORKFLOW WITH DANTE

    SPEAKER: DAVID MILLS
    Audio

    In this class we will explore Dante audio networking concepts, discuss Dante networking fundamentals, and create a small-scale Dante network utilizing Dante Controller and Dante Virtual Soundcard.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understand the Dante Architecture
    • Route signal using Dante Controller
    • How to integrate Dante into systems
    • How to record with Dante Virtual Soundcard
  • CREATIVE PROCESS 301: EXECUTING + CREATING EXCELLENCE CONSISTENTLY

    SPEAKER: STEPHEN BREWSTER
    Creative Process

    The best creative cultures are led into creativity. Building a creative culture empowers ideas and the proper systems allow you to see those ideas come to life.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understanding what Cultivating Creativity means
    • Create a customized processes for delivery
    • Understand the power of expectations and questions
  • THE GREAT DEBATE: CINE VS ENG CAMERAS IN CHURCH

    SPEAKER: ZACH KIMREY & TYLER HIRTH (BRAD ZIMMERMAN, MODERATOR)
    Video

    This is the biggest debate among church video crews: To use Cine cameras or ENG cameras for broadcast, IMAG, and/or streaming? In this class we’ll break down both of these type of technologies, as well as hear the pro’s and con’s of both from two experts in the field. This will be fun to eavesdrop on their debate, and insightful to learn from these experts in church video technology.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Gain insights on the pro’s and con’s of cinematic style video cameras
    • Gain insights on the pro’s and con’s of ENG-style video cameras
    • See two perspectives of this topic to help you make an informed decision as to which is best for your church community.
  • RHYTHM AND GROWTH IN ONLINE CHURCH

    SPEAKER: JOEY SANTOS
    Online Church

    As we move to post-COVID season, online church is moving to a new phase, allowing churches to learn new ways to create, develop and keep the audience engaged. This workshop will provide the knowledge and tools you need to create the proper rhythm to make your online church sustainable for growth.

    Learning Objectives:

    • What’s is next for online church
    • Building your internal infrastructure to make online relevant
    • Moving from streaming to ministry
  • LIGHTING 301: TRENDS FROM THE TRENCHES

    SPEAKER: PANEL
    Lighting

    Have you ever watched a live or video production and thought “wow… that lighting looks amazing… how do I get that in my worship space?” With this session we are going to get down to the core of what makes great lighting happen in YOUR environment. We are talking in depth about how to ensure you have a good foundation that makes your live experience pop and your video/broadcast experience come alive. We’ll be covering topics that explore creative, intentional and foundational design as well as the ins and outs of how lighting plays the most critical role of all technology at making your worship experience come alive.

  • CHURCH WEBSITES: MARKETING VS. MINISTRY

    SPEAKER: BEN STEWART
    Communications

    Is your website a marketing tool designed to reach new people, or is it a ministry tool that serves your congregation? Can your site be all things to all people — and should it? We’ll unpack how you can utilize your website to attract visitors without alienating your regular attenders and members. Plus, we’ll look at how different website pages fit into your overall church communication strategy so you can use your site as a ministry and marketing tool.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify how your church website can effectively contribute to your communication, outreach, and discipleship efforts
    • Segment your website visitors into three distinct audiences
    • Look at examples of churches using their website to serve each audience
    • Consider how traffic sources affect your website structure
    • Learn to create hub-style landing pages to streamline communication
    • Discuss how COVID has changed the role your website plays in serving your community
  • HIRING THE RIGHT WAY

    SPEAKER: AYESHA DAVIS
    Leadership

    Hiring the right person for the right role is extremely important. Applicants have choices and you want to attract the right people to your position. This session will cover where to recruit, how to interview, when to hire and why to reject the right way!

    Learning Objectives:

    • Learn where to go to find the people you are looking for
    • Determine your interview process and who needs to be involved
    • How to properly prepare for an interview
    • Decide the questions to ask during the interview
    • Know when to hire and when to reject a candidate
  • COLLABORATING SONGWRITING PROCESS

    SPEAKER: KIERRE LINDSAY
    Worship

    Collaborative writing is responsible for some of the biggest songs in music, all genres. While it is easier said than done – the art of collaborative writing not only gives a song more legs, it also builds each songwriter individually as a creative, collaborator, and person. In this session we will discuss the beauty and benefits of collaborative songwriting with other artists/songwriters as well as members of your local church music department.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Embrace the definition of “collaborate”.
    • Do’s and don’ts while writing with others
    • When should you start collaborative songwriting?
    • How many writers is too many?
  • DESIGNING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

    SPEAKER: SCOTT PARKER
    Design & Film

    Are you posting to your socials like it’s an announcement board? Maybe you’re running your accounts with no intentionality at all. Learn to tell the story of what God is doing in your community on social media in an authentic way. In this class, you’ll learn how to collaborate with a team to make compelling creative on social media. Also, you will learn the importance of storytelling, good design, how to build a team, and grow your community on all social platforms.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Why it’s important to have a social media presence for your church community.
    • How to build a team that collaborates.
    • Learn project management that keeps your social feed fresh and accurate.
    • Understand your audience better and create content they want to see and interact with.
    • Get your time back with tips and tricks that make your workflow smoother.

SESSION E

Friday @ 11:00a

  • CRAFTING A MORE MUSICAL MIX

    SPEAKER: JEFF SANDSTROM
    Audio

    It’s easy to get bogged down in the technical details of systems, routing, input lists, patching, console workflows, and all the other things that an audio engineer must do. But once those things are sorted, how do you actually help the band lead worship? This session will get your head out of the technical and into the artistry of bringing out the music in your mix. You’ll discover more of how to partner with the leaders onstage as you work together as one team.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Bridge the communication gap between the booth and the stage.
    • Learn how to anticipate interesting musical moments.
    • Leveraging transitions for greater effect.
  • CURATING CURIOSITY: LEARNING TO FOSTER CREATIVITY IN YOUR TEAMS

    SPEAKER: SHERITA HARKNESS
    Friday – 11am

    A pastoral + practical approach to leading your teams, staff + volunteers, to exercise their creativity. There is an ongoing tension in the church, now more than ever, between leadership wanting more creative ideas, more creative execution and more of everything from the creative team, but not carving out opportunities to actually foster and encourage that creative muscle.

    Join us for an immersive and interactive curiosity curating session. We will play and explore using all the tools our 5-year-old inner kid carried around in order to bring the imaginary to life. Why? It’s time to make work play and make things instead of scouring the internet for “amazing” ideas because we can’t be creative unless we actually create.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify our creative walls and roadblocks
    • Curate a communal list of inspiration for creating
    • Discover, explore, and share ideas for media artworks through a variety of methods
      including, but not limited to, play and experimentation
    • Understand and apply the power of ideation
    • Learn, plan and practice developing an immersive ideation session for series
      development (a-z) and environmental design.
  • GET CREATIVE WITH PROPRESENTER 7

    SPEAKER: BRAD ZIMMERMAN
    Video

    Showing slides & videos is just the beginning of what is possible with ProPresenter 7. So in this class you will see multiple real-world use cases and implementation to make ProPresenter do so much more. See how ProPresenter brought a live band and at home musicians together, how video producers can generate content on the fly in ProPresenter without interrupting the show, how ProPresenter runs a kids classroom with no tech booth and tools needed to make this all possible.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Remote title generation for livestreams & video
    • Hybrid worship with remote musicians
    • Easy Classroom controls with no tech booth needed
    • Using companion and NDI applications
  • MUSIC + THE CHURCH - WHERE DOES LICENSING FIT IN...

    SPEAKER: JESS CHAMBERS
    Online Church

    Music is an effervescent part of church culture – giving lyrics and melody to the truths we garner from scripture. However, behind the music that moves us are writers and artists who feed their families with the pennies received from the songs they spend their lives writing. This workshop explores where licensing lies between the church and the music.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Basic overview of the business structure of the music industry.
    • Identify what licensing is needed and when in the church is using music.
    • Learn who are the players and processes who can help you when you’re using.
    • Question and answer session regarding licensing hurdles in the music industry as it pertains to church uses.
  • THE DO'S AND DONT'S OF RIGGING

    SPEAKER: KYLE RUSSELBURG
    Lighting

    Don’t let the world of rigging hold back your creativity. In this class we will talk about how to rig, hang, and connect your lights and scenic pieces safely and stay creative at the same time.

    DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A CERTIFICATION COURSE.

    Learning Objectives:

    • What rigging is.
    • How to navigate rigging questions and concerns.
    • How to be creative in tough buildings.
    • Resources to help your staff be safe.
  • SHOULD YOUR CHURCH BE USING TEXTING?

    SPEAKER: PANEL
    Communications

    In this breakout session, we will discuss current best practices to use when communicating with your church. Featuring a panel of local church leaders, you will hear about the initiatives they are using to reach and care for their members, guests, volunteers, and staff. Texting is an integral part of each panelist’s strategy, but come and find out if texting should be implemented into your church strategy too!

  • HOW TO BUILD A HEALTHY TEAM THAT LASTS

    SPEAKER: DENNIS CHOY
    Leadership

    Whether its a creative team, production team, worship team or any other ministry team, the goal should be “how to build a healthy one?”. But usually we stop there and don’t focus on making it last. You will learn practical tips and tricks on building a team to last for the long run. Dennis has had the privilege of building teams at North Coast Church and Saddleback Church in California and will share insight and things he learned the hard way so you don’t have too.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify what a health team looks like
    • Tips on making it healthy
    • Insights on making it healthy for the long term
  • RECRUITING AND AUDITIONING WORSHIP TEAM MEMBERS

    SPEAKER: CARL CARTEE
    Worship

    Navigating the challenges of audition and evaluation of volunteer musicians and singers will be covered and proven approaches to cultivating a healthy experience that leads to artistic and spiritual growth.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Insights on communicating objectively about subjective things
    • Learn practical ways to run an audition
    • Foster a culture of artistic and spiritual growth
    • Learn how to communicate when the answer is no
  • MASTERING THE CHURCH TESTIMONY VIDEO

    SPEAKER: GARY HORNSTIEN, ADAM BUSH, & CHRIS MUNCH
    Design & Film

    Story is the language of our culture. Scientists tell us that our brains retain 65-70% more information if shared through a story (I should of used a story to get that information across) Plus its’ in the Bible! Psalm 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so (tell your story). We see the value of story, we all love to hear a great story, but how to TELL a great story can be rather tricky. Its a craft! In this workshop Adam, Gary and Chris will lean on their decades of experience to help you refine your critical storytelling skills. No more yawns on Sunday morning! Lets tell captivating stories in your church that move people toward action. You in?

    Learning Objectives:

    • Interviewing best practices that will help people open up on camera
    • Where to look and who to talk to find the stories your church
    • Learn the hidden structure behind great stories
    • How to get your visual storytelling support your narrative…without requiring a huge budget.
    • Why audio is more important than you think

SESSION F

Friday @ 1:30p

  • THE ART OF MIXING MONITORS

    SPEAKER: ANDREW SULLIVAN
    Audio

    Monitor mixing often takes a backseat to FOH in popularity but is just as important. Poor monitor mixes can be a major distraction in a live worship environment. In this class we’ll discuss different types of monitor mixing setups, techniques and communication tips that will help you improve your monitor mixes and relationships within your tech/worship team.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Basic understanding of audio principles important to mixing monitors
    • Learn the different types of monitor mixing setups
    • How to maximize relationships and communication between tech and worship teams
    • Tips and tricks to improve monitor mixes
  • THE CREATIVE AND THE CHURCH: RECOVERING THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF EVERY CREATIVE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH

    SPEAKER: JOEL MUDDAMALLE
    Creative Process

    When creatives think of their role it usually leads to responsibilities or areas of ownership. It may seem natural that the first place to start with is the technical details that fit the aspects of their day in and day out job. But what if the creatives responsibilities only take on true meaning and fulfillment in light of the creative’s role from a biblical and theological framework.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Learn the three essential but often overlooked Biblical roles of the creative that will help you gain confidence in your own role.
    • Overcome the feeling of confusion as it relates to roles and responsibility by connecting your work to Christ’s vision for creatives.
    • Be equipped with Biblical principles and a theological framework that can be applied back in your local ministry context.
  • TEENS IN TECH

    SPEAKER: DENNIS CHOY
    Video

    Do you really want to engage and recruit teens to help in your tech production team? Of course you do. They are the future and the now of church ministry. Come here insights from a youth pastor turned production director and how to engage teens in your Tech ministry.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Understand ways to engage Teens for your ministry
    • Tips on recruiting and training Teens for Tech
    • Practical discussion on developing them for the long term
  • CAN COMMUNITY BE CREATED ONLINE?

    SPEAKER: KENDRA LEGRAND
    Online Church

    Time is the most valuable resource someone can give but how do we steward someone’s time well when it’s hard to get them in the doors of the church, ask them to sign up for one more “thing” or navigate the ever-so-present Zoom fatigue? Is it possible to create community online?

    Learning Objectives:

    • Overcome being overwhelmed with the “how-to” by developing a strategy for creating community with the technology already in front of you.
    • Compel people who are wondering, “what’s in it for me?” by creating a vision that empowers leaders and equips participants.
    • Stop overcomplicating Online Bible Study for yourself and your participants with simple steps to help you find your focus.
  • CREATING CONSISTENT ATMOSPHERES: BALANCING LIGHTING FOR LIVE AND VIDEO APPLICATIONS

    SPEAKER: GRIFFIN MCCRAVY
    Lighting

    In an ever changing environment we will look at how we can balance lighting for both live environment impact as well as camera applications. We will look at tips when it comes to placement, front light, color, intensity levels and more as we work to ensure a high-impact, low distraction environment for church events.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Learn how to properly light talent from the front, sides, and back
    • Learn what the camera sees in terms of lighting and how we can work to ensure the best possible image
    • How to create a high impact service that still looks great on camera
  • HOW TO GROW YOUR CHURCH USING ONLINE COMMUNITIES

    SPEAKER: KATIE ALLRED
    Friday – 1:30pm

    Have you heard about online community? Still confused on what that means? We’ll discuss what online community is, how you can use it for discipleship, and how you can use online communities to reach new people in your community.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify and/or create your church’s online communities—Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, GroupMe, iMessage, etc.
    • Create a plan for how you want to engage with these communities. Engage in conversations with your church community. Encourage dialogue by asking questions about their own personal experiences with faith, religion, spirituality, etc., and share more about yourself as well.
    • Identify and/or create online communities for people in your community around specific interests or the community itself.
    • Create a plan for how you want to engage with these communities. Encourage dialogue by asking questions about their interests, and share more about yourself as well.
  • ``RECRUIT`` IS NOT A FOUR LETTER WORD

    SPEAKER: CHRISTINE KREISHER
    Friday – 1:30pm

    We all need and want more volunteers but what if the secret to getting more volunteers has less to do with strategy and more to do with your mindset?

    Join me for this breakout to discover the proven science behind the success of recruiting volunteers.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Uncover neuroscientific discoveries to understand the link between mindsets and achievement
    • Learn four simple strategies for creating an irresistible volunteer culture
    • Develop a solid plan to re-engage and grow your volunteer base
  • WRITING AND CULTIVATING SONGS FOR YOUR HOUSE

    SPEAKER: CECILY HENNIGAN
    Worship

    Making time to create and echo the heart of your house through the songs you write for your people to sing. In this class, you will learn some key tools for writing songs that prophecy into the further of your home, reflect the message your house carries and all the ways you can collaborate in and outside of your house to cultivate the songs you want your people to sing over themselves. I will take you through the structures of writing within your church, from worship team all the way to bringing outside writers in to help strengthen your art. As well as how to write from the heart of your house and not just for hype.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Daily tools to help you stay inspired to write from the moments inside your house
    • Tips for productive writing / collaborative writing
    • Tips on growing your team in writing through basic acts of creativity and worship (retreats, workshops, tram writing nights, etc.)
    • How to connect with outside writers to come in and teach and equip beginners on writing
    • How to write prophetically over your house
  • DESIGN INSPIRATION PANEL

    SPEAKER: PANEL
    Design & Film

    The perpetual sense of being on call for a mind blowing solution can be daunting and exhausting – so how do people do it full time? Hosted by Merea Price, Co-founder of church and non-profit consulting firm legible, this conversation on creative inspiration and process includes Ryan Stanley of visual storytelling studio Alway Abounding and Dex Alexander, Founder of Black Roses, a brand strategy and management firm in Southern California, and Leighton Ching, Lead Graphic Designer at Passion City Church. Hear how they tackle project after project, how they stay inspired and informed, and what it takes to always have the next best idea.

    Learning Objectives:

    • How to maintain design inspiration day after day.
    • How to launch from failures to your next success.
    • How to inspire others to maintain energy, focus, and creativity week in and week out.

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Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship began as the musical arm of the Elevation Church, a multi-site church based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that was founded in 2006 by pastor Steven Furtick. The group was originally formed around the musical core of Chris Brown, Mack Brock, and Wade Joye, all of whom sang and played guitar, while Furtick contributed to their songwriting. While a shifting cast of instrumentalists worked with Elevation Worship, singers, Brown and Brock would become two of their on-stage focal points and a number of other vocalists were featured, including Jenna Barrientes, Jonsal Barrientes, London Gatch, Anna Sailors, and Jane Williams.

We The Kingdom

The multi-generational family band—consisting of brothers Ed Cash and Scott Cash, Ed’s daughter Franni, his son Martin and dear friend Andrew Bergthold—grew roots when the Cash brothers were just kids. Their dad played guitar, and their mom played piano, resulting in a home filled with music. Despite there being an eleven year age gap between them, as both Ed and Scott entered their teens and early 20s, they embarked on similar individual journeys as touring artists and had the opportunity to be deeply involved in the ministry of Young Life. However, when they each became fathers, the dream of being an artist was relegated to put on the back burner. Instead, behind the scenes, Ed went on to become an award-winning songwriter and producer, steering records for artists like Chris Tomlin, Crowder and Bethel Music and co-writing timeless songs like “How Great Is Our God,”“Amen (Because He Lives)” and “All My Hope,” among other hits. After stepping off of the road to spend more time with his growing family, Scott began working with Ed writing and producing, and the brothers have written many songs together including “Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)”. Though no longer pursuing careers as artists, both brothers continued to lead worship and remained involved in playing music at Young Life camps.

They never could have imagined how, years later, God would bring their artist dreams full circle in the form of a family band. “I think many producers are, in some way, closet artists,” Ed attests. Andrew, Franni and Martin were also aspiring musicians, passionate about sharing their gifts through songs and stories.

Tim Timmons

Worship Leader, singer and songwriter Tim Timmons is a man of faith whose principles were tested by hard luck and mortal challenges before he produced his first album of praise & worship music. Coming back from a dramatic cancer diagnosis, Timmons forged a career as an inspirational recording artist with albums like 2013’s Cast My Cares and 2015’s Awake Our Souls, later venturing into children’s music with 2017’s Who I Am.

Timmons was born in Irvine, California on February 9, 1976, and he developed an interest in music as a child, taking up the drums when he was seven years old, learning to play guitar and write songs when he was 11, and teaching himself to play piano. Timmons developed a knack for songwriting, and in his early twenties, he began turning professional, eventually co-writing with the likes of Mike Doheney of the group Tenth Avenue North, Michael Farren of Pocket Full of Rocks, Dove Award-nominated singer/songwriter Jason Walker, and LaRue frontman Phillip LaRue, while also serving as a worship leader at Mariners Church in Irvine. However, in 2001, Timmons began re-examining his life when he was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Originally told he had only five years to live, Timmons devoted himself to his wife, his growing family, and his work as a worship leader. After he’d more than doubled his initial survival expectancy, Timmons felt a new calling to use his music as a tool to bring people to a greater understanding of what it truly means to follow Jesus. Declaring that “Following Jesus versus being a believer in Him is revolutionary,” Timmons put a new emphasis on music and songwriting, and in 2013, he landed a record deal with the Christian music label Reunion Records. Cast My Cares, Timmons’ first album of worship music, was produced by Paul Mabury, and was released in the summer of 2013 and reached number 13 on Billboard’s Christian chart. He followed up in 2015 with Awake Our Souls and toured in support of the release with MercyMe and Phil Wickham. Timmons’ next project was the 2017 children’s album, Who I Am, which he co-produced with Christian Hale and released independently. That same year, he offered his first holiday release with the five-song Mighty Christmas EP. Written during a church retreat, Timmons next offered up the anthemic single, “I Belong,” which featured an appearance from CCM legend, Amy Grant. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Andrew Stanley

Homeschooled preacher’s kids with finance degrees don’t usually quit their Budget Analyst jobs that provide health insurance to pursue stand-up comedy, but Andrew Stanley did, and he hasn’t looked back. He is now touring all over the country (as well as internationally) performing at clubs, festivals, fundraisers, churches, corporate events, bars with 4 people in them that “didn’t know there would be comedy tonight”…. Andrew possesses a unique perspective that pairs well with his dry delivery and observational nature. He was the winner of the 2017 Search for the South’s Funniest Accountant and in 2019, he was selected as a New Face of Comedy at Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Andrew’s parents are still alive so he works clean.

Jeff Sandstrom

Jeff started his career in the studio as an independent music producer and engineer, and from 2007 to 2016, was the Front of House engineer for Chris Tomlin. Jeff circled the globe several times, both with Chris and with Passion Conferences.

He was a part of North Point Community Church in Atlanta since its beginning and has partnered with North Point, as well as other churches over the years, helping them train production excellence and engagement, both on the platform and off.

Jeff’s heart for helping churches excel led to the development of Sonnet House, a ministry designed to provide church production teams resources for technical training, creative communication, and spiritual connection to God and each other. Jeff has brought that calling to the founding of MxU, as they partner together to provide world-class resources to church teams so they can get better at what they do while getting better at who they are.

He is also bringing those skills to bear as he leads the commissioning and training of new systems for WAVE, an AVL integrator based in Charlotte, NC.

Jeff lives in Greenville, South Carolina with his beautiful wife Elizabeth (who is far superior to him in all respects), their even more superior daughter, Stella, and Lula the dog.

Jim Yakabuski

Jim Yakabuski is a live concert audio engineer who mixes FOH for Gwen Stefani, Peter Frampton, Matchbox 20, Van Halen and many more. Jim is also a co-founder and instructor at The MIX Institute, a live audio school focused on helping House of Worship audio engineers become better mixers of music. He is also a contributing writer for Church Sound Magazine and Live Sound International. He has been mixing live audio for 40 years.

Samantha Potter

Samantha Potter is an audio engineer and an editor for ProSoundWeb with a passion for writing and educating. Additionally, she serves as the “Install Empress” for Allen & Heath USA, helping to merge the live sound solutions we all love into the commercial and install space. Growing up as a musician, Samantha found her way to live sound by way of the studio, proving that bassists make the best sound engineers. The host of Church Sound Podcast and a co-director and lead instructor for Church Sound University, Samantha can often be found teaching, writing, and hosting discussions on various live-sound topics.

James Rudder

For the last 20 years, James has been working in multiple aspects of the audio industry. On arriving in the USA from Australia, James took up a house engineer position at Henson studios in LA while also embarking on world tours with multiple bands, most notably Hillsong United in the FOH position. He now resides in Nashville TN and while not on the road, mixes records from his home studio and consults for LAcoustics.

Kem Meyer

Kem is a brand therapist who has spent three decades working at the intersection of techs and creatives. Known for her ability to eliminate complexity and information overload, she helps people clear the organizational hurdles that sabotage effective work. Kem’s book, “Less Chaos. Less Noise” is a go-to communications resource for top churches and not-for-profits.

Brad Sitton

In 2007, Brad Sitton left his dream job as Director of Creative Media at Passion Conferences to start Blister Studios, an innovative motion graphic design studio creating video content for DC Shoes, Chick-Fil-A, Passion Conferences, Golden Corral, North American Mission Board, Youth Specialties, BigStuf, Orange Conference, North Point Community Church, just to name a few.

In recent years, Brad and his twin brother Brian started CrowdControlGames.com to craft games for any size crowd. Over the past several year’s they’ve had an opportunity to impact countless churches as well as create custom games for Chick-Fil-A, Walmart, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and more!

Brad currently lives in Atlanta with his smoke’n hot wife, 3 kids and is learning to sail. He is a two time winner of the RedBull Flugtag competition and surprisingly good at building sandcastles.

Patrick McEwen

Patrick McEwen has worked in church production and event production for over 15 years. He managed environments for Youth Ministries and Sunday Services across Metro Atlanta before becoming a full-time Production Manager. He founded McEwen.Co in 2018 and has helped design, implement, and manage systems for events across the nation.  He’s the lead Stage Manager for Catalyst Conference, Leadercast, and Q Conference. He has also been the Crew Lead and Stage Manager for SALT Conference for the past 2 years. He and his wife Jenn live in Atlanta, Georgia with their two daughters.

Timmy Wagoner

Timmy is the Lead Audio Engineer and Audio Specialist at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN. As Long Hollow continues to launch satellite campuses, the need for skilled supervision in audio and visual areas continues to increase. Starting in 2011, Tim has provided this much-needed leadership and expertise to make our satellite campus worship experiences the best they can be. He also is a sought-after freelance audio engineer working with the CMT Awards, CMA Festival and countless CCM artists and tours as a consultant.

Jeremy Bagwell

Jeremy Bagwell is the Business Development Manager at Ross Video for the House of Worship industry. His passion for live production was fueled by a long history of work in and out of the local church. He loves creating well engineered systems that fuel people and churches to do what they do best. Formerly, Jeremy was the Live Video Director and Production Director for North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA. Before North Point, he serves for 4 years at 12stone Church as Production Director for two different campuses. Jeremy is a prolific video director and systems engineer and wants to help push the church into innovative technology with purpose.

Tyler Hirth

Tyler Hirth is the Production Manager at Long Hollow Baptist Church and oversees the entire production environment, equipment and teams at Long Hollow for all of their campuses and buildings. He has been at Long Hollow since 2007 and oversees the recruitment and training of production volunteers, designs and oversees A/V technical installations, and technical directs a majority of weekends services and events. Aside from his leadership at Long Hollow, he is also the technical director for The Huckabee Show on TBN, shot in Gallatin, TN. He and his Wife Andrea love being part of the Hendersonville, TN area and are proud to call Long Hollow home.

Johnny "Rocket" Robinson

Rocket, as he is known among friends, is the Central Production Manager for Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. Through his role, he serves on the creative team as part of programming and production. Through the use of audio, video and lighting, he strives to create engaging and distraction free moments where people can fully experience God’s presence. When he’s not at the church, he can be found spending time building something in his home woodworking shop, recreating Pinterest finds, or hanging out with his beautiful wife Molly in the great outdoors of Nashville, TN.

Christina Onstott

Christina is the Creative Arts Volunteer Coordinator for Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. She leads the music team auditions as well as orchestrates the Sunday scheduling for their worship volunteer teams. Christina is passionate about music, the local church, and how worship can engage a community! She desires to bring this passion to others through the music of Cross Point. She is also a recently new mother and finding it to be her greatest joy!

Chad Hall

Chad Hall is the Founder and President of United Production Services, Inc; the parent company to Take One Film, BOLD Distribution, BOLD Bags and Nashville Production Rentals. As a seasoned video production specialist and an expert camera shader, Chad Hall has had the opportunity to work on countless television broadcasts including the CMT Awards, Dove Awards, and countless sporting events. He also has credits as a chief engineer on the television series “four”. He and his wife are active members of the local church in Hendersonville, TN.

Mark MacDonald

Mark MacDonald is Church Brand Strategist for BeKnownForSomething.com, a national church communication and branding agency, coaching pastors and churches to become relevant in their community. He’s the bestselling author of “Be Known For Something” (beknownbook.com), has written 800+ magazine articles, and is the Exec Director of Center for Church Communication (Church Marketing Sucks, Courageous Storytellers). Over 30+ years, Mark has served as Pastor, Marketing VP, Creative Director, and Strategist; in one of Eastern Canada’s largest agencies, his own agency, for the 3000+ Florida Baptists, and most recently at one of the largest church consulting groups (Generis). He and Tammy, his wife of 30 years, have 2 grown sons in Calgary and Chicago. Follow him: @markmac1023

Gloria Umanah

Gloria Umana is the founder and executive director of the Ex-Nihilo Collective and an internationally known and sought after communicator and spoken word artist based out of Atlanta, Georgia! In 2016 Gloria turned down a dream opportunity of working with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and instead surrendered to the calling of God upon her life, which led to a life of purpose. Gloria has worked alongside and has spoken on various platforms such as, Liberty University Convocation, Life Way, Ravi Zacharias Ministries, Passion City Church, Fresh Life Church, and more.

While Gloria started as a spoken word artist only a little less than three years ago, her ministry has quickly evolved as she has been given opportunities to teach on a multitude of platforms all over the globe. Gloria Umanah is not JUST a spoken word artist or a communicator. She is a daughter, co-creating with The Creator, passionate about seeing a people walk into the calling of holiness — a generation who doesn’t see holiness as legalism, but as a standard and calling.

Jacob Boyles

Jacob Boyles is a prolific graphic designer who has worked with reputable brands including Bloomingdales, Chick-Fil-A, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and countless others. Currently, he is Elevation Worship Graphic Designer at Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. He brings a fresh perspective to the graphic design space and is pushing the envelope for the global church through his creative eye and innovative approach.

Adrian Varner

Adrian Varner is the audio lead for SALT Conferences, having lead our main sessions audio team for the past 6 years! Through his leadership, he has pushed the envelope for the church through sonic atmosphere’s, while also leading and shepherding from the shadows. In his day job, Adrian is a system design engineer for Diversified Audio. He and his wife are based in Atlanta, GA and love serving the local church and helping equip them to reach their local communities with quality environments and engaging atmospheres.

Jason Morris

Jason Morris serves Westside as our Global Innovation Pastor, overseeing the church online, global church planting, and bringing new ideas and creativity to expand God’s Kingdom for Westside. Jason is experienced as a missionary to Paraguay, South America for almost 9 years where he helped churches grow healthy with new ideas. He received his B.A. in Missions and M.A. in Biblical Exposition from Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola, Florida.

He and his wife Maria have been married since 1993 and have 2 amazing kids: Isaac and Brianna. Jason loves new tech gadgets, sci-fi, yerba mate, and speaking spanish.

Josh Maichele

Josh serves as L-Acoustics’ primary frontline contact for House of Worship clients. From 2005 to 2016, he worked as a freelance audio engineer and production manager for Christ In Youth. In his career, Josh has been a FOH and monitor engineer, production manager, and tour manager for a wide variety of clients, including some of the nation’s largest churches and congregations. He mixed FOH for the first L-ISA Immersive system deployment at SALT 2019. Last year Josh also designed, commissioned and trained on the world’s first L-ISA install in a HOW environment.  Josh’s background and expertise allow him to provide the best care and dedicated solutions for churches everywhere.

Suzette Allen

Suzette Allen has been a portrait photographer for 35 years, and teaching Photography/Photoshop for 20 years. Her passion for creativity and people has served her well, as she encourages and inspires photographers to go after their visions and creativity! Suzette is also a Global Ambassador for Panasonic Lumix Cameras and Adobe Influencer. She is a Photographic Craftsman and Certified Professional Photographer, as well as an Approved Photographic Instructor with Professional Photographers of America. She has served her industry in education, as a school director (West Coast School of Photography) and also served on the Board of Directors of both West Coast School and California Photographic Workshops. Now as an instructor, she has had the immense honor of teaching at over a dozen of the Affiliated Photographic Schools across the country!

Dr Jerome Lubbe

Dr. Jerome is a functional neurologist and founder of Thrive Neuro Health in Atlanta, GA. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Neurology, a Fellow of the American Board of Brain Injury and Rehabilitation, a Fellow of the American Board of Childhood Development Disorders, and the former Executive Director & Atlanta Clinic Director for Cerebrum Health Centers. Above and beyond he is a disciple of Jesus Christ and believes that neuroplasticity with biblical teaching can teach us a lot about mental health, our purpose and connect the dots between many unanswered questions!

Dex Alexander

Dex Alexander is the founder and Creative Director of Legible Strategy and Creative, a branding and communications firm in Southern California. Legible ensures churches, non-profits and civic groups communicate with clarity so they can best serve the community they are so vital to. To date, they have helped dozens of organizations, large and small, engage and influence the world around them.

Kierre Lindsay

Kierre is a renowned worship leader, Kennedy Center performer, off-broadway cast member and passionate about seeing walls and barriers torn down that separate the body of Christ. He has toured with artists like Tasha Cobbs, Vashawn Mitchell and more. He joined United Pursuit and is part of the collective, Common Hymnal. He has served on staff at Daystar Church as the Next Generation Worship Director since 2013. Kierre is married to Marika Lindsay and together they are missionaries who travel domestically and internationally to serve and spread the message of Jesus Christ to all who will listen.

Adam Hobson

Bio coming soon.

Jacob Padgett

Jacob Padgett is the Set and Lighting Designer at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He joined the creative team in their main Hendersonville campus to oversee the work of design and build future sets for Sunday services, maintain lighting equipment, consoles and volunteer training at the various campuses of Long Hollow and provide support of the visual lighting atmospheres for weekly services.

Brad Weston

Brad Weston is founder and president of Renewed Vision, makers of ProPresenter, ProVideoPlayer, and ProVideoServer. He has been a volunteer video director for North Point Community Church for 15 years and has worked with productions worldwide both in consulting, as well as in live production.

Nathan Williams

Nathan Williams serves as the Technical Director at Victory World Church in Atlanta, GA. Having been on staff for over 10 years, he has had a front-row seat as the church has grown to over 10,000 weekly attendees across multiple campuses, representing more than 110 nationalities, making it one of the largest multicultural congregations in the United States. He overseas sound, lighting, stage design and live video production as he leads a team of engineers and volunteers of over 300 every week. Nathan and his wife Ashley recently celebrated 10 years of marriage and are proud parents of four children.

Ezra Cohen

Ezra Cohen is a filmmaker and creative director specializing in creating unique visual environments in films, commercials, and live concert environments. He has created unique visual textures and experiences for commercial brands like Musicbed, Express, Adidas and Sony as well as music artists including Hillsong Young & Free, Justin Bieber, Tha Chainsmokers, Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes, Hillsong United and more.  Recently, he’s been featured as a teacher and online course instructor by some of the most renown publications in the world, including Forbes and more. 

Joey Santos

Joey currently serves at Christ’s Church, Mason OH. He is the Online Pastor and also oversees Worship & Arts, Communications and Production teams. Growing up in Brazil as a preacher’s kid, he has a keen eye for multi-generational ministry, as well as the ability to see innovation and change as a society and culture shift. He’s an ordained minister and has been serving in various capacities in America since 2002. He regularly blogs and contributes to the conversation of online church at joeysantos.blog.

Alex Fuller

Alex Fuller is a seasoned lighting professional who is passionate about using the technical arts as an extension of worship. He started sweeping floors as a kid in a local production house, and completed his first coast to coast tour of the US by age 20. He has over 15 years experience as the lighting and scenic designer for several churches, touring events, and conferences including Bethel, Saddleback Church, Jesus Culture, Hillsong United and more. His experience in the Christian market affords him a unique understanding of the challenges that many production teams face. His goal is to partner with you as you define your vision, overcome obstacles, and create the environment that you desire.

Phil Bowdle

Phil Bowdle got his start in creative ministry back in 2004. Today, Bowdle is the author of “Rethink Communication: A Playbook to Clarify and Communicate Everything in Your Church” and works as the Creative Arts pastor at West Ridge Church in Northwest Atlanta. On a day-to-day basis, Bowdle leads teams who work in communication, media, worship, and production. He also speaks, blogs, and offers coaching about communication, leadership, and the creative church.

Will Doggett

Will Doggett is an Ableton Live Certified Trainer and the Founder of From Studio to Stage, an online resource dedicated to teaching people how to learn to perform with Ableton Live on stage. He’s passionate about making complex things simple and has been teaching others to use Ableton Live as a tool for Leading Worship since 2008. He has served the church in many roles as Worship Leader, Music Director, Creative Director, and Production Director.

Justin Firesheets

Justin Firesheets has been the Production Director at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Ala., since Feb. 2009 after having spent the previous six years working in the sports broadcasting industry. He is responsible for the management of the production systems, volunteer teams, and equipment at all 23 campuses of Highlands, which has grown to become one of the largest churches in the United States.

Stephen Brewster

Stephen Brewster has more than 15 years in professional creative environments including music marketing and management, artist development, creative team leading and art directing. Currently a leadership and creative coach in Nashville, Tennessee, Stephen previously led the creative team in dreaming, creating and executing experiences, communications, music and more for all areas of ministry at Freedom House Church in Charlotte,N.C.; Life Church in Orlando, Florida and Cross Point Church in Nashville. He loves to spend time with his wife, Jackie, and their four children.

Katie Allred

Katie Allred runs ChurchCommunications.com, where she has helped over 23,000 people who work in churches with their marketing and communication strategies. Katie is also an assistant professor of marketing and software development at the University of Mobile. Katie is also a Certified StoryBrand Guide and would love to help your church or business communicate more clearly

Kenny Jahng

Kenny Jahng is the founder and CEO of Big Click Syndicate, a strategic communications agency that works with nonprofit and Christian ministries. The Company’s clients includes American Bible Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, and The United Methodist Church. He also co-leads the Church Communications Facebook Group community with 22,000+ communicators. Kenny runs ChurchButler.com, a daily social media content service. He is also StoryBrand Certified. Connect with him at KennyJahng.com or follow his #DailyKJTV vlog on LinkedIn

Grant Norsworthy

Grant Norsworthy is not another singer who talks too much. He’s a speaker who sings songs.
An Aussie who was based in Nashville  from 2002 to 2018, Grant Norsworthy achieved considerable success as a professional musician including a Grammy® nomination, a Dove Award, extensive touring, recording and radio hits with bands like Paul Colman Trio and Sonicflood. Now conducting global ministry work from his Nelson, New Zealand home base, Grant uses his musicianship, freewheeling wit and uncommon candor to encourage audiences to deeper faith in Christ and good works. As the founder, content developer and principal instructor for More Than Music Mentor, he provides high quality online and onsite training for the heart and the art of worshiping musicians everywhere.

David Henry

At 13 years old, David began his journey in church production when he found out that he could skip the main church service to serve in the youth group AV booth. Fast forward a *few* years, and David has worked as a professional lighting designer and teacher in the church, corporate, and live music worlds. Today, David runs LearnStageLighting.com, teaching lighting to beginner and intermediate-level lighting enthusiasts, and is a volunteer tech director at a medium-sized church in Nashville, TN.

Shannon Scott

Shannon is a writer, speaker, and Associate Executive Pastor at Church of the City in Franklin, Tennessee. She has also been a pastor to women and children and sits on the Executive Leadership Team of the church. She’s been in ministry for over 25 years and has experience in many facets of church leadership, from leading high performing teams, to volunteer recruitment and engagement, service programming, communication, and production. A trusted voice on a wide range of topics, Shannon is grateful to spend time writing for ministry and leadership blogs, training leaders, and speaking at conferences and churches. Over her tenure of ministry, she’s had the honor to work with North Point Community Church, Passion Conferences, Rethink group and more. Shannon and her husband Jeffrey have been married since 1999 and have three teenage children, Maggie (18), Jack (15), and Ali (14) and two dogs, Nash and Loretta.

Nathan Lagrange

Nathan is a gifted speaker with 20 years experience in pastoral leadership including lead pastoring, urban church planting, international missions and worship/creative ministries. Demonstrating great aptitude in counseling, discipleship and spiritual formation with a concentration in the development of christian leaders. Prior to being a pastor, Nathan spent many years as a song-writer and signed artist to the Integrity Music label where he has credits for Don Moen, Glenn Packiam and more.  Most recently, Nathan and his wife Tricia have started fundraising for their newest call in ministry, Refreshing the Refreshers, a ministry seeking to serve those on the edge of burnout in ministry under as a partner of LifeImpact Ministries.

Gary Molander

Gary Molander is an Author, Pastor, Filmmaker and Artist who has served the church and the greater creative community for over a decade! Gary served as a pastor for seventeen years, and has a Masters Degree in Creative Arts. He is also the author of, Pursuing Christ. Creating Art., a powerful book on creativity and the church. He is also the co-owner of Floodgate Creative, and has worked with Pro Athletes Outreach, Credera Inc., and Chick Fil-A to help promote their stories and events, using video and film.

Gary has been a part of SALT Conferences since the first gathering in 2013, and regularly shepherds the creative leaders and technical teams that are a part of the SALT Community. He and his wife Angela live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Andrew Johnston

Known by most as “Dr J”, he holds degrees in Interpersonal Communication and Literature from Wheaton College; Counseling Psychology from Auburn University; Higher Education Leadership & Policy from the University of Tennessee; and has additional education in leadership & organizational change from Harvard University.

Most recently, Dr. J has been a consultant working with current and future leaders through his leadership coaching, being a faculty member of Vanderbilt University and as an author of his recent book, Fired Up: Kindling and Keeping The Spark in Creative Teams. 

Nikki Lerner

Nikki spent over 20 years leading and building a successful multicultural creative department of over 150 people in an organization of 4000+ through her ministry in Baltimore, MD. With a degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, she is a brilliant vocalist and worship leader with over 20 years of songwriting, worship and music experience. Currently, she serves as a coach and consultant to churches across the world helping them go from mono-cultural to multi-cultural with their organizations.

Brady Shearer

Brady Shearer is the CEO and Founder of Pro Church Tools. Brady’s work centers upon helping churches seize the 167 hours beyond their Sunday services and navigating their ministries through the single biggest communication shift we’ve seen in the last 500 years. Through his leadership at Pro Church Tools, they’ve launched countless incredible resources for the local church including Nucelus, RebelGive, StoryTape and more.

He regularly posts on the Pro Church Tool’s with Brady Shearer YouTube channel which has over 83,000 subscribers and currently resides in Ontario, Canada.

Samer Massad

Samer Massad is one of the dynamic communicators at Woodstock City Church in Woodstock, GA. Woodstock City Church is one of the campuses of North Point Community Church under the leadership and direction of Andy Stanley. Samer received his Masters in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary prior to moving to Georgia. He has had the opportunity to speak to leaders, students and audiences around the nation by being a top-hailed speaker at Orange Conference, Youth Specialties, North Point Church and more.

Luke McElroy

Luke McElroy is the founder and visionary of SALT Conferences. Author of four books including most recently released Creative Potential: Principles for Unleashing Your God-Given Calling, Luke was hailed as one of the “top innovators for worship” by Worship Leader Magazine. Luke’s leadership has helped create powerful live environments for thousands around the world.

He and his wife Tricia are proud to call Nashville, Tennessee home.

Joseph Sojourner

Joseph grew up in Akron, OH, and eventually made his way to Atlanta, GA as a hip-hop artist. There he connected with the team from North Point Community Church and Big Stuf Camps where he served as creative director, communicator and emcee of Catalyst Conference for many years. As the founder of Two Cents Creative, he and his team use art, media, film and interactive experiences to share story in a way that captivates audiences attention, while communicating in a compelling manner.

He has had the opportunity to shape moments and create content for Passion Conferences, Chick-Fil-A Leadership Seminars, NBC’s Your Move with Andy Stanley, Elevation Church, SALT Conferences, Big Stuf Camps and many more! Currently, Joseph is serving as a Shephard of creative filmmakers in Fayetteville, GA with Pinewood Studios.

Glenn Packiam

Glenn Packiam is the associate senior pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also the author of 5 books including his most recent: Blessed Broken Given: How Your Story Becomes Sacred in the Hands of Jesus. Glenn earned a Doctorate in Theology and Ministry from Durham University in the UK and is an ordained priest with the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA).

Prior to becoming a pastor, Glenn was one of the founding leaders and songwriters of the Desperation Band. As a signed songwriter, he has had the honor of writing and co-writing over 65 worship songs, including several well-loved songs, like “Your Name” and “My Savior Lives.”  Glenn has been a SALT keynote speaker many times and currently lives with his wife, Holly, and their four children in the shadow of the mighty Rocky Mountains.

Andy Mineo

Andy Mineo is a New York City-based hip hop recording artist signed to Reach Records. His album, Uncomfortable, became the No. 1 independent record in the country and delivered a No. 3 and No.10 position on Billboard’s Hip Hop and Top 200 album charts, respectively. He has appeared on Sirius XM’s Sway In The Morning, MTV, and his colossal hit “You Can’t Stop Me” won an ESPN Whammy Award for MLB’s Top Walk Up Song.

Andy Mineo carries his music beyond through scripting, producing and directing many of his own music videos. He also is the founder of the podcast “work in progress” and most recently collaborated with rapper Wordsplayed for the release of their mixtape, Andy Mineo and Wordsplayed present Magic & Bird.