Rockin' the NWLC

I haven't blogged this week because I've been wrapped in thought about how to best sum up our amazing experience at the National Worship Leader Conference last week. Finally, with a lot of help from my trusty friend Lee, I figured the best way to sum it up was with a video. Remember, no one made you watch it :).

Our Workshop at the National Worship Leader Conference

Our workshop yesterday went awesomely. I don't think that's actually a word but it went really well. We had about 75 people attend and only about 60 seats, so it was standing room only. We talked about making your media matter and the big idea for us is that all the media you use should serve the message and shouldn't be used simply because it's cool. When used properly, media can work hand in hand with all of your programming to build a theme for your service that perfectly sets up the pastor's message. We ran a mock Creative Team meeting. We gave away a free Programming Pack to everyone who attended. It was great.

We also kicked off our session with a video we shot on the first day of the conference. It was a Man On The Street Video where Lee asked people at the conference what they thought about eleven72. It was our fun way of introducing ourselves. Check it out:



Feedreaders, here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7rWjnp7p7g

Live from the National Worship Leader Conference

Here's Vlog #2. Still getting the hang of this little camera and wrapping our heads around the whole concept of vlogging. We did shoot a really funny little bit today asking people, "Who is eleven72?" It's a little Man on the Street from the conference. We're going to use it to introduce ourselves tomorrow, but once it's done, I'll drop it into the blog here for your enjoyment. Until then, here's Vlog #2:



Feedreaders, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a94r9MRQsuU

Technologies for Worship Conference at NAB

Imagine every piece of film, video, radio, presentation equipment and software that you can think of all under one roof. Add in hundreds and even thousands of pieces of technology that you've never even heard of. Sprinkle in a dozen conferences on different topics complete with world renowned speakers and worshops. And what do you have? The National Association of Broadcasters Conference. Coming up in Las Vegas, April 14th-19th, NAB is one of biggest and most comprehensive broadcasting/film/video/television/radio/etc. conferences in the world.

Of particular interest to readers of this blog, The Technologies for Worship Conference, held during NAB, is a place to get information on the latest techniques and technologies in the worship field, to hear from some of the top experts in the field, and to take workshops focused on audio/video and film/video production as it relates to the worship environment.

It might be too late for you to make plans to go this year, but if you can go, go. If you're thinking about buying equipment for your church, for your company, if you want to see the latest video gear, computer gear, software, anything... If you're planning on making any big tech purchases or if you just want to wander around for days in awe, go. Even if you just get an exhibits pass, it's worth it. You can literally walk around for days and not see all the gear on display at NAB. It's a great time to see the equipment you're thinking/wondering about, to get your hands on it and to ask the knowledgeable sales reps who are there what they think about it and how you might be able to use it. The scope of NAB is mind blowing. And if you get all geeked up about film/video/presentation equipment, you will be in techie heaven.

Some of the speakers this year are:

Dale Alexander, Creative Technologies Consulting

Phil Cooke, Producer/Director

Paul Crouch Jr., Trinity Broadcasting Network

Craig Janssen, Acoustic Dimensions

Alex Kendrick, Sherwood Baptist Church

Jerry Rose, Total Living Network

And here are some of the workshops:

Saturday

Video Production Technologies (Basic)—Learn to create video and audio systems in one day!
Graphic Design Process & Brainstorming Techniques—See the Graphic Design Process in action.
Dynamic Worship by Design—Learn to build or improve a great worship environment

Sunday

Video Production Techniques (Advanced)—Participate in the video production cycle from scriptwriting to distribution.
Ministry Production Design—Learn to improve the presentation of your message.
Intro to 3D: Modeling, Animating, Lighting—Learn about the fundamentals of 3D Animation.
Hands-on Audio Mixing Workshop—Sit at a station with a live mixer, EQ, compressor/limiter/gat, effects, amplifier, headphones and more!