This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaNo one likes cookie cutter design, but everyone loves cookies. Our step for today is about being efficient and working under time pressures in unique situations. This shouldn’t be your default action when asked to create graphics, but when someone is requiring you to bake a dozen cookies immediately, you’ll b...
Apr 27, 2011
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I talked yesterday about the importance of keeping up-to-date and organized bookmarks, but didn’t get to really address the organization side of things. Most modern browsers have a “bookmarks bar” option. My suggestion for you is that you utilize this feature for organizing your most oft-used site resources.
Now, for me, my bookmarks toolbar in Firefox looks like this:
I have a ...
Apr 27, 2011
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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaFor our next step I’m going to assume that the computer you create church graphics on is connected to the internet. I know of several churches that refuse to allow their media computer online access, afraid that something terrible will pop on the screen during a service. While those concerns aren’t entirely w...
Apr 26, 2011
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Psalms 22 is a Messianic Psalm. It begins “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” and is written as though the Messiah is speaking. This whole chapter is amazing, written approximately 1,000 years before the birth of Christ, and centuries before the punishment of crucifixion would even be invented. Yet it perfectly illustrates, down to the words spoken and things that Jesus would ...
Apr 25, 2011
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This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaWe’ve covered a lot of ground on some pretty in depth subjects so far ranging from the importance of a great default screen to a crash course on fonts and typography. I’m going to take it a little easy on you today with our next step:
Czech You’re Spelingg and Grammer.
I hold myself to a pretty high sta...
Apr 25, 2011
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This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaWe’re making great progress! If you’ve been following along, so far we’ve addressed three big issues with simple solutions: the default screen, understanding our software, and image problems. This next step may not feel all that important, but it’s a valuable time saver that has made the differenc...
Apr 22, 2011
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This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaSo far we’ve talked about the importance of a great default screen, and the power of learning hidden features in your presentation software. This next step may require a little more practice and discipline to pull off, but it will directly impact every graphic you create.
The rule I’m going to introduce here ...
Apr 21, 2011
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This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaHopefully you were inspired by yesterday’s post to either create a fantastic logo/default screen for your media system, or have it on your “to do” list for the very near future.
Today’s tip is a little more practical and doesn’t require any design skill to accomplish. It’s so unbelieva...
Apr 20, 2011
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This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series 10 Steps to Improve Your Church MediaMost churches have room to improve in their media department but really don’t know where to start. Some may be blessed enough to have great designers on staff or volunteering that are able to keep everything looking fresh and top notch, but chances are pretty good that if you’re reading this post your church ...
Apr 19, 2011
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Right now churches across the country are feverishly preparing for the mother of all church days – Easter Sunday. But despite the best intentions and the most polished productions, history has proven that these efforts will, at best, provide marginal results. In most cases, we’ll never see those visitors again.
So then why do we bother? If we really want to keep visitors coming back, we’ve g...
Apr 18, 2011
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