“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!”
Words have their place, however, technology over time has provided us with easier, cheaper and better tools for producing pictures and images to support our messages. Consequently, we now live in a society that expects our communication to include…
As I found while researching this article, the statutory requirements relating to Hearing Augmentation Systems (sometimes referred to as Hearing Assistance Systems, or Listening Systems) in NZ buildings are Convoluted, Confusing and Contradictory. But I knew that – that was why I thought it would b…
Few would disagree that access to clean drinking water is a fundamental human necessity; indeed, a right. The UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) sets us a target to “… achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all”
In the western world, w…
Earlier in the year, I wrote a column on Parish Websites, and promised I would write some follow-up articles.
As discussed in the previous column, Websites are fundamentally a collection of documents on a server running a program to use a set of defined technology protocols to make th…
I have been visiting with Takapuna Methodist church this past month and came away very impressed at the simplicity and elegance of the setup they use for “streaming” their Sunday worship service. The facility provides a means for the congregations sick or housebound members to still experience the …
Many of us never need to get behind the business end of a microphone, but for those who do speak in public, it is important to have a basic understanding of how different microphones work. You can then adapt your speaking technique to suit different microphones in order to deliver your message effe…
In November last year, I ran a survey on Church Technology topics and received about 80 responses over a period of a couple of weeks. As you can see from the Figure, it seems like some of you want to find out about websites, so here we go.
Websites are fundamentally a collection of docu…
Free Christmas Carol App
I thought this was topical - We Are Worship in the UK (part of Integrity Music) have made available this free Christmas Carol App. Complementary resources (sheet music, lyric videos etc) are available from the We Are Worship website.
Available for both Ap…
My last column looked at some of the principles of choosing the right AV Display – making sure that the capabilities and features of the display complement the reasons you want to have a display in the first place. The surest way to waste AV money is to acquire devices that don’t actually meet …
Choosing the Right AV Display
When I am talking to someone who has recently found out I am involved with AV professionally, I often get asked “What projector do you recommend?”
This is almost as hard to answer as the proverbial “How long is a piece of string?” There are many…
Those of you that have anything to do with the Methodist Church of NZ may have seen in the March eMessenger an article encouraging parishes to use Microsoft Office 365 for free instead paying for Microsoft Office. “Free” is always an attractive price-point for churches and other charities, so l…
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“Let’s sing a new song to the Lord!” And if it’s at all a modern new song, that means you might suddenly have a requirement for a bass, 2 guitars, keyboard, drums and 6-vocalists. Oh, my goodness – how…
g considered is to move the IMT Band (Industrial & Medical Telemetry Band) as well as …