This article was originally a Sidebar published by Touchstone, the newspaper of The Methodist Church of NZ in conjunction with our article, What to Think about Before Building your Website. (more…)
So, you have finally decided to bite the bullet and build a Parish website! Or perhaps it is more like a grudging realisation that there is no use trying anymore (more…)
Welcome to the final instalment of our series, offering valuable tips for live-streaming your church services. We hope you’ve already witnessed significant improvements in your live streams by implementing our (more…)
Let’s explore some simple yet effective tips to improve your live streaming performance, even if you’re not a tech wizard.
God is much better at creating things that see than we are. Our eyes, for example, are a technical marvel. The dynamic range they see far exceeds what most cameras can. This one fact is why so many churches have such bad lighting.
image: Freepik.com Ok – having just narrowly prevented myself from starting yet another article with a variation on the theme of “Covid has Changed the Way We Use Technology Forever!”, (more…)
Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of videoconferencing, transforming productivity tools and meeting practices, but it also introduced challenges in relationship building and meeting management.
What do Breeze, Wild Apricot, Toucan Tech and Infoodle have in common?
The upshot is if you are using any sort of multi-platform media strategy, you spend half your time adjusting the sizes of your images for different platforms.
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 be a good topic for this column; I still wasn’t prepared for how much CC&C there actually is!
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 (more…)
One hears the term “Cloud Computing” and related phrases a lot these days. Probably too much – as with a lot of catchy phrases, the marketing machine has picked the phrase up and boldly applied it where no phrase was meant to go. Quite frankly, “cloud” is now one of the most used and abused terms in the Technology space – much of what is claimed as cloud quite simply isn’t.
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 Sunday worship and feel they are part of the community.
Radio Spectrum Management have been circulating a consultation and discussion document, “Preparing for 5G in New Zealand – Technical Consultation”. The “gotcha” in the fine print is that one option (more…)
A lot of us never need to get behind the business end of a microphone. But for those who have to present regularly, it is important to have a basic understanding of how different microphones work. Then we are able to adapt our speaking technique to suit the microphone in front of us as we deliver our message. This is a quick guide to using microphones effectively for presenters of all ages!
So, why have a parish/congregation website? Like many things in the communications field, the first question is, “What are you trying to achieve? What is that makes this a desirable objective for us to accomplish?” Given that there is no truly free way to develop a website – at the very least someone will spend time, and time has a value, even if we don’t end up paying money for it. We need to make sure that the resources we spend make us a return of the type we are looking for.
This free Christmas Carol App might prove useful. Available for both Apple and Android, the app lists the words to lots of favourite carols.
I believe it is fair to say that the original motivation for a lot of church sound systems was the capability to record services to cassette, which could then be distributed to the housebound, the ill and others who might be interested.
first place. The surest way to waste AV money is to acquire devices that don’t actually meet the needs of the situation. Another sure way is to not install systems properly. Improper installation can lead to systems being “too hard” to use, create safety hazards and/or poor quality displays.
How to Choose the Right AV Display – There’s more to picking a display device than price and performance. Let’s look at what factors you should think about before you go shopping!