Diaconate of Church Technologists
A web community for those who ride Technology's wild electron waves for the Church
Looking to upgrade your church’s technology without breaking the bank? Small, budget-friendly changes—like digital signage, smart power control, and responsible CCTV use—can improve communication, security, and efficiency. Discover simple, effective tech solutions to help your church run more smoothly in 2025, with minimal cost and complexity.
Church boards face increasing governance challenges as they expand community roles and manage public resources. Decision support systems can streamline meetings and enhance compliance, making governance more efficient. Tools like Microsoft Teams, OneNote, and Boardable offer accessible solutions to improve workflows, transparency, and accountability in church decision-making.
mproving SEO for church websites doesn’t need to be overwhelming. With a few simple steps, like keeping contact details consistent and updating event pages, you can boost visibility online. Dive into practical actions for your team and explore the behind-the-scenes enhancements that make a real difference in local search rankings.
A Simple Guide for Church Websites For church committees today, the internet has become a crucial tool for reaching congregants and visitors alike. From sharing service times to posting community (more…)
In today’s digitally connected world, reliable internet access is crucial for the smooth functioning of any organisation, including churches and community centres. Unfortunately, many churches fall into a common trap: (more…)
Fostering Community Connections: Discover how Public Access WiFi installations can empower your church to facilitate meaningful interactions and enhance community communication, while also providing a valuable service to the public. Join us in leveraging technology for the greater good.
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…)