Thanks again to Evan McBroom for sharing his experience in the basics of church communications. The recording and handout are online here. Also remember that starting in September our webcasts will move to 1pm CDT.

MinistryCOM is the only national organization specifically dedicated to supporting and training ministry communications professionals. In addition to our online resources, we hold a national conference. The 2010 conference is October 20-22, 2010 in Dallas. More...
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Thanks again to Evan McBroom for sharing his experience in the basics of church communications. The recording and handout are online here. Also remember that starting in September our webcasts will move to 1pm CDT.
OK, so that sets a record for the longest title of MinistryCOM breakout session. But there is some truth there. The main topic of this workshop is Building Usable Websites and I think many web designers can learn some valuable lessons from airport design. Here is a short interview where I discuss this concept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LNWkjrGzUE [...]
The video of the July webcast on “Ministry Branding Takes More Than a Logo” is available for download here.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 Noon – 1pm CDT (10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, Noon Central, 1pm Eastern, 17:00 GMT) Download webcast (407M) Download handout Evan McBroom will join our webcast to talk about the basics of church communications. We will discuss the basic challenges, responsibilities and resources for people in church communications. If you are new [...]
The earlybird deadline for discounted MinistryCOM registrations is July 31st. You must register by then to get the discounted rate. I know the airlines and other conferences have started a practice of offering super last-minute discounts. I think this cheats their loyal customers who registered early and just encourages (and rewards) the practice of last [...]
Thursday, July 15, 2010 Noon – 1pm CDT (10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, Noon Central, 1pm Eastern, 17:00 GMT) http://ministrycom.org/live James Dalman from the Branding Shed will talk about church branding, logo design, and why they are not the same thing! James’ experience included developing graphics for major corporations and developing branding solutions for churches and [...]
All monthly webcasts are available for download. The location has moved to the MinistryCOM site in the Resources area. Please update any bookmarks.
The recording of the Website Tips & Tricks Webcast is now available in the Resource area. http://ministrycom.org/store
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Noon – 1pm CDT (10am Pacific, 11am Mountain, Noon Central, 1pm Eastern, 17:00 GMT) http://ministrycom.org/live Cory Miller from iThemes.com, and Terrell Sanders from MainStreetOpen.com will share their favorite website tips and tricks for ministries. Both of these guys have years of experience in ministry communications and developing church websites. They also [...]
The recording of the May webcast with Henderson Hills communications team is now available for download in the resources area.
MinistryCOM 2010
Church Communications Conference
October 20-22, 2010
Dallas, TX
Leadership Track
What Every Church Needs to Know About Marketing
Richard Reising
Should We Throw Out the Bulletin?
Jeff Wilson
Building Buzz: Getting People in the Doors
Lawrence Swicegood
Can You Make It More Creative?
Katie Moon
Guerrilla Marketing for Non-Profits
Chris Forbes
Basic Training Track
It starts with a Plan
Paul Spilker
Quick! Write Something They’ll Read
Jamie Shafer
Design in a Snap
Jennie Byers
Don’t Go It Alone – How to Develop a Communications Team
Elizabeth Gilbert
Help Me Help You – Leading Up to Best Serve Your Church Leaders
Jenn Collins
Lessons Learned – Sharing Stories with Fellow World-Changers
Evan McBroom
Design / Technology Track
Social Media: The Cyber-Reality
Jody Wissing
Building a Rockin’ Church Website
James Dalman / Cory Miller
Web Magic
Randy Jeter
Designing Usable Websites
Terrell Sanders
Using Video in Ministry
Jerod Chambers
Ministry Logo Design
James Dalman