Also remember that starting in September our webcasts will move to 1pm CDT.

Here is a short interview where I discuss this concept: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LNWkjrGzUE

(yeah, sorry about the video quality, we had to shoot the interview when the studio was still under construction.)

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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 to church communications and overwhelmed by the job, this session will help you map out a strategy for survival — and even success!

Evan McBroom is the founder of Fishhook, an innovative communications and creative services company that partners with churches. He  is leading the the Basic Training Track at MinistryCOM this year and is on the MinistryCOM board.

The webcast will start at noon central time and include an online Q&A session at the end. Bring your questions and join the webcast. Webcast is free.

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 second registrations. As such, MinistryCOM does not offer last second discounts, secret discount code through bloggers and partners, and other marketing gimmicks to drive up last minute registrations at the expense of our loyal members.

The best price for MinistryCOM is the earlybird price. It expires in just over two weeks. The earlybird discount will not be extended, and I promise you we won’t offer super-special last minute deals the week before the conference. I want to reward our faithful attendees who do register early every year.

To those of you who do register early, THANK YOU, you make conference planning and budgeting much easier! Register today.

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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 non-profits. He has extensive experience working with new church plants. James will also be co-presenting a workshop on Building A Rockin’ Website at MinistryCOM this year in Dallas.

If you are trying to develop your church logo, your church brand, or just convince leadership that the logo is not the brand — this session is for you.

The webcast will start at noon central time and include an online Q&A session at the end. Bring your web questions and join the webcast. Webcast is free.

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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 will both be presenting workshops at MinistryCOM this year in Dallas.

This session will include checklists for what you MUST have on your site, what you should NOT have on your ministry website, how to get started with a one page website, and lots of ideas for integrating with social media and other web tools.

The webcast will start at noon central time and include an online Q&A session at the end. Bring your web questions and join the webcast. Webcast is free.

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