MinistryCOM 2010 Breakout Session:

James Dalman, WebDesign.com
Cory Miller, iThemes.com

Session Description:

A rockin’ website is one of the most important and effective tools your church could ever use, but unfortunately many fail to make them worth the investment.  In this session, James Dalman and Cory Miller will give you professional advice on building websites that not only look amazing but will be a valuable communication hub for your team, congregation, and community!

Topics that will be covered include:

Branding your website for maximum impact
Implementing social media and “must-have” features
Getting more for less by using WordPress for your CMS
Creating a user-experience worth talking about
Finding the right people to help you build and maintain a rockin’ site

Plus, everyone that attends this session will get some cool resources and maybe even a few giveaways!

About the Presenters:

James Dalman is a veteran entrepreneur and church branding specialist.  He has created custom designs for PGA Golf Courses, the Green Bay Packers, NCAA sports teams, BMW, and Eskimo Joes.  In 2009, he helped launch WebDesign.com, a business focused on providing premium training and certification for the web media industry. James has also served in the ministry as a youth pastor and church planting team member, and continues to help churches through his website Branded Church.com.

Cory Miller is a former newspaper journalist and public relations/communications practitioner, turned freelance web designer, turned full-time entrepreneur. In January 2008, he founded iThemes, a provider of premium WordPress themes, and in the summer of 2009, helped launch WebDesign.com, a premium provider of web design training with WordPress.  Cory also started the widely known church blog, Church Communications Pro.

MinistryCOM 2009 Breakout Session

Presenters:

Eric Murrell
Cleve Persinger
mediasalt.com

Session Description:

Your visitors aren’t looking to be impressed by your awesome design, but to get the information they want, and delivered how they want it. Your website is the best way for folks to stay informed, but not the only way; there’s a world of untapped potential online waiting just beyond your domain name.

About the Presenters:

Eric Murrell has been creating websites since he first discovered HTML on his Geocities site in 1996. After working for a large publishing company and a well-known design firm, he is now on staff at Long Hollow Baptist Church where he serves as the Interactive Communications Manager.

When he’s not writing code or fuming about page rendering in Internet Explorer, Eric can be found reading, camping and watching LOST. He and his (beautiful) wife Lauren live just North of Nashville, where they own and operate a small design company together.

Cleve Persinger is the Executive Director of Web and Community Engagement at The Chapel where he’s tasked with helping folks “Rediscover God” by creating compelling experiences within the context of web and all external communications/marketing including community events, print, word-of-mouth, and advertising.

Prior to his current role, Cleve served as web designer for LifeWay Christian Resources, in Nashville, TN where he supported numerous web initiatives including the LifeWay Worship Project.

Off the clock, Cleve has a passion for church planting, leading worship, summer beach trips, mountain cabin retreats, Dallas Cowboys football, Atlanta Braves baseball, and rockin’ the title of “BBQ Connoisseur.” (Keep in mind he was born and raised in North Carolina.)

Cleve and his incredible wife, Katie, reside in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with their children, Cy and Charlotte.