Jason Powell - Church IT and Other Musings

REMINDER: LIVE Interactive Church IT Podcast each month!

Being engaged on twitter so much I forget about my blog as a vehicle for sharing info ... note to self to do a better job with that :-)

Anyways, just a reminder to make sure you're scheduling time to join the LIVE Church IT Podcast each month!  So go now, open your calendar, and schedule in the 1st Friday of each month at 11am Eastern to join the phone conference bridge and chatroom.  Info on how to connect is on CITRT.org or quick link is http://citrt.pbworks.com/w/page/34565071/Podcast-Episodes

This Friday one topic of discussion is Google's recent stance on no longer allowing Churches access to the free EDU version of Google Apps. Other topics TBA and of course we'll have some open Q&A time so bring you questions/topics you'd like to discuss.

 

Live Church IT Podcast Starts Again Friday 8/21 11am Eastern

After a lengthy summer break we're firing up the live interactive Church IT Podcast again and MOVING it to daytime hours ... now at 11am Eastern! w00t!

So mark your calendars for every 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 11am Eastern to join the discussion on all manner of IT and it's leverage in the Church!  We encourage Church staff and volunteers to participate ... regardless of your size, denom, etc.  We're all here to learn from each other and help further the Kingdom!

To participate hop over to http://citrt.org and hit the podcast link for more details.

Geeks for Jesus!

Cast Your Vote - Church IT Podcast moving back to daytime?

A number of people have been requesting we move at least one of the 2 monthly podcasts back to a daytime time slot. I've heard you laments! :-)

Here's your chance to vote on the day and time for the next podcast coming up next week.  Just follow the simple directions here http://whenisgood.net/mSeCUz

The power is yours!

Didn't know we do a podcast?  Go here and learn http://churchITpodcast.com

Next Church IT Podcast Sept 18

I know I keep moving our next podcast, but it's just the way it 'tis :-)

Let's plan to meet Thursday evening Sept 18th at 10pm Eastern over on talkshoe.com

Proposed items on the list thus far:

• Tim Lytle and crew of Fellowship Technologies will talk about some of the fun IT stuff behind FTech.
• David Szpunar will get us a web show-n-tell on mRemote
• Help Desk products and best practices?
• Project management / Change management products and best practices?
• Other?

To join the live podcast see www.churchITpodcast.com ... hope to cya Sept 18th!

reminder: live Church IT Podcast TONIGHT, July 17, at 10pm Eastern

Don't forget the time change ... our interactive podcast has moved to 10pm Eastern ... still the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.  Talkshoe is now very easy to join ... no user/pass required and no client to install ... more info at www.churchITpodcast.com

Tonight we'll get to see a 'webex'-ish demo of Solarwinds Orion network monitoring solution via our church IT peer Derek.  After that who knows what interesting stuff we'll discuss ;-)

The plan is to integrate more screencasting into each podcast so we can have more visual presentations instead of just plain ole audio.

Got something you'd like to demo for all to see?  Send me an email and we'll get you on the schedule.

Cya tonight!

Church IT Podcast Time Change

After 30 episodes it's time for a change to our podcast ... a time change to be exact ... from 2pm to 10pm Eastern.  What the??  Well, it's becoming more difficult for people to squeeze time into their day to participate (including me!) so we'll try a night slot and see if that helps.

For sure this will allow some new 'faces' to join us since I know several IT volunteers that can't dismiss their day gigs to join our podcast during the afternoon.  I'm really seeing this as a positive although it does interfere with family time a bit.  2 hours or so a month shouldn't be a hard sell though :-)

So make a note on your online calendar of choice ... podcast moving to 10pm Eastern ... still every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month.

REMINDER: NO podcast July 3rd ... enjoy your Independence by blowing something up!  Cya next time on July 17th at 10pm.

GCC IT Best Practices Document

By request ... I'm putting our IT Best Practices document online for your viewing pleasure.  Actual document can be found at the bottom of my prior presentation post.  Feel free to modify it at will for your own purposes.

I also want to say a huge mega thanks to David Drinnon and team.  I basically plagiarized everything I could from their IT doc over at Second Baptist ... with his permission of course! :-)

Reminder: Live Church IT Podcast Thursday June 19th 2pm Eastern

Just a friendly reminder that we're doing another live interactive podcast tomorrow June 19th at 2pm Eastern over on talkshoe.com

Info on how to participate can be found at www.churchITpodcast.com

TOPICS:
* Fall Roundtable updates
* Podcast time change from afternoon to night? - 10pm Eastern??
* jtsmith would like input on a new volunteer management web 2.0 app he's developing.
* other?

Bring your questions and let's discuss!

Reminder: Live Church IT Podcast Thursday June 5th 2pm Eastern

Just a quick reminder we've got another live podcast coming up this Thursday at 2pm over on Talkshoe.com

Hit www.churchITpodcast.com for deets on how to participate ... it's really easy.

What topics would you like to hear discussed?  I need more interaction from you guys .. you don't want to hear me just ramble to myself now da ya? ;-)

Possible discussion topics:

- Fall Roundtable
- Upcoming Day/Time changes for the podcast?
- CITRT site overhaul and how to build more community
- XP embedded PC's / Thin clients
- Justin Moore's recently Sonicwall experience
- Multisite support

Bring your questions and let's get some dialogue going!

Church IT Podcast canceled today Thursday May 15th

I was hoping this wouldn't have to happen, but regrettably it does ... podcast for today canceled.  Counselors will be standing by for those too grief stricken to go on.