This week Carl welcomes Dan Bracken, the Senior Media Producer at one of the most prominent Methodist churches in the nation, Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. Dan is a graduate of Asbury College and has been on staff at Ginghamsburg since 2006. He leads a team of more than 80 volunteers. In this episode, Dan shares five powerful interview techniques you can use when capturing testimonies and life change stories at your church. For complete show notes, related articles, and other free content visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

In this episode, Carl shares the best way to structure your volunteer team. He explains a new approach for breaking your large team up into smaller teams to accomplish more and how to be very intentional about leading them. For visual aids and complete show notes for this episode visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

In this episode, Carl welcomes author and pastor Barry Stallings. Barry is the Senior Pastor at Pleasant Grove Original Free Will Baptist Church in Pikeville, NC. He is very involved in church media as he is the host of “Together Again with Barry Stallings” which airs on WHFL-TV43 in Goldsboro, NC. He also hosts a TV and Radio ministry called “Pleasant News from the Grove” which airs weekly. Carl interviewed Barry in late 2015 to discuss the faith-based film and tv projects that had been released throughout the year. They also talked about how pastors and church leaders can get involved and support production companies, producers, directors, and others involved in bringing faith-based content to the big screen. For complete show notes and free resources for your team visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

This week’s content is a follow-up to what Carl talked about last week. On the last episode, we tackled the Number One question we get asked as we travel, speaking and coaching to media production teams around the country and that is, “how do we get new volunteers on our team?”. In this episode, Carl shares with you how to provide a clear on-ramp for new volunteers that join your team. What do we mean by “on-ramp”? We mean the pathway or the funnel or the steps someone who shows interest in your team can get from interest to a well-trained veteran volunteer on your team. For complete show notes and free resources for your team visit twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

This week we are going to tackle the Number One question Carl gets when speaking and coaching with media production teams. And that is – How do I get people interested in serving on my team? How do I recruit new people? We will dive into that in this episode as Carl gives you 6 ideas for inviting new volunteers to your team.

This week Carl is giving away tons of free tools and resources to make your life and job easier.  He is also giving away his new resource E-Book called The Ultimate Church Media Toolbox absolutely free! In this episode, Carl talks about 10 of the 57 tools mentioned in the book. They are tools that will help you be more effective and productive in your ministry to your team.

This week Carl shares a tool with you that will change the game for you when it comes to organizing and accessing your digital media files – the Plex Media Server. This is a tool to organize and access your entire digital media library. Movies, TV Shows, home videos, photos, – everything – all your digital media can be stored and accessed through your Plex Media Server. I share ideas for using Plex in Church Media and just for fun. Also included Carl’s interview with Plex’s Vice President of Marketing, Scott Hancock.

In this episode Carl welcomes Jeff McIntosh. Jeff is the mastermind behind ChurchMotionGraphics.com, a top-selling church media producer that specializes in motion backgrounds, announcement motions, and countdown timer videos. He is also the author of the Worship Media Handbook. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

In this episode, Carl welcomes back Chad Collins from Lifepoint Church in Nashville. Lifepoint has 5 campuses across the country and around the world. 3 campuses across Smyrna and Mufreesboro TN, one campus in Brussels, Belgium and one in Bangkok, Thailand. Chad serves as a Graphic Designer and Production Lead and is one of the mastermind Creatives behind some very innovative stuff that Lifepoint is doing. In this episode Chad gives 5 Do’s and Don’ts for the Graphic Design World. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast

In this episode Carl welcomes Chad Collins from Lifepoint Church in Nashville, TN. Lifepoint has 5 campuses across the country and around the world. 3 campuses across Smyrna and Mufreesboro TN, one campus in Brussels, Belgium and one in Bangkok, Thailand. Chad serves as a Graphic Designer and Production Lead and is one of the mastermind Creatives behind some very innovative stuff that Lifepoint is putting out. Carl and Chad walk through the process of how Lifepoint develops a sermon series. For complete Show Notes, sharable content for your team and more visit http://www.twelvethirtymedia.com/podcast