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Todd sits down with Practical Worship YouTuber and worship leader Dave Dolphin to talk about important details to consider when streaming your services, including how to handle copyright. Show Notes: Dave Dolphin’s YouTube Channel: Practical Worship Dave Dolphin’s Website: PracticalWorshipBlog.Com Copyright Resources: Christian Copyright Solutions, CCLI, EasySongLicensing.Com “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl: Purchase the book on Amazon.

Alec Takahashi is a FILO Faculty Alumni and a touring LD that Todd got to sit down with and talk about collaboration, details and Disney’s obsession with both. Show Notes: Advent: Looking to catch up on the FILO Advent Series? Join Todd on a four-week journey to center your heart this season. Read or watch 4 guided Advent devotionals at FILO.ORG/BLOG. Book: I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas: Tackling The Challenges Of Being A Church Technical Artist, by Todd Elliott. Learn more at FILO.ORG/BOOK. The Imagineering Story: Watch on Disney +. A Faster Horse: Watch on Amazon Prime. The Donut King: Watch on Amazon Prime. Follow Alec on Instagram: @alectakahashi

Todd sits down with Lee Fields from MxU and Bayside Church to talk about the importance of having a life outside of work. Whatever your occupation, it is key to have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with your job. The rejuvenation that comes from having a hobby makes us better humans. Show Notes: Join Todd on a four-week journey to prepare for the arrival of Jesus. Read or watch 4 guided Advent devotionals at FILO.ORG/BLOG. We are grateful for Vertigo’s support of this podcast episode. When it comes to all things rigging, Tracy and his team at Vertigo are the best. Whether you need to fly someone at your next service, need your rigging systems inspected or simply want to have your team trained on safe rigging practices, the people at Vertigo can help you out. Visit their website at www.getvertigo.com for more information.  

Good friend to FILO, Dennis Choy shares his story of burnout with Todd. They work through how we can sometimes let burnout creep up on us by doing really good things, but by saying yes to too much, we end up saying no to things that matter. Show Notes: Book Recommendation: Leading On Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion by Wayne Cordeiro Contact Dennis directly: churchtechcoach@gmail.com We are grateful for Panasonic’s support of this podcast episode. The folks at Panasonic would love to have a conversation about your specific needs and help you develop the right solution for your church during these unprecedented times. Just click the Panasonic logo to see everything they have to offer. You can also contact the House of Worship Sr Business Development Mgr, Jim Jensen at 201-427-0606.  

Nick and Todd have a conversation about the creative process, storytelling, creative risk, and being dependant on each other. A good conversation to listen together with your creative person. We are grateful for Ross’ support of this podcast episode. Ross has included a Worship Production episode in their webinar series: Ross Live Season 2. Jeremy Bagwell, the House of Worship Business Development Manager at Ross, will share ways to enhance your volunteer experiences without spending an extra dime, using Ross’ proprietary DashBoard, a free and open platform from Ross Video for facility control and monitoring. With DashBoard you can quickly build unique, tailored Custom Panels, making complex operations simple. During this Live Session, Jeremy will dive deeper into how and why DashBoard is such a powerful tool that empowers you to do more, with less.  Watch live on their website, rossvideo.com/live, on November 17th at 11am EST to ask questions of Jeremy and their DashBoard team. Head to rossvideo.com/live to register for the free Worship Production webinar on Ross Live, Season 2.  

Todd sits down with Amplio co-founder, Nate Krause to talk about multi-site churches, understanding the why behind a decision and firetrucks. We are grateful for Amplio’s support of this podcast episode. Visit ampliosystems.com to start a conversation today!  

Wes Hartley, former TD of Lakepointe Church in Dallas, sits down with Todd to talk about how we communicate with our teams to accomplish excellent services. We are grateful for Haivision’s support of this podcast episode. Enter for a chance to win an Apple TV,  learn more about streaming or chat with their team by heading to their website and fill out the form, today!  

Todd has a chat with good friend Van Metschke, former local church TD and current Church Relations Advocate with CCI Solutions. They talk about pretty much everything. We are grateful for CCI Solution’s support of this podcast episode. Interested in learning more or chatting with their team? Head to their website and fill out the contact form, today!  

Todd gets the tables turned on him and is interviewed by Jon Jorgenson about the newest FILO Resource, Todd’s book: “I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas“.  We are grateful for Living As One’s support of this podcast episode. Interested in learning more or chatting with their team? Head to their website and fill out the contact form, today!  

Todd sits down with Tres Cozad, the Systems Engineering Manager for Yamaha and Nexo. As a former church technical director, Tres shares from his experiences trying to figure out production needs for all the multi-use spaces at his church. We are grateful for Yamaha’s support of this podcast episode. Interested in learning more or chatting with their team? Head to their website and fill out the contact form, today!  

Todd sits down with FILO 2020 Main Session speaker Liz Bohannon to talk about her book Beginner's Pluck. Many of the concepts she discovered along the way to founding her own company are super applicable to the world of the technical arts in the local church and they dig through them! We are grateful for Sardis' support of this podcast episode. Call Sardis today at 847.231.5915, or shoot them an email at hello@sardisvents.com to start a conversation!  

Todd talks with Kaleb Wilcox, associate pastor at Willow Creek's North Shore Campus and one of the people at the very first FILO brainstorming meeting all those years ago. They talk about how everyone executing the services are also worshippers and how that should affect how we pull off services. We are grateful for Adamson's support of this podcast episode. Visit filo.adamsonsystems.com to start a conversation today!  

Todd and Daniel talk about the responsibility that we all have to be a pastor for the people on our team. We shouldn't just need volunteers to fill a position but to be involved in and care about their lives. Liz Forkin Bohannon's Book: Beginner's Pluck Rick Warren's Leadership Values: Lead, Feed, Understand the Needs, Intercede We are grateful for Amplio's support of this podcast episode. Visit ampliosystems.com to start a conversation today!  

Todd talks with Sabrina Joseph, Owner of Roya Productions in Atlanta and Project Manager for Local Engagement at Passion City Church. They talk about how she started in production and how it led to helping churches and organizations realize their ideas. Getting to the heart of the story, figuring out what we want people to feel and experience are just a few keys to making visions become reality. Passion City Church: home.passioncitychurch.com Roya Productions: royaproductions.com Simon Sinek TED Talk - "Start With Why" Book Recommendation: Anonymous: Jesus' Hidden Years... And Yours by Alicia Britt Chole Sound Design Documentary: Making Waves Sabrina is teaching a breakout class at FILO 2020 Chicago on Creating Environments. Join us and check it out! We are grateful for Clark's support of this podcast episode. To get more information on Clark, text "FILO" to 47-177, or visit Clark.IS/contact. 

Todd sits down with friend and former co-worker from the Willow days, Andrew Schuurmann to talk about visual storytelling. Not only from the perspective of shooting and editing, but into why use video at all. It was a good time.

Todd sits down with one of his favorite people, TC Furlong, to talk about the barriers to a great production. These barriers aren't just about better technology, but about our processes and even the relationships we have with our team.  

Mike Sessler shares his story and how each experience has helped to shape how he approaches production in the local church. We talk about ad agencies, portable churches and tanning beds!  

Caleb and Todd talk about the idea of FILO Staffing. What skills are churches looking for and what types of technical people churches are actually going to find. How can we help make the local church more effective through being the type of technical artists the church needs?  

Todd sits down with old friend and FOH mixer Scott Ragsdale to talk about mixing audio in church, on the road, or for local bands at the VFW.  

Todd talks with Justin Firesheets about the transition from doing production to leading people doing production. To expand the reach of our ministries requires us to let go and to empower others. There is some good stuff in here!