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Christina Pendleton joins Todd on the FILO Podcast to talk about leading volunteers, adapting a follower style based on the leader and setting the example for our production volunteers. Show Notes: FILO Advent: Our new Advent devotional series launched yesterday! Each day features a new short devotional, which you can access on YouVersion, our YouTube […]

Todd sits down with FILO Podcast Alumni, Rusty Anderson. They talk about video production in the local church and how Rusty approaches directing whatever the event. Show Notes: Connect with Rusty:  Reach out with any questions or to chat about the coaching he offers on his Instagram: @RustyAnderson_ FILO Advent: To make sure that you […]

Todd sits down with Toby Walters of Church Gear and they talk about gear in church. Show Notes: FILO Cohorts: FILO recently launched our last Cohort of 2022. Sign up on the Cohort Waitlist and be the first to know when we launch new ones at the turn of the year. FILO 2023: We are looking forward […]

Todd is joined by Christina Reid, worship leader at Forest City Church. They talk about the differences between worship leaders and tech people and what we can do to work toegether better. Show Notes: FILO Book: “I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas” by Todd Elliott is a great resource for you and your teams to […]

Ryan Loche from The Church Collective and the acedemic director of The Belonging Co. College joins Todd on the FILO podcast. Ryan has a really unique perspective as someone who has done everything: Worship Leading, Audio, Lighting, Communications…all of it. And they talk about all of it! Show Notes: Christmas Spotify Playlist: Need a playlist for […]

Todd sits down with Jeremy Bagwell from the Worship Production division at Ross Video. They talk a lot about vacations, hobbies and community, as well as what Ross Video has to offer those of us doing production work in the local church. We are grateful for Ross’ support of this podcast episode. Visit rossvideo.com to start a conversation today! […]

Jesse O’Brien talks with Todd about broadcast audio, creating a consistent sound across all campuses and all the other cushy parts of being an audio person in the local church today. Show Notes: Willow Creek Message by Albert Tate: Todd references a recent message titled “How We Love Matters”. Check it out on Willow Creek’s YouTube […]

Todd has a conversation with Cassandra Langton, the Global Worship and Creative Pastor at Hillsong. They talk about how to create culture in a multi-site church model and well has how to keep your faith personal and not just a requirement for your job. Show Notes: Cassandra Langton’s Main Session Talk: In 2021, Cassandra taught […]

Joshua Hoegh joins Todd on the FILO Podcast to talk about staying connected to who we were created to be, not just going through the motions or mindlessly copying what other people are doing. Show Notes: FILO Coaching Cohorts: Todd is leading a new Coaching Cohort that launches next week! Spots are still open. Register […]

Todd sits down with Alex Sawyer, TD at Third Church in Richmond, VA and FILO Cohort Leader to talk about what church production looks like in a smaller, more traditional setting. Show Notes: FILO Coaching Cohorts: Registration for our next round of Cohorts is live! Check out all of the options at filo.org/coaching. Today’s podcast guest […]

FILO Cohost Aubrey Wentz joins Todd on the podcast to talk about working through change. Big change. Little change. All the change. Show Notes: FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: The Conference is NEXT WEEK! Today’s guest, Aubrey Wentz, is a Stream Session speaker and host of the Conference. Get 10% off your ticket purchases by using […]

Todd is joined by Andreas Pantli, the founding pastor of ICF Hamburg in Germany and main session speaker at this year’s FILO Conference. From his experience as the arts and production pastor at ICF Church in Zürich, Switzerland, one of the most influential churches in Europe, he and Todd talk about production and creativity from […]

Clay Scroggins joins Todd and they talk about leaving their jobs with no plan for the future. They ask the question of when to stay or when to leave a place, when God is really calling us to larger questions. Show Notes: FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: We are just a couple months away! Today’s guest, […]

Todd sits down with Ashlee Eiland one of the main session speakers for the FILO Conference this year. They talk about her journey from service producer to co-lead Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI. Show Notes: FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: We are just a couple months away! Today’s guest, Ashlee Eiland, is […]

Todd talks with Wes Harris, TD of Radiant Bible Church outside of Indianapolis. They chat it up about the importance of being in community with other church technical artists, whether that is through the FILO Conference experience, FILO Cohorts or the network of Chruch TD’s in the Indianapolis area. Show Notes: FILO Coaching Cohorts: 2 […]

Todd has a conversation with Worship Leader and Coach, Becky Ykema. They talk about their time together working at Willow Creek and how technical artists and their counterparts can work more effectively together. Show Notes: FILO Coaching Cohorts: We recently launched a new Cohort and have 2 new Cohorts launching soon! To learn more and register, […]

Todd talks with Jeremy Van Valkenberg, the Production Director at Transformation Church in Tulsa, OK. They talk about all the cool production stuff they are doing at Transformation, only to realize that it is more about Jesus than what new gear they need to get it done. Show Notes: FILO Advent Devotionals: It’s not ever too […]

Todd had the chance to fill in as TD for friend Alan Riggs and was inspired by the ownership of the people on Alan’s team. So they sat down to talk about what secrets Alan could share about how to build a team full of owners. Show Notes: FILO Book: “I Love Jesus But I […]

Todd sits down with FILO Faculty Alumni Pete Richardson of the Paterson Center. They talk about bringing clarity, strategy and a plan to the situations we face, not only in our work as technical artists, but also as people created by God to bring a unique contribution to the world. Show Notes: Christmas gift idea: […]

The FILO Podcast’s editor joins Todd on the other side of the mic for this episode. They talk about the practicalities of audio post-production for video. How much time to spend, where to start, tools to use, all the good stuff. Show Notes: FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: Tickets are the cheapest they’ll ever be right […]