leadership
10 Tips for Leading Tech Team Creatives
As a tech director, you've probably learned that it takes a different skill set to effectively lead and motivate your creative teams. But are you intentional about honing those skills? Here are 10 actions you can take to become an even better leader. Read more
3 Tips for Working with an Integrator
It's inevitable, sooner or later your church will be involved in a construction project. You'll have to work with an integrator or other consultant who's designing your tech systems and spaces. Here's some advice to help you get it right. Read more
Are You a Flexible Church Tech Leader?
To successfully lead or serve on a church tech team, enduring flexibility will be required. Because no matter how hard we plan and practice, mistakes will happen. Read more
The Most Effective Church Tech Leaders Are Good Listeners
If we want to lead our teams better--and gain more influence across the ministry--we must improve our ability to listen. Here are three key ways to accomplish that and to help our teams grow in the process. Read more
3 Steps in Managing Tech Team Mistakes
Whether you're leading a tech team or serving on one, there will be mistakes--they go with the territory of live-production. But the good news is, they don't have to define your church service or your team. Instead, they can be opportunities. Read more
10 Ways to Be a More Effective Church Media Director
This straightforward list from filmmaker Phil Cooke can help make you a better media director from the first read-through. Some highlights: find a mentor, stop hiring people like you, get on your pastor's wavelength, and learn better people skills. Read more
Finding the Right Level of Production for Your Church
What is good production and what is simply distraction? There can be a fine line between powerful ministry and entertainment flash. Consider these three things when crafting a production style and tone that's right for your worship services. Read more
Lessons from 1 Timothy: Building Good Habits
As a church TD or volunteer, your time is naturally stretched thin. So you want your daily doings to be worthy pursuits. These tips can help you implement God-honoring habits that actually stick--and make a true difference. Read more
3 Ways to Develop Clarity in Your Tech Team Communications
Technical directors deal with so much more than gear and technical issues. To be a successful TD with a successful team, we must become excellent communicators ... with people. Here's how to build that vital connection. Read more
Three Leadership Myths that Keep You Doing Everything Yourself
Chances are that you were hired for your technical ability. The challenge is that as your church grows, the skills that got you where you are now, are not the skills that will get you to the next level. Read more
Training for Church Tech Team Member Success
You can't just throw new team members into the mix and wish them luck. They're going to need some help. Here are three common traps in the church tech training process, and three key ways to develop an effective process for training that works. Read more
Defining Excellence in Church Production
With the right attitude and perspective, any church in America can be excellent, CPM's tech contributor finds. Because more than anything, excellence is a journey. It’s a relentless pursuit of improvement. Read more
How to Leave a Tech Job With Love and Grace
For all of us, there will come a day when we step away from one role and into another. No matter the circumstances, it will be difficult. But it's important to learn to transition out well, in a way that honors our team, the church, and ourselves. Read more
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Filling the Shoes of a Leader
Typically, technical team members are behind-the-scenes people. They may naturally want to stay in the background, pushing faders or turning knobs. But part of your job as a TD is to help them step out of their comfort zones ... and into life. Read more
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Leap of Faith: What to Consider Before You Launch a Multisite
No multisite church can thrive without a plan for how to handle live production and technical elements. Here are three critical concepts to consider before you lift off. Read more
Learning to Be More Flexible
Don’t fight it. It’s inevitable. Gear will break. Volunteers will quit. The set list will change last-minute. We can’t become such rigid creatures of habit that we refuse to embrace change and learn to bend with the challenges of tech ministry. Read more
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How to Deal with Confrontation
Technical ministry involves dealing with people, and people can be hard to deal with. Here are tips from a seasoned tech director on how to handle tech team conflict with grace and humility. Read more
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Tech Team Building: Are You a Mirror, a Manager or a Leader?
Leaders understand that a team of one is a team of none, which means you must believe in multiple people to accomplish your task. And to do that, you must continually seek God's guidance. Read more
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Tech Leader Insight: 5 Minutes With Sean McDermott, LCBC Church
From a few people meeting in a garage to a multisite with 14 campuses, LCBC is on the move. Sean McDermott shares how he keeps pace and keeps growing personally. Read more
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6 Ways Church Techs Inadvertently Blow it with Leadership
Church technical leadership takes a high degree of practical skill, but no one trains you how to navigate the political, emotional, and social awareness issues. Most of us learn it by accidentally stepping on someone’s tripwire. Read more
