Daily Concerns : DC08

Accelerate with Passion

Administrator — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:41:00 GMT

At our Dynamic Church Conference in May 2008 we were blessed to have Randy Draper, a business leader, lay leader at Fellowship Church, and dynamic speaker, give a keynote speech titled Accelerate with Passion. If you are feeling a bit down, stuck in a rut, frustrated with your current position or responsibilities, or just need a bit of inspiration then I strongly encourage you to take some time to watch Randy's message. I promise that you'll be challenged, inspired, and likely laugh out loud. Feel free to pass it along to others who might benefit from it as well.

I've embedded the video below, you can also access it www.vimeo.com/fellowshiptech (All of our future videos will be hosted at that address)

Enjoy and God bless!

Dynamic Church 08 - Randy Draper - Accelerate with Passion from Fellowship Technologies on Vimeo.

DC08 Session and Training Materials are now available

csimmons — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:35:00 GMT

As promised at the DC08 conference, the vast majority of the session materials are now available at http://www.dynamicchurchconference.com/sessions Some are unavailable because they didn't use slides during their session (e.g., Terry Storch) or we don't have access to the files... yet (e.g., PhoneTree). If we receive any of the missing files we'll post them immediately.

The materials from the Hands-on Training labs are available to download from the Education tab on the Experience community site.

Please note that some of the presentation slides will make more sense than others. We coached our staff and external presenters to minimize their dependency on their slides' text and bullets. Instead we wanted them to focus on their presentation skills and content. As a result I think we had some of our best presentations to date. However, as a by-product, the slides often only contain an image or just a few words. Perhaps next year we can video each session but with over 100 sessions and training classes that task is a logistical and financial challenge.

The three keynote videos / materials will be available in a few weeks once we're complete with the video editing (takes time to combine 3 camera angles plus PowerPoint slides and product demos).

God bless,

Curtis S

Lovin’ every minute of it

csimmons — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:32:00 GMT

Wow, what an experience the last couple of days! We kicked off our 2nd annual Dynamic Church Conference on Thursday and we’ve had an awesome 48 hours. And there’s still more to experience on Saturday.

I love our company’s unrelenting focus on excellence in everything we do.

I love the 65 committed, talented, caring people that work at Fellowship Tech.

I love the 366 customers and prospects that attended this year’s events.

I love the 18 sponsors / partners we had in our Expo this year.

I love that one customer was so committed to coming to DC08 that when she accidently broke her leg the day before traveling to the conference, that she went to the doctor and STILL made her flight into Dallas!

I love that our customers are so understanding that when the hotel completely messed up the Internet connections on Thursday morning for our Hands-on Training labs but I still had one woman compliment us on how well the room looked!

I love that our technology operations team is filled with talented technologists – they went to Best Buy in a heartbeat, purchased miscellaneous hardware, then acted like MacGyver and fixed the Internet connection, bypassing the hotel’s inability to resolve it. It salvaged the hands-on labs the rest of the day.

I love that the sessions on our new RESTful API and Fellowship One Analytics were packed and got rave reviews. I believe that’s confirmation that we’re heading down the right path.

I love that I got to meet Cynthia Ware and Joe Suh in person. I also had the privilege of hearing them speak during each of their sessions. (I also love that Cynthia Ware is an OU grad – Boomer Sooner!)

I love that I got applause during my keynote - I love it even more that the applause had nothing whatsoever to do with me! They were praising the fine work of our development team – I was simply blessed to be the messenger.

I love that I got sit in Terry Storch’s session. He challenged us all to our core with some serious “What if” questions.

I love that our company had Lincoln Brewster play a concert for our staff and attendees at Celebration Covenant Church. The church leadership, staff, and volunteers at Celebration are amazing servant leaders! We are very grateful to the church for hosting the concert.

I love that I got to spend over an hour with Lincoln Brewster at dinner Friday evening, learning more about him and his family. What an awesome guy – so talented and so “others” focused.

I love that our staff came up with fresh ideas at the conference like Power Start, an FT Store for shirts and other goodies, new ways to honor our sponsors, etc. And that most of the ideas were a tremendous success!

I love the energy and vibe of our conference. It’s an honor to participate in such an exciting and uplifting event.

I love that I get the privilege of working at Fellowship Tech. It’s awesome!

God bless,

Curtis S

FT-Shirts are here!

csimmons — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:57:00 GMT

For those attending our Dynamic Church Conference (DC08) we will be providing a number of goodies. One of the freebies will be the official DC08 t-shirt. In addition, we’ll be offering some other fun “FT-Shirts” for sale during the conference. Our staff was given the opportunity today to pick out one of the shirts to keep. They’ll be wearing them on the 2nd day of the conference. We hope you enjoy them as much as we are! (Click on the images to zoom in) Special thanks to Shepherd Boy Creative who designed the shirts.

Official Conference T-Shirt (Free to all registered attendees)
Front	Back

FT-Shirts for sale at the conference

It's not too late to register for DC08

csimmons — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:18:00 GMT

Haven't signed up for our Dynamic Church Conference yet? Perhaps you've been undecided about attending or simply procrastinated and are afraid it's now too late? Don't worry! Simply call us at 469-442-0100 and ask for someone you know at Fellowship Tech. They have the information you need to get $50 off per registration. Don't wait, contact us today! We look forward to seeing you there!

Need some reasons to convince your pastor you should attend? Click here to review 10 great reasons.

Why should you attend the 2008 Dynamic Church Conference?

csimmons — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:38:00 GMT

Dynamic Church 08 is Fellowship Technologies' annual user and developer conference for our church partners, prospects, and business partners. There are many, many reasons why you don't want to miss this year's conference, here are just a few:

Meet and interact with the entire staff of Fellowship Technologies; You'll get to meet individuals we lovingly refer to as "Bevo", "JP", "Drez", and "The Cooler".
Connect with friends and make new ones in the rapidly growing community of Fellowship One users; Learn how to join an existing Regional User Group or start a new one
Hear from our keynote speakers:

Jeff Hook, CEO of Fellowship Technologies, will discuss our company's vision
Curtis Simmons, Sr VP of Fellowship Technologies, will demonstrate new features and outline our roadmap
Randy Draper, a business leader and gifted communicator, will encourage and challenge you to be all that God created you to be

Take advantage of the optional pre-conference called ‘Power Start' with six different, in-depth, personalized training classes
Select from 72 sessions, 60% more than last year, across seven different tracks, each clearly delineated between Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced user levels; Guest speakers this year include:

Terry Storch, Digerati Pastor, LifeChurch.tv and YouVersion.com
Joe Suh, Founder, MyChurch.org
Cynthia Ware, Pastor, Writer, Blogger, The Digital Sanctuary
We also have many individuals from our partner churches that will be communicating about their church's best practices with Fellowship One

Attend one of the 26 hands-on training labs, 50% more than last year, each clearly delineated between Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced user levels
Participate in a two-hour block of dedicated Q&A time we call 'Ask the Experts' with the entire staff of Fellowship Technologies
Leverage the free wireless Internet throughout the conference facilities
Enjoy the free two hour live worship concert featuring Lincoln Brewster!

Early bird pricing for the conference and the hotel ends April 15^th, 2008 so make plans now to attend this exciting event. Registration details, full conference schedule, and hotel information are available at www.DynamicChurchConference.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

God bless,

Curtis S

Look who stopped by our booth

csimmons — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:12:00 GMT

At the Break Forth 2008 conference in Canada our Sales team had a very special visitor stop by the booth… Lincoln Brewster!

We’re blessed that Lincoln is scheduled to perform at our Dynamic Church Conference in May. We’re sure he is going to wow us with an awesome time of worship & praise during a live concert for our conference attendees.

Please make a point to sign up for this year’s conference which promises to be bigger and better! The conference is an excellent opportunity to meet the staff of Fellowship Technologies, to connect with other churches, and to attend a number of informative sessions and training classes about the fastest growing, 100% web-based, church management software -- Fellowship One.

Some of the highlights are:

An optional pre-conference with six different, in-depth, personalized training classes
72 different sessions across six different tracks, each clearly delineated between Beginner and Advanced user levels
26 different training classes, each clearly delineated between Beginner and Advanced user levels
A dedicated Q&A time we call 'Ask the Experts' with the staff of Fellowship Technologies
Free wireless Internet throughout the conference facilities
And, of course, the FREE 2 hour live worship concert featuring Lincoln Brewster

Visit www.DynamicChurchConference.com to learn more and register.

Daily Concerns : DC08

Accelerate with Passion

DC08 Session and Training Materials are now available

Lovin’ every minute of it

FT-Shirts are here!

Official Conference T-Shirt (Free to all registered attendees)

FT-Shirts for sale at the conference

It's not too late to register for DC08

Why should you attend the 2008 Dynamic Church Conference?

Look who stopped by our booth