Archive for the ‘Church’ Category
22
Jul
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet, Social Networks. Tagged: blog, faith, Internet, social networks, Technology, Websites. Leave a Comment
I submitted my first article for our new Faith & Technology blog today. We are starting this up as a collaborative effort between several clergy and lay people around our Conference. Its purpose is to discuss technology and the various ways in which it impacts faith and our local church community. This is my first [...]
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12
Jun
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet, Social Networks, Websites. Tagged: annual conference, greenville, news room, social networks, Websites. Leave a Comment
Annual Conference is over! This was a very good year. All of our systems functioned properly throughout and we had an extra day to set up our operations. The extra day really helped us with making sure that everything was working before we got started. From an operations standpoint I hope we never lose that [...]
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10
Jun
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet, Security, Social Networks. Tagged: google, facebook, Security, web, myspace, gmail, redirect, malware. 1 Comment
While managing the network infrastructure at our Annual Conference I have run across a weird redirect issue. All of the computers in the News Room running Windows XP, Vista and 7 started redirecting to MySpace pages. In the beginning it was redirecting to an actual profile. After an hour or so the website started returning [...]
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8
Jun
Posted by Douglas in Church, General, Internet. Tagged: ac2010, annual conference, nccumc. Leave a Comment
We have spent the last two days working to set up the technology infrastructure for our 2010 Annual Conference. After this initial work is complete I spend the rest of the week sitting in the back waiting for something to break. I also help manage the live video stream and any miscellaneous work that needs [...]
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6
Jun
Posted by Douglas in Church, General. Tagged: alarm, building, dedication, meetings, new facility, Sam Dixon. Leave a Comment
Today people from all over our conference met to dedicate our new facility. It was good to see some old friends and faces that I don’t usually get to see. I will probably see all of these people again next week at our annual conference but it was good for now to catch up. We [...]
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3
Feb
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet. Tagged: bandwidth, conference, infrastructure, Internet, nccumc, Websites, work. Leave a Comment
I have been working with AT&T to complete our bandwidth upgrade at the home office. The project took a lot longer than I had originally hoped and we ran into several unforeseen issues. It’s finished now though. It’s fast too!
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17
Sep
Posted by Douglas in Church, Technology. Tagged: Church, methodist, presentation, slides, Technology, UMITA. Leave a Comment
Presentation Slides Powerpoint (PPT) Adobe Acrobat (PDF) The video that was embedded in slide number eight can be found here. Additional Resources Achieving Your Online Communications Goals 50 Ways To Communicate Effectively
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12
Sep
Posted by Douglas in Church, Technology. Tagged: Church, methodism, Technology, UMITA. Leave a Comment
As the IT Director for the NC Methodist Conference I belong to the United Methodist Information Technology Association (UMITA). We meet once a year and discuss issues affecting technology and the United Methodist Church. This year’s meeting will be held next week in Norcross, GA. I will be presenting on why churches need a web [...]
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18
Aug
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet, Social Networks. Leave a Comment
I saw this presentation live at Ignite Raleigh a few weeks ago. When the speaker comes out the crowd gave an audible groan. When he was finished he got one of the best ovations of the evening! The crowd reaction doesn’t show up as good as I wished it did. Trust me, I was there!
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10
Aug
Posted by Douglas in Church, Internet. Tagged: grants, methodist, nccumc, streaming, video, workshop, writing. Leave a Comment
One of the nice things about my job is that I often get to participate in events that are not always held in our main office. Technology doesn’t always stay bottled up in the Methodist Building. One of these remote events is a Grant Writing Workshop. Dr. Annette Greer is hosting a workshop for people [...]
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