Posted on August 19th, 2010 in
About ECHO,
Speakers
In case you missed the Echo Church Panel at Echo 2010, we pulled this snippet from the conversation so you could check it out. In the clip below, Carlos Whittaker, Kem Meyer, and Charles Lee respond to the question, “What does the American Church do poorly?” Enjoy:
If you want to check out the rest of the Echo Church Panel discussion, pre-order the Echo 2010 DVD set in the Echo Store.
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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 in
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Let me tell you a bit of the
Clark story:
More than 10 years ago, two brothers with a vision to revolutionize the way communities of faith impact the surrounding culture decided it was time to end the age of technological ignorance inside the local church. The ugly truth was the pro audio, video and lighting industry was giving churches the cold shoulder. Houston and George Clark founded Clark ProMedia now Clark and they changed the game forever.
Today more than 20 percent of Outreach Magazine’s top 50 churches have relied on Clark’s expertise to develop their unique vision into a vivid reality. Since it’s inception Clark has pioneering technologies like “Virtual Teaching” and partnering with some of the most influential churches, Granger, Fellowship, and North Point. Today Clark has grown into an organization, built on a rich and reliable history, dedicated to providing successful solutions for Strategy, Facility and Technology for the local church of today and tomorrow.
Having shared some good conversation and good coffee with Houston Clark recently, I’m a firm believer in what he and his company have to offer the local church. Sit in on Houston’s breakout session, and be sure to visit with the Clark team at their Echo booth!
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Posted on July 23rd, 2010 in
Sponsors & Exhibitors

You’re probably well-aware of the greatness of Clover by now, but just in case you’re not …
Clover provides fully-functioning, beautiful, Flash websites for churches, para-churches, church plants, camps, youth groups, and other ministries. Stocked with tools specifically created for ministries, Clover provides the Church with an amazing platform to infuse its message into the world, doing what God has called it to do. Not only does Clover provide ministries with a clean, modern and intuitive platform to connect with their community, but also a revolutionary way of creating, editing, and updating their site. With Clover’s creation of “The Greenhouse,” any ministry can update their own website with little or no training. It’s so intuitive and revolutionary, you’ll have to demo everything yourself to believe it.
If your church or ministry needs some help in the website department, be sure to stop by the Clover booth at Echo.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 in
About ECHO
I’m back with the fourth and final installment of our Reasons To Come To Echo series. Here goes nothing …
- 47. Meet fellow Echo attendees from all over the world. (Keep your fingers crossed for cool accents.)
- 48. Krispy Kreme.
- 49. Search for places that echo at Echo.
- 50. Fashionable lanyards.
- 51. Final Cut Pro needs someone to show it who is boss!
- 52. See a live demo of ProPresenter 4.
- 53. It’s good to sweat for 45 straight hours. Right?
- 54. Ain’t no hug like a John Dyer hug.
- 55. Play a game of Slug Bug with your friends; substitute iPads for VW Bugs.
- 56. Meet podcast superstars Dale and Scott from The Collide Show.
- 57. Walk around to the exhibitor booths and get free stuff.
- 58. Inspiration!
- 59. Meet others who have iPhones and work with church media.
- 60. THREE After Effects User Groups.
Well, there you have it — 60 reasons to come to Echo! We hope to see you next week!
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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 in
Sponsors & Exhibitors

One of the many reasons I’m looking forward to Echo is interacting with the team from Church Community Builder. I’ve heard great things about their technology — they’re the pioneer of socially-driven Church Management Software. We asked them to share a little bit about who they are, what they do, and what drives them to serve the Church:
Our passion is to improve community, connectedness and communication within the local church. Our web-based solution streamlines the daily administration and leadership of a church by providing that one right place to enter, track and manage critical information. Whether it is event management, calendars, church membership, financial tracking, assimilation, youth check-in, small group management or website integration, CCB meets the needs of today’s “wired” churches with easy-to-use, dependable technology. Our goal is to help churches build a loyal, committed community that can connect, communicate and serve in today’s web-oriented culture.
To find out more about Church Community Builder, visit them online.
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