Echo Conference

Sure, Jon Acuff is a popular blogger and a bestselling author, but he’s also one of our Echo 2010 keynote speakers — that’s why I pressured him into talking to me on the phone for a few minutes on Friday afternoon. In our 14-minute convo we discuss Jon’s book (most people like it), his upcoming talk at Echo (it’s a new one), and what the rest of 2010 holds for him (a new book? a new blog?).

Listen to the interview below, register for Echo if you haven’t already, and grab Jon’s book.

Scott McClellan Asks Jon Acuff Hard-Hitting Questions On Behalf Of Echo Conference (.mp3)

BREAKING NEWS: Jon Acuff of Stuff Christians Like fame is officially headed to Echo 2010 as a keynote speaker! The hilarious and insightful Acuff is joining Donald Miller, Dan Merchant, and Todd Wagner, and we couldn’t be more excited.

If you’re not a regular reader of Stuff Christians Like, it’s time to fix that.

And if you haven’t read Jon’s book, it’s time to fix that, too.

Dan Merchant (pictured above, dressed as Bumper Sticker Man) is one of the Echo 2010 keynote speakers, and we couldn’t be more excited about having him. If case you’re not familiar with Dan, I want to point out a few ways you can get to know him:

• • His movie, Lord, Save Us from Your Followers, is returning to theaters next week.
• • The Lord, Save Us DVD comes out in April.
• • A few months ago, I interviewed him in COLLIDE.
• • Video! Check out clips from the movie here and watch Dan interviewed on TBN below:

So, that’s Dan Merchant. Register for Echo 2010 and make your way to Dallas to hear him live.

We hope to see you there!

If you ask me (not that you did), we launched with a pretty nice lineup of keynote speakers and breakout teachers. However, the breakout teachers lineup is incomplete — we’re going to be adding to it non-stop over the next few months. Case in point, we added three people today (Matt Knisely, Nathan Davis, and David Womack). There are already a few more that we’re going to add next week. You get the idea.

All that to say, keep an eye on our Speakers page, this blog, and our Twitter account for the latest on the ever-expanding Echo lineup. Oh, and when you’re ready to add yourself to the (unpublished) list of Echo attendees, you can do that here.

Trent Armstrong, a motion designer at Igniter Media, is leading a breakout session on taking a Sermon Title from Still Graphic to Graphics Package. You can follow along by downloading the source file and bringing your computer to the session.

Download the source file HERE.

The After Effects project and screen capture will be available right here on the Echo Blog shortly after the conference.