Posted on October 7th, 2009 in
About ECHO
The Echo Conference 2009 DVD set is nearly complete! The set features 3 DVDs with a TON of content:
• Keynote Sessions from Ben Arment, Mark Steele, and Phil COoke
• The Church Panel
• The After Effects User Group
• Breakout Session MP3s
• Breakout Session PDFs
• 8 Motion Graphics Tutorials
Just for fun, we’re including a sample of the Motion Graphics Tutorials here for free. From Designer and Animator Barton Damer, we have the first of his series on building a logo animation from Illustrator to After Effects and Cinema 4D.
Next up, Motion Designer Trent Armstrong take this first session to walk through turning a still graphic into a loop— or two.
Echo 2009 DVD Sets will ship out in two weeks, so pre-order yours today.
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Posted on September 3rd, 2009 in
About ECHO
If you’re not familiar with Brad Zimmerman, he’s the handsome and charismatic host of ChurchMediaDesign.tv — a video podcast devoted to equipping church leaders with media and technology resources, tips, and knowledge. Basically, Brad invites you to spend an hour a week with him as he teaches you stuff you need to know. Head over to the website and subscribe to the podcast.
We’re very grateful to Brad and Adam (also from CMD) for running the live stream during Echo. Brad and Adam had a great setup, conducted some interviews, and even facilitated the stream of our panel discussion. Plus, they drove all the way from Michigan to help us out. Brad also taught a breakout and helped with the After Effects User Group, and we can’t thank him enough for everything.
Check out ChurchMediaDesign.tv today.
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Posted on August 25th, 2009 in
About ECHO
In case you missed it, or in case you need to see it again, here’s Johnny & Chachi’s 90s medley from Echo 2009:
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Posted on August 17th, 2009 in
About ECHO,
Behind the Scenes
Echo attendee surveys are coming in and one of the things that people really seemed to enjoy was the Q&A we did with each of our keynotes after their talks. To facilitate our Q&As we asked for audience questions via Twitter and then we sorted through them and displayed them on the auditorium screens. Thankfully, our friends at ParaTweet have a great product that’s really easy to use for this sort of thing.
Just as it did at the Catalyst events of the past year, ParaTweet took audience participation and interactivity to the next level at Echo. When I moderated the church panel at Echo, I remember feeling so relieved to see excellent questions pouring in via Twitter and displayed via ParaTweet. Frankly, I relied pretty heavily on ParaTweet because our audience’s questions were much better than mine. Plus, the ParaTweet moderation and filtering features ensured that no obscene Twitter spam ended up on our screens. That would’ve been embarrassing. (If anything obscene was going to end up on our screens, we wanted it to be intentional and to be our idea. Kidding.)
If you’ve got a live event coming up and you’re looking to facilitate some interaction via Twitter, check out ParaTweet.
This entry was originally posted on the COLLIDE blog.
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Posted on August 12th, 2009 in
About ECHO,
Speakers
One of the people who played an integral role in Echo was our Master of Ceremonies and keynote speaker Mark Steele.
As you may know, Mark is the President and Executive Creative of Steelehouse Productions where he creates art for business and ministry through the mediums of film, stage and animation. But there’s so much more to Mark:
• He co-hosts the wildly entertaining and consistently informative Steelehouse Podcast with Jeff Huston. You should take a listen.
• He lends his creative talents to Veggie Tales.
• He has written three hilarious and insightful books about life and faith: Flashbang, Half-Life / Die Already, and Christianish.
• His performance in the Igniter video “Boys and Grills” cracks me up every time.
If you get a chance, check out all of Mark’s fine work and support his creative genius.
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