Collaboration is the lifeblood of creative disciplines. Some of the most practical information we can share with each other is where we go for helpful tools, resources, and inspiration. Here are several websites, apps, podcasts, and social media influencers I use frequently. Without these tools, my effectiveness and skill level would be drastically lower than it is today.
WEBSITES:
Animoto is a website with templates for quick, easy, and beautiful videos or slideshows.
Fiverr provides a ton of graphic design and marketing services, but we’ve utilized them for their $5 or $10 custom intros & animated logos.
Monoprice is an online store that sells a ton of electronic and tech equipment. It is frequently the first place our production team members go when we need to buy anything from a speaker, to a cable, to an ipad stand.
Vimeo Video School is a place to go for some quick, engaging, and very helpful training videos on just about anything you can think of related to video production.
Planning Center Online helps us plan and execute our gatherings. It’s a super-powerful church management tool that has capabilities to facilitate check-in, event registrations, volunteer management, worship team scheduling and more.
Collaborate Worship is a website and facebook community page that creates and shares useful articles for people in production and worship ministry.
Church Stage Design Ideas is a website and facebook community page that shares stage design example, ideas, materials, and tutorials.
Visual Church Media is a facebook group of more than 10,000 members, willing to share their ministry and production experience with you.
Unsplash and Creative Commons are my go-to websites for finding great images that I can legally use, share, and modify.
APPS:
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Over helps you add beautiful text or graphics to your images.
Tangent incorporates geometric image filters to your photos.
Ripl uses short animations to bring your images to life and help them stand out on social media.
PODCASTS:
Finely Crafted is a podcast hosted by two guys from Proof Branding in Nashville.
Under the Influence is a branding podcast with Terry O’Reilly produced by BBC.
The Student Ministry Podcast is produced by a good friend, Kenneth Ortiz, who’s experience in Student Ministry, I highly respect. It’s full of helpful resources, wisdom and tips.
INFLUENCERS TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
@shereadstruth
@gracecityfl
@gcyc_fl
@hillsongunited
@hillsongyoungandfree
@hillsongnycyouth
@zeketucker
@gopro
@proofbranding
@vouschurch
@theaustinstone
@austinstoneworship
@rivervalleyyth
@rivervalleyworship
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