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Leading a Team

May 13, 2011

Rules of Professionalism for the Church Sound Tech

In a recent email survey, several of you commented on the lack of professionalism you see in your volunteers.  I give you something to post in your sound booth...the rules of audio professionalism. 1. Always be early.  If you are on time for practice, you are late because people are now waiting ... Read More

October 14, 2011

The #1 Characteristic of a Kickin’ Volunteer

What do you want in a volunteer?  Methods for volunteer recruitment come up whenever a group of sound techs talk long enough.  One person tries a slick video while someone else puts out a signup sheet while someone else posts a notice in the church newsletter.  I'd like to take this talk of ... Read More

December 8, 2009

Why You Need To Train A Replacement

This was originally posted in my newsletter.  Holding the position of technical director (or "head sound guy/gal") means you are tasked with leading your crew so they can create the best atmosphere for worship.  This means you lead by example, you lead by training, and you tend ... Read More

March 3, 2010

How to Recruit Volunteers

"If you build it, they will come."  That's great for drawing in baseball fans but not so good for recruiting volunteers.  Just because you have a sound booth everyone can see, it doesn't mean volunteers are going to run up and ask to join the team. Let's say a ... Read More

November 2, 2009

How To Lead Your Team With The Truth

For the first time since high school, I ripped a picture of a person out of a magazine.  This time, it wasn't going inside my locker door or on my bedroom wall.  This picture is going on my desk at work. Tom Roth stars in the television show "Lie to Me" about a man, Cal ... Read More

October 23, 2009

Failure Is Not An Option – How to Lead A Team

A friend of mine recently retired from the US Army as a Lt. Colonel.  At one point in his career, he was a tank commander.  His last post put him in charge of training thousands of soldiers before they headed overseas.  He knows what it takes to be a leader. My wife and I were ... Read More

September 1, 2010

Non-Member Church Audio Volunteers: Dealing with Policy

Bill and Linda expressed the desire of serving our church after attending for three months.  We had become friends and I was excited for them.  One of the church volunteer opportunities they wanted to fill was the Bible Study Group Overseer.  Someone to shepherd over the different ... Read More

January 14, 2010

Create Your First Audio Budget

The results of the survey are in...Now it's time to take some action. 44% of survey respondents do not have an annual audio budget!  There are a wide variety of reasons that budgets are not present; no money, never had one before, and we just ask for stuff and we get it.  ... Read More

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