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3 Crucial Steps for Hosting a Virtual Event
Understanding the Events Industry How many trillion-dollar industries are expected to double in size over the next ten years? The $1.1 trillion dollar global event industry was expected to grow to $2.33 trillion by 2026 (Allied Market Research) based on a reliable report published before COVID-19. Analysts have been astounded by the growth in the …
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Presence Summit: Turn Up the Heat on Professional Development
Every expert, leader, or dedicated professional knows that investing in themselves should be non-negotiable. The most successful individuals never stop learning. They actively pursue ways to grow their skills and knowledge and increase their value to their clients and organization. But too often, professional development can take a back burner, especially in chaotic times like …
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How to live stream a virtual graduation
Wow, what a time to be graduating from school. If rapid-change, a global pandemic, and social distancing weren’t enough to through this year’s graduating class a curve-ball, the virtual graduations certain were. On the bright-side, graduations are a time of growth, and so many students have been able to put a cap on their heads, …
Does Your Church Need a PrayerCam?
Does Your Church Need a PrayerCam? Due, in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, more churches than ever are using video to share worship. However, with the fact that it will be some time before we are able to gather like in the past, many churches are also finding other ways to use video to stay …
The Best Free Zoom Backgrounds
So here at PTZOptics, we have been offering free virtual sets for some time. In fact, these virtual sets can be used with Zoom very easily using something like OBS or vMix. Anyway, the background images we offer free with these virtual sets are actually great for use with Zoom. So we put together a …
The Church and COVID-19: When one-way broadcasts are good, but not enough
The Church and COVID-19: When one-way broadcasts are good, but not enough. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on every aspect of our lives and work. In terms of the church, this is a seismic-level event that will change aspects of church life, possibly for generations. Church historians may one day study the …
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Using Zoom to Create Interactive Church Experiences
Using Zoom to Create Interactive Church Experiences The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new era for churches. Even churches that were slow to adopt new technology have found themselves embracing tech tools to keep their congregations connected. While this may have eventually been a shift that occurred over several years, many …
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Building a Worship Streaming System
Building a Scalable Worship Streaming System Very few churches can dive right into live streaming worship services. In the best possible scenario, a church would start with an assessment of long-term needs for live streaming and in-house audiovisual. The church would then build an integrated system that would last for years and be easily upgraded …
