ConferenceCommunications

ReportVance Morton (jvm)

Director of Communications & ITJune 5, 2012

Soakin’ Up the Knowledge

Beam Us Up Mr. Scott

Calvin ScottIT Coordinator &

Conference ArchivistCenter for Leadership

Laying a Strong Foundation“It’s like a person building a

house by digging deep and laying the foundation on bedrock. When the flood came, the rising water smashed againstthat house,But the watercouldn’t shakethe house becauseIt was well built.”

Luke 6:48

(CEB)

Technology & Techniques

Steps to CTC Tech Success Formulating a long-term IT plan so that the

technologies we purchase actually work together and can scale and grow

Replaced end of life desktop systems with laptops in most situations so that our team can be connected and increase the time we spend out in our respective mission fields

Have updated the software, cabling and back-up systems on our servers to increase the connections speeds and capabilities and alleviate much of the down time that was experienced in the past.

And many other techno geeky things that will curl your pocket protector if we listed them all.

Plenty of Plans

Too Much Too Late

The Five R’s of Getting Rid of

Communications ClutterReorganize Communications Channels and Distribution Methods

Redistribute the responsibilities for who communicates what and when

Retire old-faithful vehicles and Replace with updated formats

Refresh the conference website

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That’s where we’ve been…

So, Where are we going?

So, Where are we going? Taking frequent trips to Storyville –

sharing the narratives of the CTC Exploring more and better ways of

getting the stories to you to share Build up the Communications

Community Going Mobile – mobile version of the

conference website Becoming more and more social Consolidate and update conference

databases

Thank You!

vance@ctcumc.org (e-mail)

512.431.7133(mobile/text)

@LukyKat (Twitter)

817.877.5222 (office)

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