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Wednesday, October 22
 

1:15pm CDT

Mobile - Community Roundtable
Let's review our collective thoughts about the state and need for a mobile website or mobile app?  The discussion we start here will carry on during the evening BoF (Birds of a Feather) session.
#MobileIsDead #LongLiveMobile

Speakers
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Wednesday October 22, 2014 1:15pm - 1:45pm CDT
Room C

1:15pm CDT

Rock Liquid
A variant of the original Ruby Liquid library, see what we've done with the DotLiquid library in Rock. See how the power of Liquid enables technical content editors to tap deeper into a framework to make the web hyper dynamic.  #YourNameHere

Speakers
avatar for Jon Edmiston

Jon Edmiston

Creative Technologies Director, Christ's Church of the Valley
I’m the Director of Creative Technologies at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). I live in Peoria, AZ (think Phoenix) with my wife and two boys.  I also help manage the efforts of the Spark Development Network where I lead the Rock RMS project... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room A

1:15pm CDT

Social Media Strategy
All things Social Media!  #hashtag

Speakers

Wednesday October 22, 2014 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room D

1:15pm CDT

UI Empathy
UX Designer Dale Ahn will guide you through some ultra-practical steps to optimize your app’s task flow, improve your UI and delight your users. It all starts with empathy – jumping into your users' shoes and seeing things from their perspective.

Speakers
avatar for Dale Ahn

Dale Ahn

User Experience Designer, ACS Technologies
Designing for people. dale.ahn@acstechnologies.com



Wednesday October 22, 2014 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room B

1:45pm CDT

More FaithLife API
We'll get the latest scoop from Jason Offutt at FaithLife (formerly Logos Bible Software) on what we can all tap into to take advantage of the webservice goodness that FaithLife has to offer us.

Speakers
avatar for Jason Offutt

Jason Offutt

Software Craftsman/Design Nerd, Faithlife
My mission is to build beautifully designed software that makes the world a better place. I am an avid minimalist, a lover of Open Source Software, and am willing to go the extra mile in order to create something truly remarkable.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 1:45pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room C

2:15pm CDT

Advanced CSS Tips
What’s exciting about CSS3? Things like preprocessors (SASS / LESS), BEM syntax, CSS3 additions, testing and debugging styles using Web Tools. These are a few of the things we'll talk about in this session.

Speakers
avatar for Eric Rovtar

Eric Rovtar

IT Administrator / Web Developer, Christ Community Chapel
I'm an all-around geek. I love technology and everything having to do with it, which works well with my position at Christ Community Chapel. I oversee the information technology needs of our four campuses, providing them with support and maintenance. If it involves a computer or... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room B

2:15pm CDT

Designing Great Web APIs
Web APIs are often overlooked or hastily implemented. Learn how to build a flexible and scalable API that humans can understand.

Speakers
avatar for Travis Petticrew

Travis Petticrew

Software Developer, Watermark Community Church
I've been crafting software for about a decade and a half and the past three years of that I've been at Watermark in Dallas. I love to learn new things and create awesome stuff. Lately, I've been digging more into Ruby, Docker, Vim, software architecture, and software design. Outside... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room C

2:15pm CDT

Using OData & Rock: REST
What is OData and why is it very cool?  Wouldn't it be cool to be able to just query the data you wanted in a web service request? Mike will show you the crazy things you can easily do with OData.   During this session Mike will also explain how to access the Rock REST API. #SelectWhere

Speakers
avatar for Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson works as an Senior Developer for Christ's Church Of The Valley and is working on @TheRockRMS project.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room A

3:30pm CDT

Intro to Rock
Come find out what Rock is and how it works.  This would be a good session to attend if you're planning on attending the other Rock workshops throughout the conference.

Speakers
avatar for Jon Edmiston

Jon Edmiston

Creative Technologies Director, Christ's Church of the Valley
I’m the Director of Creative Technologies at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). I live in Peoria, AZ (think Phoenix) with my wife and two boys.  I also help manage the efforts of the Spark Development Network where I lead the Rock RMS project... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room A

3:30pm CDT

Practical Web API with Church Metrics
I'll show you how we’re using the ChurchMetrics API to pull data and then create our own custom reports. I'll show what’s offered and how I built a wrapper to allow access to it. #BeanCountingForPastors

Speakers
avatar for Eric Rovtar

Eric Rovtar

IT Administrator / Web Developer, Christ Community Chapel
I'm an all-around geek. I love technology and everything having to do with it, which works well with my position at Christ Community Chapel. I oversee the information technology needs of our four campuses, providing them with support and maintenance. If it involves a computer or... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room C

3:30pm CDT

Unobtrusive CSS with Preprocessors (Advanced)

This talk is an advanced discussion on using Preprocessors like LESS and SASS with Compass, Susy and Bootstrap to achieve complete separation of the semantics of your markup and your presentation in your web projects.

  • Unobtrusive CSS 
    • Preprocessors, Compass, Susy, and Bootstrap
  • Using Bootstrap the "Right Way" (Unobtrusively) 
    • How to use Bootstrap without using presentational classes in your markup
  • Easy Responsive Layouts 
    • Strategies and tools for developing responsive layouts for your website or web application

Speakers
avatar for John Hwang

John Hwang

Founder + CEO, Lanio
John Hwang is the founder and CEO of Lanio, a company that partners with visionaries to innovate strategically in a rapidly changing world. We specialize in aligning your mission, vision, and systems..


Wednesday October 22, 2014 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room B

3:30pm CDT

Arena Roundtable
with Adam Bryant and Kyle Barker from Shelby Inc.  Come and hang out with your fellow Arena community developers and work together to build amazing things or help one another learn more about the amazing Arena ChMS platform.

Wednesday October 22, 2014 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room D

4:00pm CDT

Rock: Extensibility
Speakers
avatar for David Turner

David Turner

Senior Developer, Christ's Church of the Valley
A developer with 25+ years experience. He has developed components for Arena ChMS and is currently developing Rock RMS.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 4:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
Room A

4:00pm CDT

jQuery Shootout
Remember last year's CSS Shootout? Test your skils in this friendly, fun competition using jQuery to make magic. #IKnowKungFu

Speakers
avatar for Chris Kehayias

Chris Kehayias

Think Ministry
avatar for Jason Offutt

Jason Offutt

Software Craftsman/Design Nerd, Faithlife
My mission is to build beautifully designed software that makes the world a better place. I am an avid minimalist, a lover of Open Source Software, and am willing to go the extra mile in order to create something truly remarkable.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Room B

4:30pm CDT

Rock: Building Blocks part 1
Learn the basics of Rock Block development.  We'll start from scratch and assume you know very little about .Net development.

Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Room A

4:30pm CDT

Intro to D3 Data Visualization
D3 is an extensive library for creating exciting visualizations. Ramp up with a quick session on this VCT (very cool technology).  #VisualizeThis

Speakers
avatar for Tom Powers

Tom Powers

IT Applications Team Manager, Southeast Christian Church
I won the competition at last year's CITRT for knowing the most programming languages, but trust me when I say that I have forgotten most of what I've learned. I've been working in IT since 1992 in the following industries: education, healthcare, logistics (transportation/supply... Read More →


Wednesday October 22, 2014 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room C

5:00pm CDT

Rock: Cascading DataViews
Have you ever just wanted to build a report that's based on another report?  Oh, and if you change that base report, the changes need to be reflected in your report!?! Yep. Then you need to see how DataViews work in Rock.  #AwesomeSauce

Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room A

5:00pm CDT

Websites that look great on mobile or desktop (Responsive Layouts)

This talk builds on the Unobtrusive CSS with Preprocessors to discuss how to design websites and web applications with a responsive layout that adapts to the size of the screen.


Speakers
avatar for John Hwang

John Hwang

Founder + CEO, Lanio
John Hwang is the founder and CEO of Lanio, a company that partners with visionaries to innovate strategically in a rapidly changing world. We specialize in aligning your mission, vision, and systems..


Wednesday October 22, 2014 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room B

7:00pm CDT

Rock: Dev Env Setup
HackNight/BoF session: Let's get your development environment set up for maximum producticity and answer questions you have about how to best set up your development environment to manage your church's 3rd party plugins and code in Rock.

Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 7:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Room A

7:00pm CDT

Arena Community HackNight
Come hack late into the evening together some modules with other Arena community developers.

Wednesday October 22, 2014 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Student Center

7:00pm CDT

Mobile - Community BoF
BoF/HackNight: The discussion continues with an evening of banter and how-tos regarding mobile development. Consider this statement from the Verge: "This also means that our dedicated apps ...will be going away"
#LongLiveMobile #MobileFTW

Speakers
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Wednesday October 22, 2014 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Room B

7:30pm CDT

Rock: Building Blocks part 2
Hacknight/BoF:  In this session we'll cover some of the more advanced stuff you'll want to know about when you're building blocks.  This session assumes you have a year or more experience doing some .Net web development.

Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.


Wednesday October 22, 2014 7:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Room A

8:30pm CDT

Rock Discussion: Importing Data (migrate your current ChMS data to Rock)
BoF: Come and talk with the community about ways and ideas for importing data into Rock.  David and Chris will show how the NewSpring Excavator project can be used to convert data into Rock RMS from other church management systems (such as Fellowship One and Arena ChMS).

Speakers
avatar for Chris Funk

Chris Funk

Programmer/Analyst, Southeast Christian Church
avatar for David Stevens

David Stevens

Web Developer, NewSpring Church
David is a full-time escalator designer at NewSpring Church.  He loves his wife, fine food, traveling, and a 16 pound tomcat named Winston.  You can find him on (most) social media as @davidcstevens_


Wednesday October 22, 2014 8:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Room A
 
Thursday, October 23
 

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Moderators
avatar for Chris Kehayias

Chris Kehayias

Think Ministry

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
The Shed

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Moderators
avatar for Scott Miller

Scott Miller

Director of IT, Watermark Community Church
I currently serve as the Director of Information Technology at Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas.  I've been in full time ministry for the past 22 years. On staff at Watermark since 2006, and before that spent my time as the IT Director at another church, in professional... Read More →

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Room G

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Factory

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Room D

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Pre-K

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Room B

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Treehouse

9:30am CDT

Spiritual Breakouts
Limited Capacity seats available

Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30am - 10:45am CDT
Room C

11:00am CDT

TenTalks
11:00 AM  Bible Reading Plan Integrate : Jason Offutt - Some ideas and prototype on getting your Bible reading plan from FaithLife.

11:10 AM Treadstone, Custom Payment Platform: Doug Mitchell - 

11:20 AM Don't Psych Yourself Out: Jon Edmiston - Stay calm and don't psych yourself out.  #StayCalm

11:30 AM SMS and Data Capture: Trey Hendon - Enable interaction wtih SMS

11:50 AM Brainstorm- Solving the Big Problems: Cameron Shurtz - As mentioned by Cam Shurtz on theCity... What problems effecting thousands, millions or billions of people are there that we could create a solution to and in turn would further the mission? What are problems that are 5 or 10 years away that we could start innovating on now? How can we reframe a traditional problem by rethinking the entire solution altogether and finding a solution or substitute that is radically better?

Speakers
avatar for Jon Edmiston

Jon Edmiston

Creative Technologies Director, Christ's Church of the Valley
I’m the Director of Creative Technologies at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). I live in Peoria, AZ (think Phoenix) with my wife and two boys.  I also help manage the efforts of the Spark Development Network where I lead the Rock RMS project... Read More →
avatar for Trey Hendon

Trey Hendon

Data Systems Director, Oak Hills Church
I'm the Data Systems Director at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. I've used Shelby's Arena for five years and have dealt with every aspect of it from building the virtual machine and configuring the firewall, to writing custom modules. Lately, I've been exploring Rock RMS and am... Read More →
avatar for Doug Mitchell

Doug Mitchell

Church Management Systems Director, LifeChurch.tv
Ask Me About: Church Management Integrations Project Management Leading Remote Teams Leading Contracted Developers PCI Compliance Architecting solutions to complex problems Strategic Thinking
avatar for Jason Offutt

Jason Offutt

Software Craftsman/Design Nerd, Faithlife
My mission is to build beautifully designed software that makes the world a better place. I am an avid minimalist, a lover of Open Source Software, and am willing to go the extra mile in order to create something truly remarkable.
avatar for Cameron Shurtz

Cameron Shurtz

IT Development Project Manager, LifeChurch.tv
IT Development Project Manager at LifeChurch.tv Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area Information Technology and Services


Thursday October 23, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Warehouse

1:15pm CDT

Bootstrap & Less & FontAwesome
A wonderful technology marriage.

Speakers
avatar for Nick Sheck

Nick Sheck

Web Designer, Christ's Church of the Valley
I'm a designer and front-end developer from Phoenix.


Thursday October 23, 2014 1:15pm - 1:45pm CDT
Room B

1:15pm CDT

Google Apps Script PTO Process and Check Request Process (HTML and Javascript
Speakers
avatar for Ben Carlson

Ben Carlson

Administrator for Systems, Bethlehem Baptist Church
I dabble with apps script which is javascript and html.


Thursday October 23, 2014 1:15pm - 1:45pm CDT
Room C

1:15pm CDT

Using Git for Source Control
If you don't know Git you're really missing out.  Come by and get a quick overview in 60 minutes on how you can start using it without a lot of effort.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Funk

Chris Funk

Programmer/Analyst, Southeast Christian Church


Thursday October 23, 2014 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room A

1:45pm CDT

Integrating with Mandrill #NotTheMonkey
Speakers
avatar for Chris Kehayias

Chris Kehayias

Think Ministry


Thursday October 23, 2014 1:45pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room C

1:45pm CDT

Rock Themes w/Bootstrap
Talk about building themes with in Rock.

Speakers
avatar for Nick Sheck

Nick Sheck

Web Designer, Christ's Church of the Valley
I'm a designer and front-end developer from Phoenix.


Thursday October 23, 2014 1:45pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room B

2:15pm CDT

Project Management and Contract Development
Practical advice and pitfalls to avoid during your next project.

Speakers
avatar for Doug Mitchell

Doug Mitchell

Church Management Systems Director, LifeChurch.tv
Ask Me About: Church Management Integrations Project Management Leading Remote Teams Leading Contracted Developers PCI Compliance Architecting solutions to complex problems Strategic Thinking
avatar for Cameron Shurtz

Cameron Shurtz

IT Development Project Manager, LifeChurch.tv
IT Development Project Manager at LifeChurch.tv Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area Information Technology and Services


Thursday October 23, 2014 2:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Room C

2:15pm CDT

jQuery Trickery
Speakers
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Need Speaker

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Thursday October 23, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room B

2:15pm CDT

Service Oriented Architecture
As software grows more complex it becomes increasingly hard to maintain. Breaking your software into independent components that are loosely coupled is a great tool to design sustainable systems that handle growth well.

Speakers
avatar for Travis Petticrew

Travis Petticrew

Software Developer, Watermark Community Church
I've been crafting software for about a decade and a half and the past three years of that I've been at Watermark in Dallas. I love to learn new things and create awesome stuff. Lately, I've been digging more into Ruby, Docker, Vim, software architecture, and software design. Outside... Read More →


Thursday October 23, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room A

2:45pm CDT

Visual Studio Tips and Tricks
We'll try to increase your Visual Studio dev productivity in 15 minutes with these top 10-15 tips and tricks.  #ShortcutMagic

Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.


Thursday October 23, 2014 2:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room C

3:30pm CDT

Church Community Builder Workshop & Roundtable
I'll give a brief overview of it’s core features and why we use it. Also, I’d probably focus on what distinguishes it from other systems.

Speakers
avatar for Eric Rovtar

Eric Rovtar

IT Administrator / Web Developer, Christ Community Chapel
I'm an all-around geek. I love technology and everything having to do with it, which works well with my position at Christ Community Chapel. I oversee the information technology needs of our four campuses, providing them with support and maintenance. If it involves a computer or... Read More →


Thursday October 23, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Room C

3:30pm CDT

Rock: As a CMS
Well quickly cover the why and then show you numerous ways to exploit the power of Rock's CMS features. 

Speakers
avatar for Jon Edmiston

Jon Edmiston

Creative Technologies Director, Christ's Church of the Valley
I’m the Director of Creative Technologies at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). I live in Peoria, AZ (think Phoenix) with my wife and two boys.  I also help manage the efforts of the Spark Development Network where I lead the Rock RMS project... Read More →


Thursday October 23, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Volunteer Hub

3:30pm CDT

Fellowship One Roundtable
with Scott Goodger

Come talk with the guys from Active Network who live and breath Fellowship One.

Thursday October 23, 2014 3:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room B

4:30pm CDT

Code Reviews
Speakers
avatar for Jason Offutt

Jason Offutt

Software Craftsman/Design Nerd, Faithlife
My mission is to build beautifully designed software that makes the world a better place. I am an avid minimalist, a lover of Open Source Software, and am willing to go the extra mile in order to create something truly remarkable.


Thursday October 23, 2014 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Room C

4:30pm CDT

Rock: Security
We implemented a very flexible security approach that allows you easily manage security in a cascading mananer.  #CascadingSecuritySystem

Speakers
avatar for David Turner

David Turner

Senior Developer, Christ's Church of the Valley
A developer with 25+ years experience. He has developed components for Arena ChMS and is currently developing Rock RMS.


Thursday October 23, 2014 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Volunteer Hub

5:00pm CDT

Christ-like Software Development
How we can pour ourselves into writing shareable software through better code and development practices.

Speakers
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Brian Slezak

Software Services Manager, The Church of the Resurrection
Director of Resurrection Online and Software Services at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS. (Kansas City)


Thursday October 23, 2014 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room C

5:00pm CDT

Rock: Building Workflows part 1
Workflows in Rock can do so much more than you're probably thinking. We'll show you the basics to help you get comfortable with this powerful feature. Once you master Workflows it will let you take your church farther with less effort.  #IHaveARobot

Speakers
avatar for Jon Edmiston

Jon Edmiston

Creative Technologies Director, Christ's Church of the Valley
I’m the Director of Creative Technologies at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). I live in Peoria, AZ (think Phoenix) with my wife and two boys.  I also help manage the efforts of the Spark Development Network where I lead the Rock RMS project... Read More →


Thursday October 23, 2014 5:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Volunteer Hub

8:30pm CDT

Rock: Building Workflows part 2
We'll continue from what you learned in Rock: Building Workflows part 1 and show you some of the advanced aspects of Rock WF.

Speakers
avatar for David Turner

David Turner

Senior Developer, Christ's Church of the Valley
A developer with 25+ years experience. He has developed components for Arena ChMS and is currently developing Rock RMS.


Thursday October 23, 2014 8:30pm - 9:00pm CDT
Volunteer Hub

8:30pm CDT

Brainstorm: Solving the Big Problems (cont)
BoF: **This will be a continuation of the discussion started earlier in the day**

As mentioned by Cam Shurtz on theCity
... What problems effecting thousands, millions or billions of people are there that we could create a solution to and in turn would further the mission? What are problems that are 5 or 10 years away that we could start innovating on now? How can we reframe a traditional problem by rethinking the entire solution altogether and finding a solution or substitute that is radically better?

Come join this think tank and be prepared with your ideas.  See the discussion link for more details. 

Speakers
avatar for Cameron Shurtz

Cameron Shurtz

IT Development Project Manager, LifeChurch.tv
IT Development Project Manager at LifeChurch.tv Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area Information Technology and Services


Thursday October 23, 2014 8:30pm - 10:00pm CDT
Room B

8:30pm CDT

Arena Community HackNight
Come hack late into the evening together some modules with other Arena community developers.

Thursday October 23, 2014 8:30pm - 10:30pm CDT
Room D

9:00pm CDT

Rock: Linking Dynamic Data Blocks with Spawning WF

Learn how to link a Dynamic Data Block with spawning a Workflow to create application like features. #WithGreatPower...

Speakers
avatar for David Turner

David Turner

Senior Developer, Christ's Church of the Valley
A developer with 25+ years experience. He has developed components for Arena ChMS and is currently developing Rock RMS.


Thursday October 23, 2014 9:00pm - 9:30pm CDT
Volunteer Hub

9:30pm CDT

Rock: Writing Custom WF Actions
If Rock doesn't have a Workflow action for what you want to do, then we'll show you how easy it is to write your own.

Speakers
avatar for David Turner

David Turner

Senior Developer, Christ's Church of the Valley
A developer with 25+ years experience. He has developed components for Arena ChMS and is currently developing Rock RMS.


Thursday October 23, 2014 9:30pm - 10:00pm CDT
Volunteer Hub
 
Friday, October 24
 

10:15am CDT

Web Analytics with CrazyEgg
Daniel always has something amazing to show and this year will be no different!  We'll look at this tool that produces a heat map of information on where people physically click on your web site, not just where they end up going once they click. Do people really care about what is on your front page?  Come to this session to find out!

Speakers
avatar for Daniel Hazelbaker

Daniel Hazelbaker

Information Technology Manager, High Desert Church
Daniel is both a developer and the Information Technology Director at High Desert Church. He's an RefreshCache honored Fellow who's been active in the Arena ChMS developer community for many years and has been a critical collaborator on joint ChMS development projects with other... Read More →


Friday October 24, 2014 10:15am - 10:45am CDT
Room A

10:15am CDT

Ministry Analytics
Uncover the hidden ministry opportunities in your data. Use Tableau to discover answers and opportunities, and to help minister more effectively and efficiently! No programming required; “drag and drop” simplicity in dashboard design.

Speakers
avatar for M. David Wright

M. David Wright

Director of Ministry Analytics & Decision Support, New Life Church of Siloam Springs
Ministry Analytics and Decision Support


Friday October 24, 2014 10:15am - 12:00pm CDT
Room B

10:45am CDT

Leading Up Amid Constrained Resources
Every year Chris talks about how well he works with supervisors to communicate resourcing decisions - maybe he doesn't even know *how* he does it, but I suspect it is something he is doing right. Come hear him speak about how he has developed this relationship with his supervisors.  As a group of church IT geeks, we need to break the cycle of limited and constrained thinking.

Speakers
avatar for Chris Kehayias

Chris Kehayias

Think Ministry


Friday October 24, 2014 10:45am - 11:15am CDT
Room A

11:15am CDT

Community Demos
Traditionally community demo time has been one of the best sessions at RefreshCache.  Come show-and-tell what cool stuff you've developed with a live 5-10 minute demo.  Sign up on the board when you get in the room to get on the list to present!

Friday October 24, 2014 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room A

1:15pm CDT

TenTalks
TIME        TITLE : SPEAKER - DESCRIPTION

01:15 PM  BIG Idea Wrap-Up: Cam Shurtz - Cam will share what the Big Problem / Big Idea workgroup decided.

01:25 PM  Insights from building Volunteering App: Cam Shurtz - 

01:35 PM  Docker and Containerization: Travis Petticrew - See how Docker is revolutionizing how software is deployed in Linux. 

01:45 PM  

01:55 PM  Web Components: Nick Airdo  - Some are saying Web Components is the future of the web (and it's already almost here).  In ten minutes you'll know if this is something you agree with.



Speakers
avatar for Nick Airdo

Nick Airdo

Developer, Central Christian Church
c/o creator of RefreshCache and Developer at Central Christian Church and Spark Development Network currently working on the open-source Rock RMS system.
avatar for Travis Petticrew

Travis Petticrew

Software Developer, Watermark Community Church
I've been crafting software for about a decade and a half and the past three years of that I've been at Watermark in Dallas. I love to learn new things and create awesome stuff. Lately, I've been digging more into Ruby, Docker, Vim, software architecture, and software design. Outside... Read More →
avatar for Cameron Shurtz

Cameron Shurtz

IT Development Project Manager, LifeChurch.tv
IT Development Project Manager at LifeChurch.tv Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area Information Technology and Services


Friday October 24, 2014 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Warehouse

2:15pm CDT

Inbound Marketing with Personas and Journey Maps

This talk is an introductory talk on inbound marketing concepts that churches and faith-based organizations can apply in their church marketing, faith-formation/discipleship.


Speakers
avatar for John Hwang

John Hwang

Founder + CEO, Lanio
John Hwang is the founder and CEO of Lanio, a company that partners with visionaries to innovate strategically in a rapidly changing world. We specialize in aligning your mission, vision, and systems..


Friday October 24, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room B

2:15pm CDT

Single Page Applications
Get the how and why on creating single page applications (SPA)

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Jason Offutt

Software Craftsman/Design Nerd, Faithlife
My mission is to build beautifully designed software that makes the world a better place. I am an avid minimalist, a lover of Open Source Software, and am willing to go the extra mile in order to create something truly remarkable.


Friday October 24, 2014 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room A
 
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