Workshop Track
Leadership
Lead with Confidence: Strategies for Church Creatives
Empower your team and improve collaboration with our Leadership track. Learn effective strategies for guiding creative teams in a church environment, fostering communication, and building a positive team culture. Gain insights on conflict resolution, aligning creative vision with your church’s mission, and inspiring your team to excel. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or stepping into a new role, this track provides actionable tools to help you lead with confidence and clarity.
Effective Team Leadership & Communication
Develop skills to lead a creative team with vision, clarity, and purpose.
Conflict Resolution & Team Dynamics
Learn how to navigate challenges and build a culture of collaboration and innovation.
Aligning Creativity with Church Mission
Ensure your creative projects and initiatives reflect and enhance your church’s vision.
WORKSHOPS
Maximizing Your Team Potential: From Morale Metrics to AI-Driven Insights
Darrel Girardier
This breakout session will explore practical strategies for measuring and fostering team morale. We will discuss different methods to build team chemistry and keep the lines of communication open between team members. The session will also delve into how AI can be utilized to identify knowledge and chemistry gaps within teams, offering insights on how your team can work better together.
Key Takeaways:
1. Practical Morale Metrics: Learn effective methods for measuring team morale and translating those metrics into actionable improvements for your team’s dynamics.
2. AI-Driven Team Insights: Discover how AI tools can identify hidden knowledge gaps, chemistry issues, and opportunities to enhance team collaboration and performance.
3. Building Chemistry and Communication: Acquire strategies to promote a culture of open communication and strong interpersonal relationships, ensuring your team operates cohesively and with mutual trust.
Darrel Girardier currently oversees digital and creative for Brentwood Baptist Church and its seven campuses. Previously he was a Creative Director at LifeWay Christian Resources. He’s married to Amy-Jo and has two amazing boys.
Taking over a new team
dennis choy
Workshop Details coming soon.
Building teams, especially for behind-the-scenes ministries, is what Dennis Choy has done for over 30 years. He oversaw the production teams at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California for many years before becoming PM at Shoreline. Before joining the Saddleback team, Dennis was the executive pastor and production pastor for 25 years at North Coast Church in San Diego. Creating and developing production, creative and communications teams are his favorite ways to lead and serve, and he lends real-life perspective on how things really work in the church world. Having taught classes at NAB, INFOCOMM, SALT, NAMM and other conferences around the country, he is excited to share his experiences—good and bad—with anyone who wants to hear. Dennis resides in Oceanside, California, with his wife, Michelle, and their three children.
How to Host Effective 1:1’s with Your Team
Dustin Pead
A transformative workshop that explores the art of meaningful one-on-one meetings in creative environments, no matter if you have staff OR volunteers that report to you. Participants will learn proven strategies for turning routine check-ins into powerful moments of connection, growth, and creative development. The session includes practical frameworks for structuring conversations and building trust through intentional leadership.
Key takeaways:
1. Master the Four-Part 1:1 Structure that balances personal wellbeing, progress review, growth planning, and creative inspiration.
2. Learn how to craft powerful questions that unlock creative potential and adapt your questioning style to different personality types.
3. Create effective pre-meeting practices that ensure productive conversations and respect different thinking styles.
After 20 years of full-time creative ministry, Dustin Pead now seeks to help other creatives through coaching, consulting, and fractional services. He resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife Sarah, and their two children, Ethan and Aubrey. Dustin’s mission is to help creatives know themselves, their process, and their teams so they can create greater things together.
Gaining and sustaining margin
Dustin Pead
A practical workshop focused on creating and protecting the space needed for creative excellence. Participants will learn proven strategies for managing energy, time, and resources to maintain creative momentum while avoiding burnout. The session includes hands-on exercises for identifying and eliminating creativity killers.
Key Takeaways:
1. Master the “Creative Energy Management System” for sustainable creative output.
2. Learn practical techniques for identifying and eliminating time-wasters and creative blockers.
3. Develop personalized routines that protect creative space and energy.
4. Create boundaries that enable deep creative work while maintaining collaborative relationships.
After 20 years of full-time creative ministry, Dustin Pead now seeks to help other creatives through coaching, consulting, and fractional services. He resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife Sarah, and their two children, Ethan and Aubrey. Dustin’s mission is to help creatives know themselves, their process, and their teams so they can create greater things together.
Effectively Recruiting & Onboarding New Volunteers
Jessical Bealer
Healthy teams ebb and flow, but operating from a volunteer deficit for a prolonged period of time will limit your ministry’s growth and impact. In this session we’ll be discussing practical steps to help you keep your rosters full.
Key Takeaways:
1. Systemize your recruitment strategies to ensure a consistent influx of volunteers.
2. Make your ministry attractive.
3. Effectively communicate the value of serving.
4. Find alignment in onboarding and acclimating new volunteers.
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