175 – Office 2010

This week on the WELSTech Podcast Microsoft Office and Staff Minister Dan Schoeffel share center stage.

The discussion:

Is your office a Microsoft Office? – Martin and Sallie discuss the “mature” Microsoft Office suite and share links to a robust list of support resources.

• Office Online
• What’s new in Office 2010
• Compare the Office 2010 Suites
• Training
• Templates
  • Sample newsletters on the WELSTech Wiki
  • “Church” template search
• Images
• Office Web Apps
• Google Cloud Connect
• The Microsoft Office Blog
• Office on Facebook
• ShopWELS.net academic pricing for Office Professional Suite from just $90.  Contact Mark Robinson for more details.

The interview:

(16:08) Tech Solutions – Staff Minister Dan Schoeffel from St. Paul’s in Onalaska, WI talks with Martin and Sallie about the various hardware and software solutions that have been implemented in his congregation and school.  From scrolling announcements in the church narthex to innovative time keeping to wise stewardship of hardware, St. Paul’s has their tech bases covered.

• PHP Timeclock

Ministry resources:

(32:22) Free introductory online course from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary

News in tech:

(34:10) iPad 2 Reviews from Cnet

Picks of the week:

• (36:34) Diagram.ly – Draw diagrams online
• Safe PST Backup

Of interest:

(40:35) FinalWeb Training in New Ulm, MN and Milwaukee, WI

• FinalWeb for Teachers in New Ulm on June 27 and Milwaukee on August 1 – bit.ly/fw4teachers
• FinalWeb for Dummies in New Ulm June 28-30 and Milwaukee August 2-4 – bit.ly/fw4dummies

Community feedback:

• (43:28) Judy Trunkel from St. John’s in Neilsville, WI asked for feedback on non-profit discount tech shopping site TechSoup.org.  Check out ShopWELS.net for discount tech pricing for WELS congregations, schools and individuals.
• Adam Valleskey from Christ in Juneau, AK shared links to their online giving page powered by Vanco.  Adam also shared ideas for church sites on Facebook.
• Via Twitter Jason Schmidt (Gethsemane in Omaha, NE) shared a link to his new classroom wiki page where 3rd and 4th grade students will be mapping Paul’s Missionary Journeys.
• Over on the WELSTech Diigo Group Martin and Sallie shared links to …
  • CCLI Church Streaming & Podcast License
  • Viravis – Web 2.0 database software

Coming up on WELSTech:

(50:38) Episode 176 – Alan Nolte from Fox Valley Lutheran High School shares news of their upcoming STEM Academy, and we review techie aids for memorization. (Release date – 03/23/11)

The featured artist:

(51:21) We close the podcast with the instrumental music of In His Service (www.adagioconcepts.com) – I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say from their CD titled “In His Time”

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