333 – Lights, Camera, Live Stream

Today on WELSTech Martin and Sallie, along with special guest, Steve Zambo, share the tech side of live video streaming and some helpful tips (enhanced with visual aids) to take your video production to the next level. Find out about the electronic version of NPH’s Meditations, and be amazed as Sallie shares not 2 but 7 tips and picks! Jackpot!

The discussion:

Go Live – Martin and Sallie share the technical side of live video streaming with a behind the scenes look at YouTube’s streaming video service, and an overview of FinalWeb and LiveStream options plus information on encoders, bandwidth, and more.

• Wirecast Church Setup – Wirecast for YouTube
• YouTube Live Steaming Guide
• FinalWeb Live Streaming – WELS & ELS congregations receive a 20% discount on pricing
• LiveStream
• Tricasters from NewTek
• Black Magic A/V Cards
• VidBlaster

The interview:

Tips from a pro – Steve Zambo, President of Salty Earth Pictures and Instructor of Digital Cinema & Media at Wisconsin Lutheran College, shares tips to improve video quality including framing the shot, lighting, audio and more.

Ministry resources:

Meditations from Northwestern Publishing House is now available for iOS and in Kindle and Nook eBook format.

Tech tips:

• How to make Siri stop listening
• Embed links in Word, Outlook and Gmail

Picks of the week:

• Google Docs and Sheets add-ons
  • Avery Label Merge
  • Easy Bib – Video overview
  • Merge by MailChimp
  • Workflows by LetterFeed – Video overview
• Movie: Son of God

Of interest:

Registration is officially open for summer FinalWeb training with Martin and Sallie at the Center for Mission and Ministry. Learn more and sign up at bit.ly/fwtraininginfo.

Community feedback:

• Text-to-Give with Mobile Cause
• AppsBar – Good Shepherd’s free AppCatch listing
• 30hands
• appoLearning
• Jotforms field calculations
• LearnZillion Lessons
• FitBolt
• Unroll.me – Video overview

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 334 – Jason Schmidt from Omaha, NE joins Sallie for a MineCraft EDU discussion. (Broadcast date – 3/25/14)

Music download:

This week enjoy a free music download from WELS musician Pat Watson (www.reverbnation.com/#!/patwatsonproject) – Borrowed Time

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