760 – Listening to Your Flock

For the 760th time, welcome to WELSTech, a podcast at the intersection of technology and ministry. This episode features a discussion of the dos and don’ts of church and school surveys. Also included is a new source for liturgical art, a deep dive into “Smart” Health, and a new vocabulary word – workslop! Eek!

The interview and discussion

Survey Best Practices – Martin and Sallie welcome Alycia Cameron, and she shares her experience with conducting surveys and how that applies to churches and schools. Listen for guidelines on whether you need a survey and the suggested length of a survey, plus much more.

• WELS AI Survey
• Survey Monkey
• Gamma Presentation Maker
• Fathom AI Notetaker

Ministry resource

Part 1 of Christ Through Us, WELS strategic plan: Culture

• Learn more from Forward in Christ
• Explore resources

Picks of the week

• ELS Liturgical Year Artwork
• Smart Health Comparison using Gemini Deep research

Community feedback

• Sora 2 is here – from OpenAI
• AI is creating ‘workslop’ and hindering productivity
• Generate the perfect headshot with Google Gemini – The full prompt
  • Sallie and Mia gave it a try

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