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With All Your Heart

459 – Amazon Publishing

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The WELSTech self-publishing efforts continue this week as Martin and Sallie successfully publish paperback and Kindle versions of the WELSTech project management book, With All Your Heart. Microsoft Word proves to be a star performer in the process, and Martin has a tip to help listeners master the finer nuances of Word. Sallie shares lots of links to help teachers add coding to their curriculum in the school year ahead.

The discussion:

With All Your HeartOn the road to Amazon – It’s been a busy week for Martin and Sallie as they finalized With All Your Heart, the WELSTech project management book for print and eBook publication on Amazon. Follow along as they share the challenges and lessons learned along the way.

Picks of the week:

Community feedback:

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 460 – The Summer 2016 series fun concludes next week with the last installment of the WELSTech self-publishing discussion. Martin and Sallie explore creation of an audio book. Release date: Wednesday, August 31

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303 – eBook Ch 9: Documents

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Tune in to WELSTech this week for a discussion of the many types of documents you should consider housing on your church or school web site. And we know you’ve been waiting on the edge of your seat to to find out how Martin fared in the Hong Kong typhoon.

The discussion:

Documents – Martin and Sallie take a look at the many important documents that can be shared on a church or school web site in this week’s chapter of our summer eBook, Church & School Website Content. The discussion covers considerations for document formats and organization as well.

Picks of the week:

Of interest:

(23:10) WELSTech Camp is coming up on September 14 at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN. Besides the great discussions, we’re planning a fun SCVNGR hunt and a Chapel of the Christ tour. Register and attend the free event to be in the drawings for a Mimio Teach Bar ($800 value) and 16GB iPad ($500 value)!!

Community feedback:

Coming up on WELSTech:

(35:08) Episode 304 – Next week we shift gears with chapter 10 of our summer Church and School Website Content eBook series as we take a broader look at all of the components to include in a basic church web site. (Release date – 08/27/13)

The featured artist:

(27:55) This week we close with the music of Revelation, a music ministry of Wisconsin Lutheran College (www.revelationwlc.com) – You Are the God

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189 – WELS Hacker: PDFs and YouVersion

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This week the WELSTech Podcast summer WELS Hacker series continues as we discuss merging PDF documents and taking notes in the YouVersion electronic Bible.

The discussion:

Polar Opposites – The summer WELS Hacker series marches on as Martin and Sallie discuss their most recent tips and tricks blog post.  This week’s topics are

PDFs and YouVersion

Community feedback:

  • (15:10) Jimmy Holub commented on the differences between Facebook Groups and Pages
  • There was buzz about the WELS ONLINE app for iOS and Android
  • Dave Sharrer shared a podcast usability tip: It’s great to put your audio resources in iTunes, but also be sure to make your audio RSS feed available on your site for non-iTunes users
  • Philip Wels and Joshua Johnson shared photo organization tips
  • Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group:

Coming up on WELSTech:

(28:11) Episode 190 – We continue the WELS Hacker dialog with a discussion of Sallie’s iPad-only experience  and Martin’s mouseless browsing.  (Release date – 06/29/11)

The featured artist:

(28:33) We close the podcast with the music of Cross To Glory – My Grace Will Do from their CD titled “Life’s Song”

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063 – PDFs and Potlucks

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This week on WELSTech the discussion centers around PDFs, and Martin and Sallie share resources for creating and editing documents in this universal format.

The discussion:

The tidbits:

  • Picks of the week (25:00)
  • WELS.net feature (30:27)
    • Weekly military podcast devotions – streams.wels.net/podcasts?series=military-devotions
  • Community feedback (31:45)
    • David Savatski from WELS World Missions Promotions shared ministry uses for Flickr
    • We received a follow up comment from last week’s interviewee, Lori Aschbrenner of Beautiful Savior in Evertte, WA, with a caution for folks to obtain proper permission before posting photos of people on their church or school web site
    • From the WELSTech Listserve
      • Joshua Schoeneck, Director of Technology at Kettle Morrain Lutheran HS, posted that the full version of Listserve Lite by L-soft is free to schools through their NetPals program – netpals.lsoft.com/netpals.html
      • Jason Petoskey, Network Administrator for Holy Trinity in Wyoming, MI, is using FinalWeb e-mail distribution lists to send e-mail devotions in his congregation
      • LJ shared a link to Christian Worship hymnal resources at www.lutheranmusic.com
    • David Schumann from Peace in Janesville, WI is looking for a worship primer.  Do you have one to share?
    • Joshua Schoeneck e-mailed another comment regarding copyright concerns with “broadcast” of Pandora internet radio in the church narthex
  • Coming up on WELSTech (42:40)
    • Episode 064 – Do you have a PLN?  Learn about Personal Learning Networks during our discussion with Gail Potratz.  Also learn about Lenovo classroom technology during our interview with Patty Ullsperger.

The featured artist:

  • This week we close with the music of WELS artists Kevin Loersche and Cindy Bauder – My Savior Jesus from Kevin’s CD titled Abide With Me (41:15)

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