I stole this from a long slew of people who had posted it before me, so it must be good. Before RSS I would actually have had to go to someone’s blog to have seen this, Thanks Technology!
Thanks Technology from John on Vimeo.
If you are Anyone responsible for Information Technology in a ministry setting … Business Admins, IT Directors, Network Admins, Helpdesk, staff or volunteers … regardless of church/organization size, then You will NOT want to miss this amazing opportunity to learn from your IT peers from across the country! Check out the CITRT website for all the latest details:
http://citrt.pbworks.com/Spring-2010-National-Church-IT-Roundtable
This is a simple and easy blog post, I have 8 Wave invites and 2 Voice invites. Leave a comment with what you want and i’ll give them out. Enjoy!
I’ve had a couple people ask me how to get this setup and I also want to make sure I don’t forget so here goes:
As many of you know and as many of you are as well, I’m a huge fan of the CITRT community. Yes, community, we are a group (or “ungroup” as some say) that definitely come together mainly through our techie tool of the internet. In just over 2 weeks my wife (@sberg) will be heading to the Navajo Nation which is mainly in Arizona and New Mexico on a mission trip. I was getting ready to write up another post this morning to ask for prayer and for those of you so inclined financial support (for the two of us the trip will be over $1600) when I get the incoming link notifications that my buddy Jeff Suever has posted on his blog about our trip in today’s post called CITRT Member on a Mission. I can’t even say how much I(we) appreciate the support that Jeff and others have shown and given us and can only hope we can live out God’s love this well to the Navajo. The following comes from Jeff’s blog I just thought it HAD to be shared 
If you have ever been blessed, encouraged or made to laugh by Derek, join me in supporting them in any way you can. Financially would be great, but in prayer (really, do it this time) would be more than appreciated as well. Whip out that fancy phone, put task reminders in there for
- every Wednesday beginning June 24, ending July 8
- once per day, beginning July 9, ending July 18.
After diving a little deeper I’ve found some more free steak lunches for all you hungery IT friends. For a good free meal at Morton’s Steakhouse I certainly would go if it was close, especially for a relatively short time requirement just for lunch from 11-1:30pm. This one is being put on by and for LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Management Seminars and there are events in OH, MD, NJ, and FL. Here’s some more info and the link to register for each location is below:
Join us for lunch and an informational seminar at your favorite local steakhouse
While you network and enjoy a three course meal, an IATAM and ITIL certified industry expert will candidly discuss Asset Lifecycle Management best practices as well as introduce you to how LANDesk® addresses this critical area of IT.
Accurate asset knowledge, accountability, and control are critical to enhancing business value. Address your organization’s most pressing concerns with LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Management.
Topics of discussion include:
Gain Control: Know where assets are/ how they are being used
Reduce Risk: Manage regulatory and security compliance
Reduce Cost: Understand license, acquisition, support, and service
Facilitate Accountability: The right people making decisions about IT
Enhance Performance: Move from cost center to revenue enabler
| 12-Jun-2009 11:00 AM | Columbus | OH |
| 16-Jun-2009 11:00 AM | Baltimore | MD |
| 18-Jun-2009 11:00 AM | Parsippany | NJ |
| 19-Jun-2009 11:00 AM | Miami | FL |
As always the easiest way to get these and all other of my blog posts is to follow my RSS feed here, and of course to keep up with all that’s going on in my life follow me on twitter with @djberg.
This is what I’ve been waiting for and my guess many others have been as well. Google Apps is releasing a plugin that will allow Apps to act/replace your exchange server with Calendar, Contact, and email syncing with Outlook. Looks. Hopefully this is included in the Education edition which is free for non-profits.
See it in action in the video below:
Find out the latest and download the plugin here.
As always the easiest way to get these and all other of my blog posts is to follow my RSS feed here, and of course to keep up with all that’s going on in my life follow me on twitter, I’m @djberg.
Operating Cost is at the top of every CIO’s agenda. As the economy slows and organizations see revenues decline, many IT departments are faced with reducing costs to improve bottom line.
Join us for a complimentary seminar where we’ll discuss three cost cutting tips every IT organization should explore, including practical ways to start taking advantage of them immediately. The presentation will be followed by a private screening of the new “Transformers” movie! Breakfast and snacks will be provided.
Schedule:
| 24-Jun-2009 08:30 AM | Phoenix | AZ |
| 25-Jun-2009 08:30 AM | Dallas | TX |
| 25-Jun-2009 08:30 AM | Atlanta | GA |
| 26-Jun-2009 08:30 AM | Denver | CO |
| 26-Jun-2009 08:30 AM | Tampa | FL |
If you sign-up for this one Tampa, let me know via twitter as me and at least one other CITRT guy will be there.
As always the easiest way to get these and all other of my blog posts is to follow my RSS feed here, and of course to keep up with all that’s going in my life follow me on twitter with @djberg.
As I seem to find my way into getting lots of invites for free trainings, sales pitches, etc that involve free food, movies, etc I’m going to start a new category called “tech freebies” on my blog for those that are always asking to get a free “something”. If you’d like please pass along any freebies you find and I’ll share with everyone as well.
The first one I have to share I wish was a little closer to home for me but don’t think I can justify the drive across the state. But for a free meal at Morton’s Steakhouse I certainly would go if it was close, especially for a relatively short time requirement just for lunch from 11-1:30pm. This one is being put on by and for LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Management Seminars in Miami, FL on June 19th, here’s the link to register and more info direct from them:
Join us for lunch and an informational seminar at your favorite local steakhouse
While you network and enjoy a three course meal, an IATAM and ITIL certified industry expert will candidly discuss Asset Lifecycle Management best practices as well as introduce you to how LANDesk® addresses this critical area of IT.
Accurate asset knowledge, accountability, and control are critical to enhancing business value. Address your organization’s most pressing concerns with LANDesk Asset Lifecycle Management.
Topics of discussion include:
Gain Control: Know where assets are/ how they are being used
Reduce Risk: Manage regulatory and security compliance
Reduce Cost: Understand license, acquisition, support, and service
Facilitate Accountability: The right people making decisions about IT
Enhance Performance: Move from cost center to revenue enabler
As always the easiest way to get these and all other of my blog posts is to follow my RSS feed here, and of course to keep up with all that’s going in my life follow me on twitter with @djberg.
Way back when at the end of January I posted “Using your phone during church?!?” on the blog. It sparked a little conversation but of course most of the response was from other techies that are on blogs and twitter “professionally” I’d like to widen the question to a broader group of people as I’m still not sure how people take the use of technology in a church service. So please share this on your blogs, twitter, etc. Thanks! Short URL for this post is http://bit.ly/57Dvi
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