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Josh GriffinMore Posts SYMC Morning Session Opening Video

Here’s the morning opening video from the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. Fun little video to help youth workers remember to breathe.

JG

2 View Comments April 13, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts This Is Why I Breathe Video

Here’s a video from the Simply Youth Ministry Conference last month – I wrote a little script for it and Parker did the narration and video magic. Enjoy – hope it inspires you today!

JG

Add Comment April 10, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts SYMC 2012 “Breathe” Theme Video

Here is the Simply Youth Ministry Conference theme video from the evening sessions – the theme was “Breathe” and each of these scenarios helped drive home the theme in different ways. Thought it turned out pretty great. Hope you choose to breathe today, too!

JG

Add Comment April 9, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts App Showdown Bumper Video

Fun video to intro the Temple Run/Jetpack Joyride games in the preshow of the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. It was made for an ultra-wide screen, so that explains the funky ratio. Love it … made by my friend Parker.

JG

4 View Comments April 4, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts Kickstarter the OC Supertones Next Album!

So happy to point you toward the Kickstarter page for The OC Supertones new album! I know several of them personally (they are amazing youth workers in our area) and have enjoyed their music and ministry. They were a total hit at last year’s Simply Youth Ministry Conference, too. They are almost halfway to their goal – head over there and check it out or participate!

JG

2 View Comments March 14, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts Details on Creative Elements of the SYM Conference

Right after the Simply Youth Ministry Conference I always get asked the same question: how did you do that!?! I love a good idea – I love stealing good ideas, too. If anything you saw on the main stage was interesting to you or maybe inspired you to bring something back into your ministry setting – here’s the scoop on what we used or how we did it!

Poll Everywhere – the polls on the big screen were powered by PollEverywhere.com. The technology is free for up to 40 responses (perfect for most youth groups) and scales really well to have thousands of responses per poll. Be sure to check them out – we use it all the time in our youth ministry, it is so fast and fun!

AR.Drone – one of the new ideas this year was to use an AR.Drone to hover over the crowd with a gift card attached to it on a long string. The Drone is controlled by an iPad/iPhone/iPod/Android and streams live video from the hovering airship to the big screen. With all of the signals in the conference room it got bogged down a bit, but overall it was a super fun experiment.

Facebook Hack – This is a game we invented in our youth ministry a couple of months ago. You can read more about the game and download the title slide right here.

The Interlude – a fun dance you can download right here.

Digital Stache – these are the dudes behind lots of magic on the screens. We had an idea, they did it. Really stunning guys with tons of freebies and youth ministry resources totally worth checking out!

Twitter – this is actually a feature in the latest version of Propresenter (5, from what I understand). It is a super cool way to put up a paricular hashtag on the screen – it includes full moderation capabilities as well. Looked super slick up there!

Was there something else at the event you would like to know about? Hit me up in the comments!

JG

5 View Comments March 14, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts Get CD/DVD/MP3s of the Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2012

Just wanted to post a quick link to the Simply Youth Ministry Conference 2012 audio/video store – if you were at the event and want to bring it home or missed it and want to get in on some of the training, here’s the place!

JG

Add Comment March 13, 2012

Josh GriffinMore Posts Get The Interlude from SYMC

If you were at SYMC this week you know we played a fun little dance number that a bunch of people have asked to get their hands on. The dudes over at Digital Stache have unleashed it on their stellar Gameshow Blog. So pick up The Interlude … and a stack of other great games/graphics right now!

JG