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Exhibitor Offered Training Classes

Taught by exhibiting companies and open to all WFX attendees, these free training sessions on Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26 will teach you ins-and-outs of specific products and services.

Thursday, October 25

1:15pm - 2:15pm

Funding Options for Facility Expansion and Upgrades
This workshop will explore options available to the church to fund expenses and costs associated with technology upgrades and facility expansion. For large projects, a thorough explanation of the church capital campaign experience will be shared. For smaller projects, additional approaches to raising capital will be offered for consideration.
Presenter: Rusty Lewis, Senior Strategist, Generis
Room 108

Achieving Excellence with Your Guest Services
Your new building will draw a large crowd. Your Guest Service Teams (parkers, greeters, ushers, security, and hospitality) will have a lot to do with those crowds returning. This seminar will help you achieve excellence in these ministries by guiding you through the process of establishing great policies, procedures, recruiting, and scheduling.
Presenter: Lamar Slay, President, Partners In Church Consulting
Room 109

CompuLive-DMX Software Control System
The CompuLive software is easy to use, even for non-professionals. This seminar will highlight features like the multiple user modes, pre-programmed looks and movements, PC clock triggering, large and user-updatable fixture library, and the 3d visualizer along with the unique protection scenarios to lockout unauthorized users and full back-up capabilities.
Presenter: Ray "Visage" Villasenor, Technical Sales for Elation Professional and Antari Product Manager
Room 110

Mounting Solutions for Effective and Efficient Message Delivery
Strategically placed flat panel screens and projectors are a key part of a successful A/V network. Learn how to effectively position each A/V component for maximum exposure and how new innovations and mounting solutions enable ideal screen placement, decrease installation and maintenance costs, and improve delivery of your message.
Presenters: Derrik Lam, Director of Mounting Solutions Business Unit, Peerless Industries, Inc. and Dale Smith, Director of Business Development, Peerless Industries, Inc.
Room 111

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Resourcing Your Vision
Congregations are growing larger every year and providing more services to their members while the number of members who tithe and give sacrificially are decreasing. Participants will learn how to understand these new trends in giving, how to build more conscious givers using technology, and ultimately, how to resource the vision of the church as it grows both structurally and technologically.
Presenter: Brad Leeper, Senior Strategist, Generis
Room 108

10 Things to Look for in Your Campaign Consultant
Learn what you should expect out of your campaign consultant as Lamar Slay, former teaching assistant at Saddleback Community Church and Fellowship Church, Grapevine shares the uniqueness of a PCC led campaign. Hear exciting follow-up strategies that work and understand how fee structures are set. There is an alternative to the high priced, cookie cutter campaigns being offered by most companies.
Presenter: Lamar Slay, President, Partners in Church Consulting
Room 109

Partnering for Success
In this informative session you will realize why Partnering, selecting both Architect and Contractor concurrently, is the key to success! Learn how cooperation and collaboration between the team allows you to control building cost from Preconstruction to Completion. Discover how working together can bring His Vision to reality[[br]] Presenter: Billy Goff, Senior Vice President, Precept Builders
Room 110

3:45pm - 4:45pm

5:00pm - 6:00pm

The Lens Creates The Image! “Make the Most of Your Investment in Technology”
With the large investment it takes to move into high definition and limited budgets; learn where to invest your money to receive the most return. Canon will show how choosing good optics for your system can save you more in the long term.
Presenters: Gordon Tubbs, Marketing Director, Canon Broadcast & Communications and Jim Dobbins, Sr. Southeast Regional Manager, Canon Broadcast & Communications
Room 108

High Quality Projections on Any Budget
Now there are techniques available to use projected images, including color photos, logos and text, without costly equipment or colored glass gobos. This workshop shows how to create these projected images and how to execute them on your venue.
Presenters: Mike Wagner, Damon Hatten, and Oliver Peale, Rosco Laboratories
Room 109

Microphones for Houses of Worship
A discussion and demonstration of AKG microphone solutions for the house of worship. Wireless, choir, instrument, and podium microphones all have definite advantages. Come and see a wireless choir microphone, a solo microphone with an unusual amount of gain before feedback and other great AKG solutions for your worship needs.
Presenter: Gary Gunn, AKG Acoustics

Friday, October 26

10:45am – 11:45am

Understanding the Church Capital Campaign Experience
How does one create the vision necessary to rally the church to give over and above their current level of giving to fund your next facility enhancement? Is it possible to raise money in this economic environment? This workshop will provide a thorough explanation of the church capital stewardship campaign in today's climate.
Presenter: Rusty Lewis, Senior Strategist, Generis
Room 108

Be Green! Gain Control and Save Energy with XCI’s Self-Installed Network Thermostat Solutions
This HVAC energy management workshop will teach you how to get your HVAC equipment under simple, cost effective, PC-based control and reduce your HVAC energy bill as much as 15% to 25%. Topics will include system planning, installation and operation, including scheduling, monitoring and control. Live demonstrations of software and equipment will be given. Come see our new wireless communications infrastructure[[br]] Presenter: David Pitzer, Engineering Manager, XCI Corporation
Room 109

Eliminate Rekeying with Electronic CyberLocks
Learn how CyberLock can solve your key control problems! CyberLock electronic lock cylinders install in your lock hardware without wiring. Keys are programmed uniquely to each user with the locks they can open, and when they can open them. An audit trail of all events is stored in both cylinder and key.
Presenter: Barb Newton, Corporate Trainer, Videx
Room 110

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Using the Latest Lens and Camera Technology to Worship Well
Learn how to use the camera lens to create a warm and inviting worship experience. Find useful techniques for creating the most from your equipment and the importance of each component.
Presenters: Gordon Tubbs, Marketing Director, Canon Broadcast & Communications and Jim Dobbins, Sr. Southeast Regional Manager, Canon Broadcast & Communications
Room 108

Projection Screen Technology
Understanding projection screens and their integration into overall system integration and design within the worship facilities market. Learn about screen applications, material types, and specialized surface designs of the recent advances in Stewart projection screen products.
Presenter: Tom Stewart, VP/CFO/Owner, Stewart Filmscreen Corporation
Room 109

Selecting the Proper Loudspeaker System
Purchasing loudspeakers for your congregation is a capital investment and requires understanding the total value of your purchase (which is more than just the sale price). JBL offers a complete line of loudspeaker solutions for every application. Come learn how to choose the right loudspeaker to fit your congregation’s needs.
Presenter: Jon Sager, JBL Professional
Room 110

1:15pm - 2:15pm

Fundamentals for specifying and implementing a Video Production Switcher
Ross Video will describe the process in specifying and implementing the right Video Production Switcher to meet both Production Value, and Multi Screen / Program needs. This primer will not only go through the technical aspects of a Video Switcher, but also the operational considerations that may apply to volunteer and full time staff environments.
Presenter: to be announced
Room 108

Spray-Applied Acoustic Finishes
Making a Joyful Noise…International Cellulose Corporation of Houston, TX, the World’s largest producer of spray acoustic finishes, is proud to present their AIA/CES program on the subject of Spray-Applied Acoustic Finishes. Learn how easy it is to control reverberation and echo problems with ICC’s assortment of spray-applied acoustic finishes.
Richard Walborn, Sonakrete Product Manager, International Cellulose Corporation
Room 109

Trends in Worship Facility Planning and Design
In recent years some new and exciting developments in church facility planning and design have begun to emerge. This session will look at several of these recent trends, including incorporating church facilities into large mixed-use master planned developments, building multiple worship venues to hold simultaneous services in lieu of having one large worship space, and building church facilities “green”, which can save thousands of dollars in long-term operating costs, while being good stewards of the earth.
Presenter: Richard Shiffer Senior Principal, RNL Design, Architects & Planners
Room 110

2:30pm - 3:30pm

Choosing the Right Mixing Console for Houses of Worship
Soundcraft will provide an overview of basic mixer features and how they are used in a house of worship setting and discuss common concerns and pitfalls on selecting an audio mixer for your facility. Attendees will be given a Soundcraft Guide to Mixing DVD which covers basic mixing console operation.
Presenter: Tom Der, Soundcraft
Room 108

Computer Control of your Audio System
The combination of Amplification from Crown, Digital Signal Processing from dbx and BSS, and HiQnet control can create a unified system that is powerful, flexible and easy to use. Come learn about how system integration and control can improve your worship experience and provide greater flexibility to meet more of your needs, while making it simpler to use.
Presenters: Dale Sandberg & Brad Benn
Room 109

Crestron’s Integrated A/V Distribution and Environmental Control Solutions – Focus on the Message and not the Technology
This introduction to Crestron’s technology will demonstrate our limitless range of customizable and integrated control solutions for A/V distribution, lighting, and environmental control and management. Learn about the innovative MPS-series – a complete presentation control and signal routing solution, the cost-effective iMedia and QuickMediaTM A/V transports, Crestron touchpanels, and the award-winning RoomView® AV resource management application.
Presenter: Joe Hoffman, Crestron Electronics, Inc.
Room 110