FILO Podcast

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Episode 072: Alan Riggs Dec 06, 2021

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Todd had the chance to fill in as TD for friend Alan Riggs and was inspired by the ownership of the people on Alan's team. So they sat down to talk about what secrets Alan could share about how to build a team full of owners.
Show Notes:
FILO Book: “I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas” by Todd Elliott is a great resource to gift yourself or your volunteers this holiday season!
FILO Advent Devotionals: It's not ever too late to engage with the FILO Advent series. Devotionals can be read or watched at: filo.org/blog.
FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: Tickets are the cheapest they’ll ever be right now! Head to filo.org/filo2022chicago for more details.
FILO Merch: Tshirts and hoodies and hats and other swag are available at filo.org/merch. Check it out today!
14 Days of FILO Giveaways: We are in the middle of an epic 2 weeks of giveaways over on our Instagram page. We'd love to give you free stuff!
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Episode 071: Pete Richardson Nov 15, 2021

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Todd sits down with FILO Faculty Alumni Pete Richardson of the Paterson Center. They talk about bringing clarity, strategy and a plan to the situations we face, not only in our work as technical artists, but also as people created by God to bring a unique contribution to the world.
Show Notes:
Christmas gift idea: "I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas" written by Todd Elliott is a great gift idea for members of your team! Learn more and purchase your copies today at FILO.ORG/book. Chapter 22 is specifically helpful during this holiday season: "Production is Tough. Let's Enjoy It."
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Episode 070: Ryan Pribyl Oct 25, 2021

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The FILO Podcast's editor joins Todd on the other side of the mic for this episode. They talk about the practicalities of audio post-production for video. How much time to spend, where to start, tools to use, all the good stuff.
Show Notes:
FILO 2022 Chicago Conference: Tickets are the cheapest they'll ever be right now! Head to filo.org/filo2022chicago for more details.
Audio tools mentioned in this podcast:
Izotope RX
Sanken COS-11D
Nuendo
Schoeps CMIT5
DPA 4017
Neumann KMR 81
Sennheiser MKH 416
Cedar Noise Reduction
Ryan Pribyl's work:
Level Audio
Willow Creek - Mittens on Mission
William's Story
Celebrating Hidden Heroes
Bettor Days
Chasing Whiskey
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Episode 069: Jeremy Bagwell, Ross Oct 04, 2021

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Todd talks with Jeremy Bagwell from Ross Video about his journey through production in the local church. They touch on burnout...or perceived burnout, career advancement and living in a camper while your house gets worked on.
We are grateful for Ross' support of this podcast episode. Visit rossvideo.com to start a conversation today!
Show Notes:
Going to the Amplio Worship Classic? Find Todd out on the golf course! Learn more at amplio.golf.
FILO Blog: The Blog is a way to process new ideas of how we can best contribute in the area of church production to our local churches. Check it out! FILO.ORG/BLOG.
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Episode 068: Sara Emmerson Sep 13, 2021

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Todd welcomes Sara back to talk about the importance of personal core values and how they impact your purpose.
Show Notes:
FILO Book: "I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas" by Todd Elliott
FILO Coaching: One-On-One Coaching, Service Evaluation, Team Development and Cohorts. Learn more and explore the opportunities at FILO.ORG/COACHING.
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Episode 067: Jake Cody Aug 23, 2021

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Todd finally has Jacob Cody on the podcast! What took so long?! From Jacob's role at Bayside Church in Northern, CA, they talk about creating boundaries, building trust and eating good food with your team after a long day.
Show Notes:
Book: "Winning" by Jack Welsh
Book: "Man's Search For Meaning" by Victor Frankl
Connect with Jake Cody: Instagram
FILO Coaching Cohort: A new Women's Cohort begins on September 7th, 2021 and will meet on Tuesday evenings for 4 weeks. Learn more on the coaching website.
FILO Book: Invest in your team this fall. Read through "I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas" as a team. Learn more and purchase books with a bulk discount at FILO.ORG/BOOK.
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the tension of nothingness Aug 13, 2021

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There is nothing quite so daunting as an empty page when you are the one responsible for filling it with something meaningful. What if my ideas are bad? What if nobody likes it? Heck, what if I don’t like it? For me, I notice that I try to fill the blank page in one pass. To have all my ideas fully fleshed out and ready for public consumption. However, this is not a realistic expectation. Part of the reason for the pressure I feel is that I have a deadline looming. Something has to be made because there is a drop-dead date out there when we have to have something amazing. In her book The Creative Habit, world-renowned dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp says there is a trap we fall into “that everything has to be perfect before you can take the next step.” This can stop us from starting to fill the empty page. It can also stop us from tinkering with every step along the way. I would much rather edit what has already been started. Taking something and making it a little better is one of my favorite things. It also distracts me from starting the next thing. I want to make it perfect before I move onto the next step. Ms. Tharp goes on to say “that this form of perfectionism is more like procrastination.” Ouch. The fear that something should be just right or perfect, can stop us from filling the next blank page. Whether that next page is for the next part of your current project or the next project itself, being trapped in the cycle of tweaking and tweaking and tweaking will only stop you from continuing to create. Filling the blank page with the next thing is a habit that we must build. A muscle that needs to be exercised. To create when there isn’t any pressure. To create for the sake of creation. Developing a routine of creation will start to build up a library of ideas. Not creativity that needs to be jammed into the next emergency creation, but ideas ready on the shelf to be accessed when needed. Build time into your schedule for putting ideas onto the blank page. Make it a regular part of your rhythm. Build the muscles of creativity on a regular basis instead of waiting until you must have an idea. This could be dialing in a new plug-in or figuring out how to use your switcher in a new way, or maybe writing a set of values for your team. I don’t know about you, but the best ideas I’ve ever had have come from out of nowhere, or when there hasn’t been a pressing need for something, other than I was simply creating for myself. Maybe 75% of your ideas will never see the light of day. That’s totally fine. I’ve found that all ideas can help lead to the other ideas that actually get made. Let your blank page become filled with all kinds of ideas. Free yourself to dream up whatever, without the pressure of success or failure. What blank page is paralyzing you? How can you make time to be creative without a looming deadline?

Episode 066: Nate Anderson, Resi Aug 02, 2021

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Todd sits down with Nate Anderson from Resi. They talk about the history of Resi, some of the secret sauce and where things are headed for church streaming.
We are grateful for Resi's support of this podcast episode. Visit resi.io to start a conversation today!
Show Notes:
Book: "Painting As A Pastime" by Winston Churchill
FILO 2021 Chicago Digital Resources: Did you attend FILO 2021 Chicago in-person or through live-stream access? Or perhaps you missed it this year and wish you could listen in on the really solid content? Great news! The four dynamic main sessions plus ALL of the 50 breakout classes are now available for purchase at FILO.ORG. Catch up on a breakout you missed or re-watch your favorites, show a volunteer a class that you think would help them, or watch one of the main sessions as a team-building exercise. Don’t miss the opportunity to become more effective as a technical artist!
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the blank page Jul 22, 2021

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Kinda like the one staring at me right now… Any time we need an idea, there exists a blank page. That moment before there are any ideas. It is nothingness. Empty. Whatever creative endeavor you’re attempting to undertake, you have to confront this void. At the beginning of any creative process, the creative person has the heavy end to carry here, and those of us in the production area have almost nothing to do. This isn’t a problem to solve, it is simply the way it is. At this early stage, the idea is primary. The ironic part of the blank page is that both sides, the creative and the technical, can feel powerless. If you’re on the creative side, the blank page is staring back at you. If you are on the technical side, you want to jump in and get going, but there isn’t anything to get going with. Regardless of the creative endeavor, you are pursuing, this first step cannot be avoided or passed over. Your church needs new ideas on ways to engage your congregation. And for people to stay engaged, we need new perspectives. If we aren’t willing to confront the blank page, we end up copying from someone else without thinking. “It worked for someone else, so let’s do it for us too.” As a group of people attempting to make something together, this is a temptation we need to avoid. Our congregations need us to be wrestling with what God would have for our church, not someone else’s church. And that wrestling requires facing the blank page, not just borrowing someone else’s blank page that has been filled up already. God is always showing up in new ways. In unique ways. In unexpected ways. In each of our lives. In each of our teams. In each of our churches. So in order to determine how He is showing up in your situation, you need to sit with a blank page to pray and dream about what the next thing is for your situation. Where is God moving and how can you get on board with it? There is no short way around this. Whatever side you sit on, The Creative or The Technical, the question of “What should we do?” needs to be wrestled to the ground. Whether it is an idea for a Christmas service or a question of what matters to you as a team, if you aren’t making the time to fill up the blank page with content unique to your situation at a given moment, you will be doomed to live in someone else’s ideas, which is not what the world needs. We need you to show up in the unique ways you were gifted. Showing up can only happen when you confront the blank page. How are you supporting the people on your team facing the blank page? What unique way do you and your team need to fill your specific blank page?

Episode 065: Chad Vegas Jul 12, 2021

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Todd and Chad Vegas sit down to talk about excellence in production, following God's call in our lives and how many office moves he's had at Transformation Church.
Show Notes:
FILO Coaching Cohort: So often as technical artists, it can be easy to forget to look after yourself. To help with that, FILO offers Virtual Coaching Cohorts for personalized coaching and best practice sharing. Each Cohort has a limit of 10 people and runs for 4 weeks. Each week features a 2 hour program hosted by a FILO facilitator, leading discussions on building a strong production foundation at your church, learning how to enjoy the hard work with our teams, dealing with change and most importantly, learning to lead ourselves. Join a small community of church technical artists to inspire and encourage each other to the next level of effectiveness. Learn more or sign up on the waitlist to be notified when the next Cohort launches!
Check out past highlighted episodes of the FILO Podcast:
Episode 23 - Reid Wall - How to build a great production culture.
Episode 37 - Justin Firesheets - It's all about people.
Episode 45 - Kaleb Wilcox - Tech people need to worship too.
FILO Blog: Looking for ways to develop yourself this summer? Check out the FILO Blog where Todd shares new ideas on how we can best contribute in the area of church production at our local churches.
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