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This is something that I feel some TDs struggle with. There were some that did not rise up and we moved them on to either other positions on the team or another ministry altogether. Pretty much all of them got it and rose to the occasion. I was never harsh or demeaning, but always made sure they understood this was a big deal and I needed them to do a great job. We held the bar high and if they started to slip, I talked with them. I payed really close attention to how they were doing as they came up to speed, and when I felt they were falling behind or not paying attention, I talked with them. Really, the secret to success was how much time we spent with them. The lyrics have to be up on screen before people sing them. If that was happening, I would wander over and sit with them for a while to make sure they understood they were the worship leaders. Sometimes, they would hesitate they would follow the words instead of lead. When new volunteers simply couldn’t figure out when to hit next, we moved them into another position on the team. Some people have an innate ability to pick up on this, others do not. It was during this phase that we could tell if they were going to make it or not. Then, they would sit with experienced members and cue slides during rehearsal. With new team members, they would sit and watch an experienced operator for a few weekends before getting hands on.
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The team knew how to make changes, but really I wanted them focused on getting the words up on screen at the right time. My ATD and I did most of the work to get the songs built each week, so for the most part, that was done. We spent way more time teaching the team how to cue slides in time with the music than we did on how to operate ProPresenter. We always posted the songs to Planning Center every weekend and I strongly encouraged the team to listen to the songs and get to know them before showing up for rehearsal.
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So, we carefully chose people that knew music. That is, unless they know the songs cold. The operator has to stay focused 100% of the time. In reality, it’s one of the hardest jobs in the tech booth. I know it looks simple-just press the space bar. Part of the reason for the power of that team was that we carefully selected people to do it.
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So that left me to continue to build that team. Over time, we had to cut budgets and my part-time graphics position was eliminated. The woman I hired was also very good at it and she was very receptive to training volunteers. She left for a new gig a few months after I got there and we switched to ProPresenter. She was running Keynote on two machines (one for confidence and one for main screen) and was quite good at it. When I arrived there, we had a part-time graphics person. Seriously, our process was pretty simple. It wasn’t really that hard I just fired all the bad people. Someone asked how we got the team to that point. It was a rare occasion that they got lost or behind on lyrics and did a great job staying ahead of the song-we’re leading worship, remember, not trailing it. We had a great team and as much as I visited other churches, would put them up against lyric operators anywhere. A few weeks back, I mentioned the ProPresenter operators I had while I was TD at Coast Hills.