A Buzzkill Seminar provides deep opportunities for Event & Studio Production personnel to learn, certify their skill-sets, share ideas, ask questions, network with each other, and encourage each other. Pastors, Leaders, and Artists (musicians, performers, etc.) are also invited to participate: We advocate inter-department learning, collaboration, and fellowship.
Training Sessions on specific topics. For example, a particular training session might be designed as specific preparation for a given Certification.
Certification Exams, by which production personnel can verify that they indeed have the skill-sets that are needed to be successful in various ESP roles.
Master Classes, where seasoned production personnel share the good, the bad, and the ugly of what has worked well (or not) for them personally.
In-Person Forum Sessions, facilitated by a Moderator, where participants can:
Discuss with each other various methods & ideas.
"Show & Tell" how ESP is going in their local ministries.
Ask for advice.
Production Simulations. These are full-scale "productions" where attendees can participate in their respective Roles, with Coaching by our Technical Development Team.
Carried out in partnership with our Sponsors, and often in partnership with Musicians or other performing artists.
Qualifier: Any "participation" shall be commensurate with the person's proven level of knowledge, skills, and experience.
Production Observations, where attendees can "see up close" and ask questions of "working" production personnel in a real-life production (not a "simulation"). (...being mindful to not distract them, of course!)
Carried out in partnership with our Sponsors.
Fellowship: Intentionally-scheduled, mostly unstructured, "free time" to network, make new friends, catch up with old friends, and link mutual friends. ...and possibly indulge in 4-player video games (Mario Kart, etc.) on a massive video screen, with a massive sound system, with house accent lighting triggered by sounds... Cheering is encouraged.
Registration is required in order to attend our Seminars.
2024 April [exact dates TBD]
Phoenix, AZ
Schedule: Click here to view spreadsheet. [Link coming soon.]
Host Sponsor: [TBD]
Additional Sponsors:
CrossWalk Church (WELS), Phoenix, AZ.
-------- Church, Phoenix, AZ.
-------- Church, Peoria, AZ.
[More sponsors to come.]
Fee: [TBD]
Register here: [link coming soon]
Registration Deadline: [TBD]
2024 July [exact dates TBD]
Appleton, WI
Schedule: Click here to view spreadsheet. [Link coming soon.]
Host Sponsor: -------- Church (WELS), Appleton, WI.
Additional Sponsors:
-------- Lutheran Church (WELS), De Pere, WI.
-------- Lutheran Church (WELS), Milwaukee, WI.
[More sponsors to come.]
Fee: [TBD]
Register here: [Link coming soon.]
Registration Deadline: [TBD]