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Program timetable

Browse the table of seminars below to find out what’s on at this year’s Create Conference, and take a look at the details of the seminars on offer.

In addition to the program below, you can book a 20 minute one-on-one session to have your website, graphic design or presentation critiqued by our presenters. These will run concurrently with the program below. If you wish to attend a critique session, you should also select a session from the electives in the program that are on at that time and attend that elective before and/or after your critique session. Limited spaces are available for critique sessions so register now!

We’d like to think all our seminars and workshops help you with all three of the focal points, namely:

• U - Understanding the times
• C - Creating messages and ideas
• P - Packaging them relevantly

Create Conference 2009 seminars and workshops program

Time	Registrations
9-10am	Plenary session Malcolm Williams & guests
10-11am	Changing times, emerging trends Mark McCrindle U	Is pornography a big deal? Derek Higgo U	Kernel to 'pop' Ross Dungey & Simon McGrath C P	Using your space more effectively - overview Ian Foster & panel P	Death by PowerPoint® Cameron Blair P	Going the next step with church communications Karen Dixon & Tracey Owen U C P Cancelled due to a family bereavement	Arriving on the web with WordPress Wayne Connor C P Do more things with WordPress Wayne Connor C P	I’m not cheap, I’m entrepeneurial Steve Kryger U C P
11-11.20am	Morning tea
11.20-12.20pm	When the New Atheists come to town Lewis Jones U	Taking account of gender as we teach children Kerrie Newmarch C P	Kernel to 'pop' Ross Dungey & Simon McGrath C P	Using your space more effectively - questions and answers Ian Foster & panel P	Death by PowerPoint Cameron Blair P	Dramatic Bible reading Eugene Wong P	What is Social Media and why should I care? Steve Kryger, Ben Crothers & Wayne Connor U
12.20-1.20pm	Media watch Russell Powell U	Game theory Ben Cooper U C	Kernel to 'pop' workshop Ross Dungey & Simon McGrath C P	Effective teams Sharon Williams U C P	Writing workshop Scott Monk P		Internet evangelism David Horne U C P
1.20-2.10pm	Lunch
2.10-3.40pm	When the New Atheists come to town Lewis Jones U	Going for broke - workshop Peter Kaldor U C P	Graphic design - the basics Justin Leon P	Event management Julia Williams U C P	Film and video production Toby Trappel & Jamie Cohen P	Theatrecraft workshop Eugene Wong U C P	10 tips to boost your Google ranking Ben Crothers U C P 10 golden rules for writing for the web Ben Crothers U C P Pulpit to podcast Wayne Connor U C P	Help - I need resources! Nick Walker U C P Don’t make me think! Nathan Swift U C P Online advertising Nick Walker U C P
3.40-4.40pm	Creativity and collaboration Michael Anderson U C	So they want an interview - workshop Russell Powell U C P	Making the most of your voice - technique Dallas Watts P	Sound thinking Ken Dodds P	Writing workshop Scott Monk U C P	Using drama in your public meetings Eugene Wong U C P	Developing an online strategy Luke Williams U C P
4.40-5pm	Afternoon tea
5-6pm	Raising your profile in the local media Russell Powell & Sharon Williams U C P	Dangerous ideas Peter Kaldor U	Kernel to 'pop' workshop Ross Dungey & Simon McGrath C P	Making the most of your voice - emotion Dallas Watts P	Stunts and props Feva team U C P	Understanding copyright law Karen Andersen U C	Wayne’s world Wayne Connor U C P

Topical areas

Understanding the times

Create Conference is about bringing Jesus to the age we live in. We may know the gospel, but we also need to understand the times. We’re delighted to present a range of seminars that help us better understand Australia in the 21st Century. We hope that all our seminars are in some way related to this important task. However, some seminars fit more squarely into this role. We’ve coded seminars and workshops that have a real focus on ‘Understanding the times’ with a U.

Generating good ideas and messages

Christians are made in the image of a creative God. We, and the universe we occupy, were once in the mind’s eye of the ‘Ancient of Days’. Incredibly, God conceived of all creation before it existed. Such is the power and majesty of creativity directed with purposeful love. Yet being in God’s image doesn’t mean we’re all gifted alike. Some of us are better than others at thinking up creative ways to express the great truths of the gospel. But there’s no need to resign ourselves to the status quo. We can work at being better and more able in a whole range of areas. Create Conference helps you to do just this. Seminars and workshops with a special focus on ‘generating good ideas and messages’ are coded with a C.

Packaging them relevantly

We live in a world that expects to hear messages communicated at a certain standard. There’s nothing virtuous in being outdated or ignorant about new technologies or insights into communication. Create Conference wants to help people ‘Promote Jesus’. So, given that Christians worship Jesus, the master communicator, it would be a sad irony if our attempts to communicate were needlessly poor. Create Conference equips Christians to simply do a better job at packaging in a whole range of areas from visual and verbal through to the very spaces we meet in. Seminars and workshops with a special focus on ‘Packaging good ideas and messages’ are coded with a P.

Create is a day conference for churches and other ministries to consider vital communication issues. It's on Saturday 14th November 2009 at the King's School, North Parramatta. Create Conference is run by Outreach Media (part of the FEVA ministry).