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title: Episode 037 – Sep 17 2008
description: "This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie soar into the cloud of web-based computing applications and discuss the exciting, affordable possibilities for church office needs. The discussion: Church Office Computing in the Cloud – Martin recently attended the Office 2.0 Conference, and he shares with us his vision of “cloud” or web-based applications for the church office.  You […]"
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# [Episode 037 – Sep 17 2008](https://welstech.wels.org/2008/09/17/episode-037-sep-17-2008)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Sep 17, 2008 5:00:07 AM

This week on WELSTech Martin and Sallie soar into the cloud of web-based computing applications and discuss the exciting, affordable possibilities for church office needs.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-9-17-08.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-9-17-08.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/welstech-podcast-9-17-08.mp3) (23.0MB)

### The discussion:

- Church Office Computing in the Cloud – Martin recently attended the Office 2.0 Conference, and he shares with us his vision of “cloud” or web-based applications for the church office.  You may follow along via Martin’s online “Church Office 2.0” SlideRocket presentation as you listen to the podcast discussion. 
    - Browser – [www.google.com/chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome)
    - Martin’s “In The Cloud” blog post
    - File Server – 
          - Amazon S3 – [aws.amazon.com/s3](http://aws.amazon.com/s3)
          - Jungle Disk – [www.jungledisk.com](http://www.jungledisk.com/)
    - Office Suite – [www.zoho.com](http://www.zoho.com/)
    - Presentations – [www.sliderocket.com](http://www.sliderocket.com/)
    - Mind Mapping – [www.mindmeister.com](http://www.mindmeister.com/)
    - E-mail – [www.gmail.com](http://www.gmail.com/) 

### The tidbits:

- Picks of the week (36:24) 
    - [25 Tools](http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/25Tools/index.html) – from Jane Hart, creator of [Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day](http://janeknight.typepad.com/)
    - Zoho Office Suite – [www.zoho.com](http://www.zoho.com/)
- WELS.net feature (42:27) 
    - Committee on Relief blog – relief.wels.net
- Of interest (44:11) 
    - Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Symposium on Church 
          - September 22-23, 2008
          - [www.wls.wels.net](http://www.wls.wels.net/)
- Community feedback (45:19) 
    - Jason Winget’s congregation uses QuickBooks software for financial management, and he is looking for procedures for conducting a church accounting system audit.  Check out his WELSTech listserve post.

### The featured artist:

- This week we close with the music of In His Service featuring WELS musicians Dr. Patricia Backhaus and Valerie Floeter ([www.adagioconcepts.com](http://www.adagioconcepts.com/)) – *O God, Your Hand the Heaven’s Made* from their In His Time CD (47:10)

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