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title: 378 – It’s Conference Time!
description: "Enjoy the Texas warmth on this week’s WELSTech, and learn all about the goodness in store at this summer’s WELSTech Conference. Parenting in the digital age resources, Outlook comes to smartphones and Logos 6 giveaways round out this very full episode. The interview and discussion: Tech in Ministry Smorgasbord – Martin and Sallie walk through […]"
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# [378 – It’s Conference Time!](https://welstech.wels.org/2015/02/03/378-conference-time)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Feb 3, 2015 5:25:44 PM

Enjoy the Texas warmth on this week’s WELSTech, and learn all about the goodness in store at this summer’s WELSTech Conference. Parenting in the digital age resources, Outlook comes to smartphones and Logos 6 giveaways round out this very full episode.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_378.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_378.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_378.mp3) (Duration: 1:07:38 — 61.9MB)

### The interview and discussion:

Tech in Ministry Smorgasbord – Martin and Sallie walk through the variety of topics and speakers who will be part of this summer’s WELSTech Conference 2015, happening July 9-11 at Country Springs Hotel and Conference Center in Waukesha, WI. David Tess, Director of Digital Education at [Wisconsin Lutheran College](http://wlc.edu/) shares details about the keynote presentation he’s preparing for the conference.

- [Register online](https://sites.google.com/a/gapps.wels.net/welstechconf/registration)
- Breakout session master schedule
- Conference tracks
- Pre-conference workshops
- [Hotel information](https://sites.google.com/a/gapps.wels.net/welstechconf/registration/hotel-information)

### Ministry resources:

[Parenting in the Digital Age](https://sites.google.com/a/gapps.wels.net/sallie-s-technology-training-resources/topics/parenting-in-the-digital-age)

### News in tech:

[Microsoft Releases Outlook](https://www.thurrott.com/office/923/microsoft-releases-outlook-android-ios) for Android ([Preview](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook)) and [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/app/id951937596)

### Picks of the week:

- [Google Keep](https://keep.google.com/)
- [Pinboard](http://pinboard.in)

### Need to know:

Listen to WELS Radio on the Streams media network

### WELS insider:

[WELS Interactive Faith online Bible study](http://new.livestream.com/interactivefaith) continues the study of Judges for the next two Wednesday’s at 6:00 and 8:00 pm CST.

### Community feedback:

- Visit the WELSTech Wiki for resources on [Electronic Giving](http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/office/electronic-giving)
- Logos 6 – [Free Core Engine](https://www.logos.com/product/46767/logos-6-core-engine) | [Ways to Move to Logos 6](https://www.logos.com/ways-to-move-to-logos-6)
- Hangouts vs Skype
- Vimeo + Amara captioning
- [Top 10 Copyright Free Image Sources for Bloggers](http://kirstygirl7.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/top-10-copyright-free-image-sources-for.html#more)
- Free e-books – From Pews to Podcasts | Blueprint to Social Media for Churches

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 378 – Join us for WELSTech on a special date and time – Monday, February 9 at 11:00 am CST – as Martin and Sallie look at ways to improve productivity by reducing our to-do list. (02/09/15 at 11:00 am)

### Featured videos:

This week we’ve add two new videos to the WELSTech Product Review playlist on YouTube – [A quick look at Outlook for iOS and Android](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cBfywn_CnU) and [Get Office for Android Tablet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8rOSiDvHVM)

 

 

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