# reveal.js

# Who You Gonna Call?

### Why Your Church Needs an IT Person

## Section Overview

- But Why?
- How much is this gonna cost me?
- Nuts and Bolts
- Wrangling the 1's and 0's

## But Why?

WHY? Oh I will tell you why.

What do I do?

- Troubleshoot technical issues
- Maintain physical infrastructure
- Update software
- Setup Zoom calls
- Fix printers
- Develop websites
- Repair or replace obselete hardware
- And as always... other duties as assigned

But I can do those things!

- Can it scale?
- Is it secure?
- What happens when someone leaves?
- What happens when something breaks?
- How do you backup data?

- For a handfull of people it is possible to do all this on your own.
- Growing your church means you can't ad-hoc everything. At a certain point you are going to need standards and structure to grow effectively.
- Centralizing management of users allows for easier turnover. No more sharing passwords.
- Replacing hardware is not always straight forward. You want the right tool for the job.
- What is the disaster recovery plan? Last time backups were run? Do your backups work?

It's OK to be overwhelmed

## How much will this cost?

$$$

No money no problem.

- You don't alwyas need the cutting edge
- Enterprises love tax write-offs
- Non-profits can get special pricing
- Learn to love Open Source
- Outsourcing is not always cheaper

- Eveyone likes new shiny things, but there is a lot of bang for the buck value if you know where to look.
- Big businesses are constantly turning over hardware in favor of newer models. However, whats being replaced usually is perfectly usable.
- There are orginazations that will give special pricing to non-profits. Use example of TechSoup.
- While the two are not one in the same, Open Source usually means free.
- It may be tempting to outsource it needs to a 3rd party. However, it isnt always cheaper and generally unless otherwise stated, these companies operate 9-5 M-F. Not really the church schedule.

However...

- It benefits you to buy the best you can afford
- One mans trash is not always anothers treasure
- You need to be ok upgrading

- Sure you dont need a $4000 Macbook to wire sermons, but a $150 Chromebook probably isnt the best option either.
- You are a church not an e-waste recycling program.
- It may be tempting to outsource it needs to a 3rd party. However, it isnt always cheaper and generally unless otherwise stated, these companies operate 9-5 M-F. Not really the church schedule.

However...

However...

- It benefits you to buy the best you can afford
- One mans trash is not always anothers treasure
- You need to be ok upgrading
- Sometimes a paid solution is the best
- Paying an expert can save you a lot of headache

## Nuts and Bolts

Lets talk hardware

## Wrangling the 1's and 0's

Software to get things done