Content 1 Day Christian Media Summit

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Hey, this is Geoff with the Faith and Family Filmmakers Podcast.

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We're so glad you're here.

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Our guest today is Tim Shields.

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Hi, Tim.

Tim: 00:00:07

Thank you, it's great being here, and hi to all those listening.

Geoff: 00:00:11

Good to see you again, brother.

Tim: 00:00:12

to see you too, man.

Geoff: 00:00:14

Awesome.

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Listen, today we have a special episode.

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This is a bonus episode because we want to talk about a special event coming up.

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the content One Day, Christian Media Summit on February 24th.

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Now, I'll just say to everybody before we get started on that, because I'm not doing a full bio and all of that stuff.

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We did interview Tim in episodes 72 and 73.

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So if you want to hear more about Tim, hear some of his wisdom.

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He really did provide some great, uh, spiritual insights and his history.

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his background in Christian media, all of that in episode 72 and 73.

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I encourage you to go back and listen to that.

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And in fact, in episode 60, we did a bonus episode talking about content 2024, which was the 10th anniversary.

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of course that event is past, but if you want to just get up to date on what content is all about.

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If you need that, go back and listen to Episode 60, but today we're promoting I think you did this last year, is that correct?

Tim: 00:01:15

Yes, we did.

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We did it last year at the Wonders Center near close to Nashville.

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We did a one day conference and, uh, a I love the Wonder Center, the Christian Science Museum there, and so we're doing it again.

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Cool.

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was that the first time?

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I know that in the past, your association has done, meetup groups and different things on a smaller scale, more locally.

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But this was Larger, I think, more on the scale of content, just in a condensed time frame.

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Is that

Tim: 00:01:42

yes, that's correct.

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I think, you know, the only other time we did it was 2015.

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We had a one day conference in the Plano area, Plano, Texas, and that's what we're going to do this year.

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We're doing a one day conference in the Plano area.

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Okay, so let's talk about it.

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What can people expect?

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planning on being there, but let's have you tell us what it's all about.

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Yes, sir.

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Yes, sir.

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Thank you so much.

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big hi and blessing to all those listening.

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What you can expect at Content One Day.

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Well, let me just backtrack a little bit.

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Our content conference started at two days and it's gone one day.

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Three days, four days, five days.

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And now it's at five days where people build community.

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They hone their craft and we empower filmmakers and those in media of all types.

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So we've taken that model, which is rated five stars with a lot of people, and we're blessed and we're honored That those who have attended give us that rating we're taking that model and we're going to kind of condense it into one day.

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So the same thing, we're going to focus on building community, empowering filmmakers and all those in media, screenwriters, authors, podcasters, and everyone in media, and we're taking that same, template.

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And

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we're looking at screenwriting, like I said, acting, distribution, podcasts, strategies, marketing, storytelling with AI.

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some, still have some leadership classes and empowering you.

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But the cool thing is, some of the things they can also expect is we're going to be at Prestonwood Baptist Church.

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Now that's one of the largest churches in America.

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I used to live just a couple minutes from there, like a mile or two.

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And I would, you know, I'd lift weights in their gym and they had a commercial kitchen and I got to know the people there.

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And so what we're going to do at Prestonwood, is we are actually going to tour their media studios, for that one day.

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and we have incredible keynotes, we'll have panels, you know what I'll also love is our focus networking.

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There'll be a three, kind of a three tier focus networking there, where Geoff, what we do we'll ask you to introduce yourself to everyone around you and exchange cards, and then that next segment right after that will be where anybody could stand up and Tell the whole group of hundreds of people, if they need a casting call, they're doing an audition, they're producing a film, they need a director, this will be an open call for anybody in media, what their needs are, and then the third tier is, Open networking where we will release everyone now to start building community because they just heard and met tons of people and now they're going to want to actually go and meet somebody one on one.

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So we have a three tier networking and building community also, so they can expect all kinds of great stuff, Geoff.

Geoff: 00:04:30

Sounds great.

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tell us about some of the panels and breakout sessions.

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Yes, sir.

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the breakouts will be in the morning.

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We start in prayer in the morning, do a few announcements, then we have breakouts from 8.

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30 in the morning to about noon.

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There'll be three different breakout times, and you can expect like screenwriting from Jaclyn Whitt.

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I don't know if you know her or not, Geoff.

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Do you know her?

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Very well.

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So do our listeners.

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Then there's a podcast class by Geoff Witt.

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Geoff, I mean, Geoff, would you know Geoff Witt?

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That's you, brother.

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And so, we got Tracy Mitchell, who's a best selling book author, and she did a boot camp at, Content 2024, which is a five day conference, where she did a class.

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And honestly, this is what happened.

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A long time friend of mine who'd been in filmmaking for like 30 years, and a real critic, I mean, you know, if you're not doing it right, she'll let you know.

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And, she came up to me and said, that class, we gotta get the word out about that class, one of the best classes I've ever been to.

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So Tracy is a real incredible workhorse.

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She's sharp, she has a lot of wisdom for authoring a book.

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And then we got, like, David Heavener.

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David is in distribution.

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David has been, he's produced a lot of his own movies.

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he was in L.

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A.

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for many years as a distributor, and now he, has his own platform distributing his own material.

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And so, David's not only been a filmmaker, director, and worked with screenwriters and actors, he's also an actor, and he distributes, he's got a lot of wisdom on distribution, right?

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Drew, Nicolello, he'll be there.

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He does a lot of work for Rabbi Sobel, one of the spiritual advisors to the Chosen, and Drew's incredible.

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He gives a lot of vision and strategy and how you can right implement things to monetize what you need.

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The wisdom that comes out of that man's mouth is unbelievable.

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And then you've got, like, church media.

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Brian Bailey is the head of church media at, Prestonwood Baptist.

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And, he will be there teaching also how to utilize media for the gospel.

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I love also, there's this, incredible gentleman, Ash Bennish from India, and he will be doing storytelling with AI.

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They have used AI and they're doing some storytelling with AI that's unbelievable.

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So I'm so excited about what we're going to be rolling out.

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My brothers and sisters who are listening right now, if you want to come to One Day, you go to ChristianMediaConference.

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com.

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That's ChristianMediaConference.

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com.

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Right now, we have a half off special.

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That's right, it's only 99.

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That includes lunch in their commercial kitchen.

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It's unbelievable.

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For the whole day, 99.

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And, Geoff, if I could say one more thing, Some people might be coming in to go to the NRB.

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You know, February 24th is our one day conference.

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It's in Plano, Texas, West Plano, Texas, closer to the airport and close to the Gaylord Hotel, about 25 minutes.

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And, the cool thing about, Prestonwood is, that you're going to be able to see their studios.

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you're going to be able to network, you won't have to worry about necessarily missing part of NRB.

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NRB really officially starts Monday night on the 24th.

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So if you look at their schedule, which I did, I like, you know, how do we do a one day conference on Sunday?

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And we're like, no, that's not going to work in the Plano area.

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A lot of people go to church in this area, so it's, it's just not going to work.

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We'd have to start at one or two in the afternoon and go to nine to 10 at night.

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And then we thought, well, maybe we can have the one day at the Gaylord hotel where the NRB is going to be at.

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We looked at the prices there and we would have to sell Our firstborn.

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We didn't want to do that.

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That's just a joke, folks.

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Um,.

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I would never sell him, but it was a lot of

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money

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And we only had the opening on

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Sunday.

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Again, there was no real openings on Monday.

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So we thought, you know, we have a big opening at Prestibwood.

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they've invited us to be there So from eight in the morning to about five o'clock, we're going to be at Prestonwood, maybe networking a little longer, but you know, NRB really doesn't officially start their opening session until seven o'clock at night on Monday.

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So if you're wondering if you're going to miss NRB, we're just 25 minutes from the NRB Gaylord hotel.

Geoff: 00:08:48

Right.

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Sounds good.

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An opportunity.

Tim: 00:08:50

Yes, sir.

Geoff: 00:08:51

Cool, You mentioned lunch is included.

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That's, great and convenient for one day packed event, of course, for people not to have to go out looking for food.

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do you have, anything you can announce with regards to the keynotes?

Tim: 00:09:03

Yeah, I mean, thing is, the majority of the people, 99 percent of the people will be on panels or workshops.

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We are working on a keynote right now that's really the head of Prestonwood, and man, he can talk.

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He will deliver.

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I mean, 15 minutes, if he's talking for 15 minutes, you're in awe.

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Okay, we had him speak at one of our free events.

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April 29th of this year, we had it at Prestonwood, and he spoke, his office is just 100 feet away, right?

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He comes and speaks, and you're in awe.

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he's in media himself, and he is wild, man.

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You better look out.

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This guy is going to deliver.

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He's not your ordinary Baptist, okay?

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This guy is filled with the Holy Spirit, and he's incredible.

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we've invited him.

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We're just waiting on a yes.

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And if we can say yes, then, you know, we we've invited Jeremiah Johnston.

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But he has incredible ministry.

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I love his ministry and just the way he delivers.

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So

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It's not confirmed yet.

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We're inviting him.

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Awesome.

Geoff: 00:10:03

Cool, And, as you've already mentioned, Jaclyn and I will be there.

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We're really looking forward to it.

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not just the workshops, but the fact that we will get a chance to meet people and network ourselves.

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we have found This type of event to be so, so good for networking and connecting and so much can come out of it.

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So much has come out of it in the past, for Jaclyn as a writer, for example, and it can for you as well, regardless of what area of media you're involved in.

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I think this is a great opportunity for you.

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Well thank you, Tim.

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is there anything else that you'd like to share about the event that we haven't covered yet

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if You want to build community, if you're listening right now, driving in your car at home, if you want to build community and build your team, we are a rated five star in doing that.

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And I'm not joking when I say that, because It's in our blood.

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And it's in the format that we do and how we do these things.

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So you will leave in one day with new friends and new people who may serve your vision, and you can serve other people's vision.

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Get ready for some humble people, people you can trust, people that will pray for you and people that will love you and build you up in the faith.

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I promise you, you will leave inspired in a big way.

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Right, Geoff?

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That's right.

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And community in this industry is bigger than anyone could imagine.

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Although I believe our listeners probably are already aware of how important it is, but it changes everything.

Tim: 00:11:23

Well, it does, Jeff, because one could put a thousand, a flight two can put

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10,000, right?

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We can't do this alone if we think we're gonna take the media out alone.

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We're crazy.

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Okay.

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One last thing I wanna say, Jeff, if people are wondering, hey, how can they get into this one day, how they can look at the program?

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Well, right now, you go to Christian media conference.com, Christian media conference.com, and by the way , until the end of the year, 1231.

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It's half off.

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It's only 99 and includes lunch.

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99.

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That's craziness.

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hmm.

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Mm hmm.

Tim: 00:11:53

get in on it before 1231 at midnight, because then the price goes up to 149 and then 199 after that.

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Yep.

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Christianmediaconference.

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com And then in the menu at the top, it says one day, so click on that, you can get all the information and the registration.

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ask any questions they want.

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Geoff, you are a blessing, my friend, and all those that are listening, God bless you.

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Take your medium out, my friend.

Geoff: 00:12:17

Thank you, Tim.

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We look forward to seeing you in February, and God bless you, as you continue with your planning.

Tim: 00:12:23

Thank you very much.

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See you then Geoff.