RX20

Explore our exclusive selection of videos from the RX Conference, showcasing the latest insights and innovations in Rock RMS. Delve into these captivating sessions to discover new strategies and ideas that will elevate your Rock RMS experience.

The State of Rock

Jon Edmiston, Emily Forman, Nick Airdo

Hear from senior leadership at Spark Development Network who will present the annual State of Rock update.

Dave Durham Keynote

Dave Durham

Dave Durham, Disney Imagineer and self-proclaimed database lover; shares his insight on leadership, creativity and productivity.

Groups Community Panel

Charlotte Dean, Rob Howell, Brian Kalwat

Community discussion on groups

Connections & Engagement Community Panel

Frank Grand, Thomas Stephens, Morgan Woods

Community discussion on Connections & Engagement.

Interview with Nick Airdo

Emily Forman, Nick Airdo

Rock.Mobile

Jon Edmiston

Spark core team discusses the new Rock Mobile App and debuts its features and functionality

We All Have An A-Game: True Wiring For Churches

Greg Wiens

Learn how to equip your team to use the TrueWiring© suite included in Rock to make impactful and helpful decisions.

Events Community Panel

Tim Lemons, Jennifer Troeger

Leadership Community Panel

Emily Forman, Michael Mullikin, Chris Nelson

Surviving Explosive Growth Without Imploding

Chuck Bump, Mark Lee

In the last few years Southeast Christian has seen significant growth in attendance, number of campuses, and use of technology in ministry. What hasn't grown, however, is the size of the team that handles the technology behind it all. This talk will discuss the challenges that come with growth and share strategies to stay effective and sane.

Harness the Power of Business Intelligence and Analytics

Stuart Burt, Janet Turner

You have worked hard to get all of your data in Rock, but now its time to take it to the next level. We have developed data visualizations for event registrations, financial analytics, weekend metrics, and so much more! Come see how easy it is to get started!

Group Connect: Get your People in Small Groups with Rock

Stuart Burt, Jeremy Henderson

Getting people plugged into a small group is so important for continued spiritual growth. During this session, we will share what we have learned and how we used Rock to help manage the entire process of our "Group Connect" weekends.

Basics of Group Management

Blenda Cox

This session is to provide a hands-on demonstration for participants to create a Group and add people. We will look at the setup options based on the group type and purpose.

Prayer Request Engagement

Charlotte Dean

Prayer can be a daunting thing for any ministry. See how BridgePoint Church has maximized the prayer portal to make an automated email with a personal touch to make a bigger impact in their attendees' lives and day to day life.

Ready. Aim. Fire.

Emily Forman

What methodology does Spark use to develope elegant, extensible solutions for complex ministry challenges? This session will illustrate the planning process that is a critical component of all things Rock from development to documentation, and what churches can to do implement a similar strategy.

Keys to Getting Quick Help with Rock RMS

Daniel Hazelbaker

Learn some tips on how to phrase your requests for help in a way that gets you the answers you need as quickly as possible.

Rock: Room Management to Project Management

Eddie Holeman

Fellowship Greenville uses the Rock Room Management system to request rooms as well as resources such as videos, event registrations, and AV tech support. We built a system which uses workflows to create projects and sub-projects for each event allowing both the event organizer and the resource service provider to have an effective place to get the job done.

New Family Registration Process

Rob Howell

This session will be a breakdown of our New Family Registration Process, the way we enter new families into Rock for Check-in using iPads and NO PAPER!

Prayer: Allowing the System to Support Your People Taking Next Steps

Jason Jones

Have you ever wished for a better way to follow-up with the person behind the prayer request? This new core feature in ROCK can help connect prayer teams with prayer requester, giving your church the ability to connect directly with the guest who has requested prayer.

MinePass: for a Faster, Smoother, Guest-Friendly Event Check-in

Jason Jones

Are you struggling with long lines during check-in? Do you dread clipboard, keyboard and post-event process for events? With the power of MinePass, you’ll be armed with a user-friendly mobile plug-in that will reduce the lines and cut down on the wait time so we can provide our guests with an excellent first impression before the event even starts! (Oh, and you can finally ditch the clipboard or keyboard for good.)

Beyond 1s & 0s: Taking Your Church Digital

Chris Nelson

Create a Digital Purchase Requisition Tool

Tim Lemons

Create a system in Rock, using plugins, to digitally capture Purchase Requisitions (PRs). You'll learn how to create a workflow that allows a user to submit receipts digitally, get approval from staff members (if needed for the purchase) and then send to accounting.

Demystifying Rock Security

Jim Michael

Rock’s security model is super-powerful, but can seem daunting at first. This session aims to pop open the hood and show that Rock security doesn’t have to be scary, and in fact it’s pretty easy once you understand what’s going on. While not a step-by-step tutorial in setting up Rock security, attendees will learn the basics as well as some advanced tips and best practices for getting the most out of Rock security.

Manage Your Podcasts in Rock

Jim Michael

Many churches already use Rock to host their service audio/video on the website via a Content Channel, but did you know Rock can ALSO turn that content into a Podcast feed that can be published to iTunes, Google Play, and just about anywhere you want your podcast to be available? This session will show you how powerful Rock’s RSS feeds can be, and how to publish a podcast from the content you’ve already entered into Rock.

Turn-key Hosting with AWS

Ben Murphy, Michael Wolski

Want to blast off like a Rocket? See how to get a production or development environment build of RockRMS up and running from the time you click “Download” to entering your credentials on a completed build in under 30 minutes! No more pushing that boulder up the mountain when it comes to hosting! Join us to see a live demo turn-key hosting build from start to finish.

Making A Simple Watch Page with RockRMS

Micah Odor

How are you streaming your services during the pandemic? While there is some real value in third-party church streaming sites, you might be surprised by how much you can do using simple tools in Rock, and how much value you might have from keeping everything on one platform. We'll look at content channels, agent-style chat interfaces, and some interesting workflows to help you invite people by email and SMS.

Using Rock at the Ministry Level: What I wish I would Have Known Before Launch

Jenna Phillips

At a ministry level, you might be excited to start using Rock and ready to jump in head-first. Is the rest of your team ready to take the plunge with you? Learn about the mistakes I made and how to have realistic expectations for your ministry

Online Campus

Tommy Prater

Rocking It When Database Admin Isn’t Even In Your Job Description

Josiah Rocke

Many small to mid-size churches do not have full-time staff to work on Rock, but don’t let that stop you from going to Rock! A successful implementation will require building out one or two features at a time, working with pastors, staff, and ministry leaders to be more effective in ministry. We will look at how CBC has implemented various features over the first two years on Rock

Taking Group Coaching to the Next Level

Thomas Stephens

Taking what Rock gives us out of the box for group coaching and adding features to make it even better.

Leading Through Rock Process Changes

Mike Sherman

Transitioning to using Rock presents a number of challenges. One challenge we can forget or that can be hidden by the others is managing our team or teams through the ministry process changes that Rock will bring. We know that eventually, things will be better - they don't know that - and they have to live through the experience. Leading (up, down and across) through that change is key to maximizing Rock in your organization.

A Winning Strategy for Navigating Change: Namely your Database

Tina Stephens

Change of any kind can be difficult for teams as it introduces new variables that mean a loss of control, a new level of learning, and a disruption of already formed work patterns. This session will be discussing how Scottsdale Bible led its ministry teams to a Rock launch that didn’t go quite as planned and how we followed with a winning strategy to create change champions.

Data Integrity

Julie TenEyck

Your ministry teams probably rely on person data more than ever to stay connected with people in our evolving online world. Let Rock help you work smarter, not harder, to keep all that data accurate.

Rock and Project Management - A strong foundation for all your projects.

Debbie Thurston

Using Rock and the plugin Project Management, Debbie will demonstrate how the tools and a few project tips and tricks can help keep projects of all sizes organized, tracked and tasks moving forward.

Lava For The Layperson

Jennifer Troeger

If you are coming from a non-IT background, or are even slightly intimidated by code, this 100-level session is intended to build confidence in using lava within your internal Rock instance and external web pages. Geared toward someone new to Rock or otherwise just getting started with lava, Jennifer will share some of the things she's learned along the way, from one layperson to another.

Using Rock to Consolidate Your Church Systems

Danielle Vos

Our church leveraged Rock to combine multiple systems into one; come see how we did it and how it made our staff's lives easier.

Using Rock to Centralize Processes and Information

Morgan Woods

Creating a portal for HR teams; for on-boarding, off-boarding and staff management.

Workflow Looping

Mark Wampler

If you have a comma separated array of people, groups or any entity and want to update each person or send each person an email a workflow can do that and dynamically. In this session we will walk through how to set up a workflow that loops over an array of entities and updates each entity as needed.

Web Content Relationships with Topical Tags: How to Help Your People Find What They’re Looking For

Brian Kalwat

In this session, we’ll explore how to utilize Rock’s built-in tagging system to create relationships between your content so that your church can better connect people to the things that are most relevant to them.

The Future of Digital Engagement

Josh Imel, Max Lyons

What will your church website & app look like in 10 years? One of the biggest barriers to people getting engaged is that our websites & apps treat everyone the same, regardless of where they're at on their journey... But what if you could meet every person uniquely where they're at? Discover how to can create a personalized experience for each individual in your church, which will ultimately increase engagement and grow your church.

Use A Group For That: A Beginner's Guide

Micah Odor

What are your groups doing during the pandemic? Rock's "almost-everything-is-a-group" approach is powerful, and with a little creativity can be used to do some interesting "group-like" things even if people aren't meeting in homes right now. This session will discuss custom group types, interesting ways to tweak the group finder, and ways to set up attendance, coaching, and administration of custom groups.

Vendor Session: Simple Donation

Taylor Brooks

Find out why many churches are using Simple Donation as their Rock financial gateway for online giving and event registration.

Vendor Session: Sparkability Group

Emily Forman

Sparkability Group is the consulting arm of Spark Development Network, the creators of Rock RMS. Our mission is to provide a VIP experience while solving your Rock needs. Our wide range of skills include C# programming, web development, SQL scripting, configuration expertise and insightful training. Our technology focus is on simple, elegant solutions to power your ministry.

Vendor Session: Checkr

Runae Lee

Checkr helps organizations administer their volunteer trust and safety programs with fast, accurate background checks. Checkr's platform is built by background check experts, but at our core, we are a technology company using tech to make volunteer staffing simpler and safer. We work every day to create a better future for people and their workplaces by building tools and solutions to help churches and organizations meet their volunteer and staffing needs. Our goal is to ensure all qualified candidates have a fair chance to work and volunteer. And, we support and coach churches and organizations in building screening practices to further strengthen their communities.

Vendor Session: Intulse

Keith Goodling

Where ministry & technology intersect, that where our heart is – and its where we do our best work.

Vendor Session: BEMA

Ben Chapman

The possibilities of how Rock can positively impact your church are endless, but deciding on an organized course of action is tough. Whether you’re looking to migrate to Rock or already live, there are so many questions that need to be answered. How should I setup my Groups? What attributes should I use? Badges? What about security? Why should I use connections?As we dive into these questions, we’ll be looking at practical answers and examples that can ignite discussion for you and your staff. Also, as we worked on this video, we came across some common “fails” that everyone will find relatable and were too fun not to include.

Vendor Session: Density

James Johnston

Density is the new occupancy analytics platform. Using proprietary sensors and software, the platform accurately measures foot traffic throughout buildings. Places of worship use Density’s real-time people count data to accurately and anonymously measure attendance at every service, program, class or event. Unlike alternatives—which are either invasive or imprecise—Density is both anonymous by design and the industry’s most accurate system.

Vendor Session: Clearstream

Michael Lepinay

Clearstream is a text message communication platform built specifically for churches. This plugin adds Clearstream as an SMS transport in Rock, enabling you to send & receive text messages in Rock using your Clearstream phone numbers. You can also utilize Clearstream's platform features such as first-time guest workflows, powerful metrics, native mobile apps, and more. Learn more at Clearstream.io