Introducing Stage Time (or How to Reign in Those Announcements)
Tired of the announcements dragging on at church? Need to give the guest speaker a subtle hint that his turn at the mic is over? If you’re looking to manage your stage better, check into Stage Time from the same mind that brought you Countdown Maker!
Stage Time is an app for Macs that let’s you create a “show” consisting of a list of elements that will be happening on stage. Each Element gets a predetermined amount of time which is counted down on an external display (your confidence monitor). The idea is that the person on stage will be able to keep track of how much time he has remaining on stage before the next element takes place. Your show might look like this:
- Announcements - 5:00
- Tithe - 5:00
- Worship - 20:00
- Prayer - 5:00
- Sermon - 30:00
- Closing Prayer - 5:00
Every time an element goes over its allotted amount of time, the clock turns red to let the people on stage know they’ve gone over and by how much time they are over. Once an element wraps up, the show is advanced to the next element with a click of the mouse or using an Apple Remote. The clock then displays a countdown clock for that element, and so on.
Shows can be created and saved for later. There is even a handy notes pane in case you need to insert specific instructions for your friends in the tech booth.
Stage Time also displays a clock at the bottom of the monitor to show the time. It’d be wicked cool if somewhere else on the screen, you had the option to display the total minutes behind or ahead of schedule the entire show is.
For more information about Stage Time or to download a trial, visit http://www.tastefulworks.com.
[Full Disclosure] The guys at Tasteful Works and myself have been working together on a soon to be released iPhone app. This is not a paid review or anything, just trying to help them out with some promo.
