Scott Ragsdale on Why TD’s Leave Church [Pay Series Pt.4]

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How can church techs show the wider tech pay landscape to their church leadership?
Scott Ragsdale is a church production legend and is returning to the ChurchGear podcast for the church tech pay series to discuss the current state of live production, an easy method to illustrate low tech salaries and why church techs are leaving the church.
In this episode you'll hear:

• 1:00 Budget pains
• 5:30 Scott Ragsdale comes back to the podcast!
• 7:15 One Crazy Quote and Two Lies from the TD Pay Survey
• 11:45 Open Tech Director Roles at the Crossing
• 14:00 Effects of the Vid on live production
• 20:00 Are churches willing to pay a TD accurately?
• 22:00 Why do church techs leave the church?
• 26:00 Average Church Tech Salaries
• 32:00 How to talk to your leadership about your salary
• 34:15 The Crossings struggle to hire new tech roles
• 43:30 The cost of the road
• 49:00 Freelancing: Away from church and at church
• 53:15 Church Tech Salary Ranges across America
• 56:40 Different Tech Salary Ranges by Role
• 1:00:31 The various hats a church tech wears
• 1:03:45 Tech Takeaway on life’s journey

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