Anthony Coppedge

Current

Director of Communications at Fellowship Technologies
Owner at Anthony Coppedge Consulting

Past

Principal Technology Evangelist at House of Worship Marketing Services
Sales Manager, Dallas at AVI
VP of Sales, Texas at Creative Presentations

Director of Media & Communications at First Baptist Bossier City

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Anthony Coppedge’s Summary

Working on church staffs, selling technology to churches and then consulting with churches has provided Anthony with the perfect mix of experiences to readily identify with the culture, needs and core values of today's local church. His current role as Director of Communication at Fellowship Technologies brings all of this experience into sharp focus.

As a renowned speaker and trainer at conferences such as Worship Facilities Expo, National Religious Broadcasters convention, Infocomm, National Association of Broadcasters convention, Worship Expo in Florida and MinistryTECH. Anthony has developed a respected reputation as one of the leading voices in the church marketplace.

Author of the E-book "The Reason Your Church Must Twitter", and contributing author for nearly a dozen magazines. He is also published electronically via many e-zines and blogs, including two of his own, and frequently posts to several online forums to share his passion and knowledge

Anthony Coppedge’s Experience

Director of Communications

Fellowship Technologies

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

Leading the internal and external communication, sharing thought leadership and sharing in the culture of serving churches, I'm excited to be a part of a company that's helping churches by leveraging web-based church management software. It's all about people!
Owner

Anthony Coppedge Consulting

(Religious Institutions industry)

June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)

With the explosion of media technologies in today's modern churches, there's a huge need to help discern what's useful, what's working and what's a waste of time and money.

Anthony helps churches make reasonable, clear-upgrade-path minded decisions that will affect the growth and effectiveness of your ministries through the use of technology & communications. By focusing his efforts on understanding each church, he provides practical and relevant guidance, team building, volunteer training and technology implementation.
Principal Technology Evangelist

House of Worship Marketing Services

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

May 2003 — July 2009 (6 years 3 months)

Anthony and his team provide insights into the facts and trends that help poise manufacturers for better sales into this oft-misunderstood vertical market.

H.O.W. counts major manufacturers across the technical landscape as clients that are now reaching further into the church market.

By leading a team of uber-talented designers, writers and creative gurus, Anthony has brought the church market to manufacturers, distributors and integrators.
Sales Manager, Dallas

AVI

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

September 2001 — June 2003 (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for outside sales staff and coordination with business development to follow up with existing clients and assign sales leads. Worked with design engineers to coordinate sales contracts with project installation parameters.

In addition to managing other salespeople, was also responsible for own sales with clients such as Cisco Systems, American Airlines, Mary Kay, PeopleSoft and various architecture firms for design/build projects.
VP of Sales, Texas

Creative Presentations

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

July 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 3 months)

Responsible for Dallas and Houston sales offices, project designers, project managers and local marketing efforts. Recruited, hired and developed sales and engineering staff for both offices.

Redesigned company's design/build process and initiated new sales to project management system for regionalizing design/build project installations. Included training of sales staff company-wide, defining vertical market niches and working with marketing on rebranding and vertical market focus.
Director of Media & Communications

First Baptist Bossier City

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

August 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 1 month)

In charge of all print, web, graphics, video, audio and lighting. Managed staff of four and was on the church management staff as the voice for all production aspects in every ministry area.

Developed new branding campaign (from First Baptist to First Bossier), worked with local ad agencies, newspapers and television affiliates for marketing and broadcasting efforts of the church. Worked with local theatres for on-screen advertising in target demographic specific marketing campaign.

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Anthony Coppedge’s Interests:

church, technology, communications, social media, online technologies, marketing, volunteer development, creative team planning, networking

Anthony Coppedge’s Groups:

ICIA Instructor, NRB Committee Member, WFX Advisory member, Church Production Magazine technical advisor, Worship Facilities Magazine technical advisor, Gathering of the Gurus, MinistryCOM, MinistryTECH