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19 Feb 2024

What’s the Deal with Gold vs. Gold+?

By |2024-02-20T11:42:36-08:00February 19th, 2024|Membership, Sidekick, Sidekick Hero Blog|5 Comments

One of the most common questions we get from new DYM members is:

Thankfully, there’s a really simple answer, but first, here’s what’s included in BOTH memberships:

💰 $20 Monthly Store Credit
🏷 35% DYM Store Discount
🎮 Monthly Free Game
🎥 Monthly Free Video
📚 Monthly Free Student Leadership Resource
❓ Monthly Free Mystery Item
📺 Leader Training Library Access

That’s right! Both Gold and Gold+ Members get all of that every single month!

Plus, Gold and Gold+ Members also get access to Sidekick, the new presentation tool that’s built for the youth room!

The only difference between Gold and Gold+ is that Gold+ has additional phone connections, allowing more students to participate in Live Voting. The table below shows how many connections are available for each plan:

Gold

$2473per month (billed annually)
  • 5 Concurrent Phone Connections
  • 1 Active Presentation at a Time
Join Now!

Gold+ 50

$2999per month (billed annually)
  • 50 Concurrent Phone Connections
  • 2 Active Presentations at a Time
Join Now!

Gold+ 100

$4499per month (billed annually)
  • 100 Concurrent Phone Connections
  • 4 Active Presentations at a Time
Join Now!

Gold+ 250

$5999per month (billed annually)
  • 250 Concurrent Phone Connections
  • 6 Active Presentations at a Time
Join Now!

And as always, if you have any questions, or if you need help determining which DYM Membership is right for you, please feel free to reach out to [email protected] any time!

If you’re using Sidekick and you run into any issues, or if you just have a question, please feel free to reach out to our support team at: [email protected]. Or you can check out other helpful articles and walkthroughs at the Sidekick Help Desk by visiting https://help.sidekick.tv.

Finally, if you choose to use the new Sidekick… let us know how you do it and what types of polls you do because we want to highlight you. Our goal is to highlight a youth worker every week with different ways they’ve used Sidekick to help their students engage. If you’re interested in being recognized as a Sidekick Hero, just click the big red button below:

If you’re using Sidekick and you run into any issues, or if you just have a question, please feel free to reach out to our support team at: [email protected]. Or you can check out other helpful articles and walkthroughs at the Sidekick Help Desk by visiting https://help.sidekick.tv.

Finally, if you choose to use the new Sidekick… let us know how you do it and what types of polls you do because we want to highlight you. Our goal is to highlight a youth worker every week with different ways they’ve used Sidekick to help their students engage. If you’re interested in being recognized as a Sidekick Hero, just click the big red button below:

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19 Dec 2022

Why should you become a DYM Gold Member?

By |2022-12-19T13:17:45-08:00December 19th, 2022|Membership|5 Comments

Weekly programs bring a constant pressure to find an amazing game, the perfect video, create professional looking graphics, craft a captivating message, while articulating thought-provoking small group questions… and then you’ve got to get students to actually show up. Argh… we get it!

That’s why we created the DYM Membership: to free you up to spend time with your people… by helping you take care of your programs!

See what other youth pastors are saying about the best deal in Youth Ministry!

Members save big

DYM releases several new resources every week (read about HOW we do this here), and because of this the DYM store is constantly updated with resources related to current events, as well as those that can be used all year round.

Members get DYM store credit to spend EVERY month, as well as deep discounts on everything in our store–which helps your monthly credit stretch even further.

Members are able to save big while downloading resources to fit their changing needs and context all year.

Find out how you can GO GOLD and get everything Gold Member’s receive and get the BEST deal in Youth Ministry! Click here!

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31 May 2019

Four Weeks of Programming Done For You!

By |2019-06-01T00:50:54-07:00May 31st, 2019|Help Me With..., Membership, Teaching, Teaching/Programming, Uncategorized, Youth Ministry Ideas, Youth Ministry Resources|2 Comments

Every season of Youth Ministry includes programs and events, but none is quite as busy (and, often, crazy!) as Summer. The end of a school year leads right into a new routine/rhythm of events, camps, and (hopefully somewhere in there) a week to breathe before Fall planning begins.

Often, weekly programming can falter because of the influx of tasks in your head.

We get it. We’ve been there. And we’re here to help!

On the first of the month, every month, DYM Members receive a digital delivery of new, top-of-the-line programming elements. Gold Members get a new video, game, Sidekick file, Student Leadership resource, and Mystery Item every month. That’s about $25 of free resources every month, not to mention an additional $20 Store Credit they receive every month, and the discount of 35% OFF store prices every day! (Not yet a Gold Member, try it free for 30 days–no credit card required–and you’ll get access to all of these resources, discounts, and $5 Store Credit!)

A handful of new resources can feel a little overwhelming if you’re not sure quite how to plug them into your weekly program. So, this month, we’re helping shoulder some of the heavy lifting with a curated month of suggested programming combining the June 2019 Member Items with some of our favorite resources in the DYM Store.

**Already have your series for this month? No problem! Download the member items now and use this programming plan another time!

Let’s start with the Series:
Blood & Guts by Sabrina Hadro.
(FREE to DYM Members this month as the Member Mystery Item! Log in now to download this free resource.)

Building around this series…

WEEK 1:

Message: Blood and Guts Week 1: Jesus’ Divinity and Humanity // Bottom Line: Jesus was fully God and fully man

Welcome Video: we suggest Service Welcome Video OR grab this WELCOME VIDEO 4-Pack and use a new one each week of the series!

Icebreaker/Mixer: we suggest Extreme Row Makeover Volume 2 (Or check out Volume 1 rated 4.5-stars!)

Game: Hot Hands (FREE to DYM Members this month as the Member Game! Log in now to download this free resource.)

 

WEEK 2:

Message: Blood and Guts Week 2: The Old Testament Sacrificial System // Bottom Line: Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament law

Icebreaker/Mixer: we suggest Find 2 (DYM Members got this video pack for FREE in February 2019. Try DYM Gold Membership FREE!)

Video Illustration: we suggest supporting the bottom line of this week’s message with Magic Illustration: Jesus Took Our Place

Game: we suggest Will It Burn: Summer Edition

 

WEEK 3:

Message: Blood and Guts Week 3: The Hall of Faith // Bottom Line: It takes guts to change the world

Icebreaker/Mixer: we suggest One-Question Interview

Video: We suggest you kick-off your service with the finest bad jokes around: Bad Joke of the Day or Vol 2 or Vol 3

Game: we suggest Blender of Doom (included in the 45 file starter kit that comes with Sidekick!) 

Response Element: we suggest challenging your students to serve their family and community with Wheel of Service

 

WEEK 4:

Message: Blood and Guts Week 4: Perseverance & Hope // Bottom Line: Don’t quit—hope has come and will come again

Sidekick: we suggest adding a little flavor to your announcements with Announcement Roulette (included in the 45-file starter kit that comes with Sidekick!) 

Game: we suggest Nailed It or Failed It: Pool Party Edition (or Cat Edition Vol 1 or Vol 2, or Marriage Proposals… Honestly, you can’t lose with any Edition.)

Creative Programming Element: we suggest Ultimate Escape Room. A tangible lesson in perseverance and not giving up!

Video: we suggest this Countdown Video Ft. Party Llama (Hilarious and FREE in the DYM Store!)

 

Looking for a little more to round out the month of programming?

• Add The Retro Animation Transition Videos each week to create continuity in your program throughout this series. (FREE to DYM Members this month as the Member Video! Log in now to download this free resource.)

• Grab this Countdown Video 3-pack and kick-off each program with energy! (DYM Members got this video pack for FREE in June 2018. Try DYM Gold Membership FREE!)

• Use these summer-themed Instagram images. Giving new meaning to ‘insta-content’.

 

If you’re using this plan in June, add a top-rated Father’s Day to Week 3: Dad Texts Real or Fake, My Dad is Smarter Than Your Dad, Who’s Your Daddy?

Planning ahead? Here are some 4th of July games loved by the DYM Community: Crowd Charades: United States Edition, United States Citizenship Test, ‘Merica Trivia Volume 2, (or Vol 1)

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28 Jan 2019

Sidekick Version 1.0.4

By |2019-02-01T06:38:24-08:00January 28th, 2019|Membership, Sidekick, Teaching/Programming, Youth Ministry Resources|0 Comments

Sidekick just keeps getting better!

The newest update to Sidekick was just pushed live and it includes a TON of things you’re gonna like!

? Drag and Drop reordering is here

You can now reorder and organize any file manually! Change up the order of your Trivia questions, adjust the layout of items in Boxes or the Wheel of Destiny, and order your teams in Leaderboard to make it easier to update the points and announce who’s in the lead!

? Hide Next Winner

We heard you! Seeing the next winner isn’t always what you want. Sometimes you just want the computer to decide and you not know the winner. So now, in all of our ‘picker’ builders (Boxes, PickMe, PhotoFury, Wheel of Destiny) you can now hide the next winner from view.

 

☕️ Improved Performance

  • fixed a bug where popups would appear too low, making scrolling difficult.
  • fixed a bug in Advanced Crop that would sometimes make it unusable.
  • fixed a bug in Trivia where it would appear dark and moody.
  • fixed a plethora of other bugs!

Updating Sidekick is easy!

Find more details about the fixes and features AND upgrade to the newest version* by clicking the Gift icon in the top right-hand menu. 

Screen Shot 2018-12-28 at 4.13.10 PM 

When you’re ready, click Update and Restart. The update will happen automatically and you’ll be ready to go in no time! *Be sure you’re connected to the internet before you begin the update! 

We hope you enjoy Sidekick as much as we do! As always, if you have any questions, reach out to other users in the DYM Facebook Community OR email us anytime at [email protected].

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30 Dec 2018

Sidekick Version 1.0.3 is here!

By |2018-12-30T11:34:20-08:00December 30th, 2018|Membership, Sidekick, Teaching/Programming, Youth Ministry Resources|1 Comment

GREAT NEWS!

We just released a Sidekick update: bug fixes, improved performance, and an ‘Add Bulk Image’ feature in PhotoFury and Pixelate.

NEW! Now, instead of adding images one-by-one, you can select a group of images to add to your Pixelate or PhotoFury files!

To do this:

1) Click [+Bulk] on the Edit Tab. 

Screen Shot 2018-12-28 at 4.16.22 PM

 

2) Drag and drop the images you’d like to add to your file and click Add. 

Screen Shot 2018-12-28 at 4.15.12 PM 

It’s that easy! Just a few clicks and you have a full set of images ready to go… imagine the possibilities: add photos of your students and leaders as they walk into the room. Forgot to shop for prizes? No problem! Load photos of whatever you have laying around and make it look that this was the plan all along!

Find more details about the fixes and features AND upgrade to the newest version* by clicking the Gift icon in the top righthand menu. 

Screen Shot 2018-12-28 at 4.13.10 PM 

Screen Shot 2018-12-28 at 4.13.25 PM

 

When you’re ready, click Update and Restart. The update will happen automatically and you’ll be ready to go in no time! *Be sure you’re connected to the internet before you begin the update! 

We hope you enjoy Sidekick as much as we do! As always, if you have any questions, reach out to other users in the DYM Facebook Community OR email us anytime at [email protected].

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17 Apr 2018

The Details: GOLD MEMBER DAY 2018

By |2018-04-19T10:33:41-07:00April 17th, 2018|Membership, Uncategorized|2 Comments

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times: WE LOVE GOLD MEMBERS!

To illustrate just how much we love you, we’re dedicating an entire day to you! A day of freebies, exclusive content, and amazing discounts… JUST FOR GOLD MEMBERS.

 



 
Here’s what’s in store for Gold Members on Thursday, April 19th:

    1. ALL 2018 Member Perks (Jan, Feb, March). This means everything downloadable a Gold Member has received this year is available in 1-click. This is for those who may have forgotten to download or for those who have just become a member (a $75 value).
    2. First Access to the ridiculously low price of $99 to register for the National Youth Workers Convention (NYWC) in St. Louis Nov. 15-18. Normally, NYWC costs over $300 and YS is doing a 1-day sale of $99 for the first 1000 who register. Gold Members get access to this deal a week ahead of time. WOW! (Save $250.00)
    3. Brand new Graduation Pack! 11 resources for only $9 ($49 retail)
    4. Six youth ministry-themed desktop backgrounds. That default background is old and out-dated…switch it out for one and be reminded just how much DYM loves you as you stare at your technological devices.
    5. Doug’s favorite resource: A reproducible (make as many copies as you want) workbook on Spiritual Gifts written by Youth Ministry Legend/Author Jim Burns called, Congratulations! You’re Gifted!
    6. A 15% OFF XP3 Code: Because of our partnership with Orange, Gold Members will get 15% of their lowest price. The best youth ministry curriculum offered at their lowest price yet.
    7. A live Q & A with Doug and Josh. On May 1, we’re going to have an hour of fun with Doug & Josh and Gold Members Only.
    8. A free “Just Press Play” video curriculum that’s perfect for volunteers to use or small group leaders or you when you’re in a pinch and need a quick win. Just press play—Doug will teach for 8 minutes of so…you lead the discussion. (Small group questions included!)
    9. Josh’s Favorite resource: Superhero Devotional. If you like superheroes and devotionals—this is the resource for you! Oh yeah, it’s reproducible too—make as many copies as you want. You’re welcome!

AND…

  1. FIFTY PERCENT OFF store prices! (DYM Members already get 35% off our store prices every day…but we thought we’d let you save even more on Gold Member Day!
  2. Our friends at YouthWorks heard about Gold Member Day and wanted to jump in on the generosity! They’re offering a code for $199 student registration for their summer mission trips!
  3. Last minute we added a deeper 1-day discount to DYMUniversity, too! Gold Members always save $50 on the DYMU YM101-401 Site License ($199 instead of $249). BUT we’ve made it more afforadable than ever to train your team: $75 off today ($174!) and only $99/year to renew. This code only lasts through tomorrow, so get on it!

So, mark your calendars, synchronize your watches, set five or six alarms and keep an eye out for your GOLD MEMBER DAY email coming Thursday morning April 19. Get ready to download like you’ve never downloaded before!

UPDATE: TODAY’S THE DAY! Login to your DYM Account and get to downloading!

P.S. If you’re not a Gold Member yet… this is the best time to join! Sign-up today and get in on the action!

 

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