Several years ago I compiled this list from the church media ministers at www.churchmedia.net. I think some of these guys were venting some frustration about their pastor, but I think its quite revealing and genuine regardless. I thought it might be a useful resource for pastors.

1. When the sound tech says, “Please leave your mic on and I’ll control it from the back,” and you flipped the switch anyhow – please don’t make it look like its our fault. We did everything we could and don’t appreciate 100 eyeballs looking back at us.
2. The feedback, buzz, hum, or other undesirable sound glitch gets to all our ears at the same time. Just because you hear it doesn’t mean we aren’t trying to fix it. It’s embarrassing to draw attention to it.
3. Planning sermons more than a day in advance is good for you, good for me, good for everybody! Please don’t hand us your notes and ask for a PowerPoint on your way up to the platform. [This actually happened to me once, but not by my Pastor].
4. When there is a problem, and there will be problems, please leave the team alone to fix it if you don’t know about it.  The techies have more motivation to fix the problem than you do because they will be held responsible, at least in the eyes of the people.  PLEASE, anticipate the problems by smoothing it over and not drawing attention to it.
5. DO encourage us in our ministry.  Everyone notices us when there’s a mistake.  It would be nice to hear about the things we do right. Appreciate your techies.  Make sure the volunteer gets public recognition!
6. We’re expecting predictability.  If you do something new…try to make it predictable! Planned spontaneity is the best kind of spontaneity. [I think the idea here is if you're throwing a curve ball at the techies, like switching the order of a drama or video, try to switch it predictably so they can follow you and have things cued up].
7. Consider “low price”, “high quality”, and “speed” a triad.  You can have any two of those in the same project, but you can never have all three.  You can have something that’s fast and good, but it will cost you money.  You can have something that’s cheap and good, but it will cost time.  Or you could have something fast and cheap, but it will lack quality.
8. You get what you pay for.  It is worth the extra monetary investment to get good quality equipment the first time around.
9. When you put a sweater over a lapel mic, expect bad things to happen.
10. Never blow into your microphone to see if it is on.