“Something held as an established tradition.”–Definition of Dogma Established traditions work well only when the context from which those traditions emerged stays relatively equal. Unfortunately many of the traditions that made ministries successful are now becoming increasing less effective and archaic. Yet the traditions continue. Jared Spool spoke at SXSWI on the topic of design …
The longer a ministry leader stays in a leadership role the more future-oriented decisions OTHERS should be making. There are core decisions that a ministry leader can and should make every year, especially related to ones where a majority of resources are being released. If a ministry has not grown significantly in the past 2-3 …
How Many Future-Oriented Decisions Are Made Without You? Read More »
Marissa Mayer (VP of Google) presented a seminar today at SXSWI on Google’s location based technology, specifically in mobile devices. Check out these statistics: and this one… Here’s my favorite stat: 2 years. Everyday. I would love to see more innovation that results in EXPONENTIAL increases of time and productivity!
Vince Marotte is the Online Pastor for Gateway Church in Austin, and writes a great blog on new media, leadership, creativity, and ministry. He shared this short video from Seth Godin on leadership that I wanted to pass on: Some of my favorite quotes: Managers figure out what they want done, and get other people …
Leadership is Not Practical, and It’s Not Everyday Read More »
Almost every ministry has a vision or goal statement. The ones that help me the most not only captivate and inspire but also make it easy to understand what I can do to see it realized. If you are struggling to refine your vision statement here are 5 tests that will certainly help. These are …
“Stop Sketching, Start Building”–Dennis Crowley, Foursquare Founder from a recent Techcrunch post There are some great pieces of wisdom related to getting an idea implemented. Moving out of the kitchen and into an office: Dennis noted that once he started taking his idea more seriously and working at an office on it instead of his …
Helpful Advice To Move From Idea to Action From Foursquare’s Founder Read More »
How many people on Facebook and Twitter would have to see an invitation to participate in a cause-driven campaign in order to get just 10 people to take action? I highly recommend Tom Webster’s blog for data-driven insights on social media. Recently he attempted to get his friends and followers online to help out a …
Getting People to Take Action Online is Not Easy Read More »
“They only have 1 full-time equivalent staff member (that includes all staff, not just ministry staff) for every 150 people in attendance. Only about 35% of their budget is spent on staff expenses.”–from a post by Tony Morgan on how to expand the number of volunteers in your church or ministry. Those seeking to start …
Everyone is on Facebook, but most people do not like pages with religious/spiritual content. This is a slide from Dan Zarrella’s Science of Facebook Marketing presentation. His presentation was based on data collected from Facebook users. It’s interesting to me that Religious Organizations and Pets are significantly more disliked than most other pages. This slide …
College ministry bible studies are infamous for being either socially hot or cold; one group hangs out together outside of the group, welcomes new people, and grows closer as another leaves as soon as it’s over, makes new people feel awkward, and never return the following year. For three years I attempted to solve this …
Socially “Hot” and “Cold” Group Dynamics in College Ministry Read More »
