Chris Brogan shared this article that described how Facebook is increasingly becoming a search engine: “In contrast, on the day that the sale began, almost 26% of all traffic that came to Apple came through social networks, compared with about 16% the day before. In particular, traffic from Facebook increased five times, to the point …
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“We need more citizens who feel agency — that they can actually influence the future of their communities. Otherwise, there is complacency and resignation. Give a Minute encourages agency. Go ahead. Share your ideas. Change your city.”–from a recent NY Times post. Check out Give a Minute’s home page, which includes not only idea generation …
“How many people are involved in your ministry?” Have you ever seen someone stammer through this answer and give four or five different numbers? Here’s the messy answer that I often gave: “Well we have ______ that come to our weekly meeting, _______involved in bible studies, ______etc,” It’s crucial to quantify your ministry so that …
I’m all about what leaders should not do to make them more effective but often times when I want to grow I’m hungry to know what TO DO! Here’s the traditional/baseline/average path of grow I have seen many leaders take: Their growth happens PRIMARILY during significant leadership experiences, which for all of us are few …
“Netflix as a DVD mailer was a vitamin. But Netflix as a late-fee vanquisher was an aspirin. It eliminated a pain.”–from a recent Fast Company article by Dan and Chip Heath, authors of Switch and Made to Stick. I struggled through this article because I like vitamins more than aspirin. I love preparing for the …
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I made this short screen-cast as part of a larger body of resources dedicated to helping a ministry leader anywhere in the world integrate new media into their ministry from the beginning. The philosophy comes from Chris Brogan, who outlined this on a previous blog post. Hope it’s helpful!
Hustle. Not killing themselves by working long hours or never taking a break or frantically sharing vision. But demonstrating their passion, vision, and convictions through intentional actions that cause those whom they lead to want to take on some new challenge. I know I’m around a solid leader when I start dreaming of executing big …
I’ve shared a Brian Solis interview before with Charlene Li on Open Leadership but this one proves extremely interesting. Brian interviews Mark Burnett from Survivor and talks story-telling, behind the scenes of Survivor, and how social media will influence and affect mainstream TV. Some key quotes: “Electronic, omnipresent, water-cooler moment.” “These moments become social objects …
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“What we discovered with this process change is that when tasks were not done in one day it was an indication of an impediment that no-one had thought to mention, or even acknowledged as an impediment.” –from the post “Unearthing Impediments by Doing Less” by Tobias Mayer Found a gem of a post via Twitter. …
Have you ever gotten into an opinion battle? My guess is that if you were “lower” than the other person you lost the battle. “I suspect that the reason for the reluctance to engage in experiments is that no one (for example Michael from Whole Foods) wants to take any risks. Everyone just wants to …
