“But now nobody knows what others do, even within the same organization”–source Making productive changes in a large organization requires skill, focus, and discipline. I discovered Productivity’s Sworn Enemy via Twitter, which made some great suggestions. “We are 100 years past the simple economy in which most people knew what others did at work…Everybody …
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“For starters, serving your audience in a way that they respect and respond to is the core mission of every organization.” —Brian Reich, Shift and Reset I asked a friend to recommend a book that would help me lead change in a non-profit and was focused on social media. Shift and Reset proved to be …
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“‘Light’ a short film directed by David Parker, initially began as a project intended to bring awareness to energy waste. Bleeding, crying lights were meant to metaphorically parallel the way in which we invisibly squander our natural resources without much thought. While the original sentiment remains, the film also grew into a poetic statement about …
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I realized that if I’m going to increase my effectiveness as a leader then my productivity must increase by an exponential factor. The first step in stewarding my time more effectively was integrating a task management program into my weekly routine. “Things” for Mac has been a great solution for me and has insured that …
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The potential to influence and interact with people using social media is unlimited, yet the focus of many ministry’s online efforts is on presence and impressions. Presence: “Having a website,” or for many it’s “having an iPhone app.” Simply being online is no longer valuable when there are millions (billions) of web pages, Twitter, Google+ …
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“5% of U.S. adults now scan 2D bar codes – including QR codes – with their smartphones, up from 1% in 2010.”–source I’m one of those people that think QR codes are cool and am willing to download an app that scans and reads them (although the “photo” search feature on the standard Google app …
“I theme my days” —Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square The entire four minute interview reveals great thoughts on time management, productivity, and focus. I only have two theme days, Monday and Friday, and realized how helpful it would be to give each day a theme. Here are Dorsey’s theme days: Monday: Management and …
Just because someone is a digital native does not make them a digital strategist. I’ve trained hundreds of college students who have grown up with Gmail, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, and I every year I expect to be humbled by my limited knowledge. And every year I’m wrong. Most digital natives use social media as …
The first goal you should have with any online media is to cultivate a relationship with current and future donors. This relationship is cultivated with your blog posts, tweets, YouTube videos, and e-mails. Putting a call to action in every single piece of content misses this important point.–source The study found that participants wanted, most …
Providing exact details to your leaders can sometimes limit their creativity, faith, and capacity to solve large problems in your ministry. Came across this tweet today: Her tweet related to the lean startup movement that focuses on starting a company with the smallest and most functional product and then modifying that product based on feedback …
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