The Future of Mobile in One Sentence
“Apps will be shared by Bluetooth. Web data will be offered by SMS as JSON. You willpay for the content not for the app. App stores are on the defensive.”–source.
Munchery–Local Collaboration Leveraging Technology
Munchery provides professionally prepared meals to your doorstep. One of their tag-lines is “personal chefs to the masses.” What I love about Muchery is how it empowers local chefs and connects them to an entirely new audience. Young chefs that might have to wait years to get broad exposure and feedback now can have those …
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The Future of Your Ministry is Always on the Fringe
“Core work is always in some sense unprecedented, or else it would not be differentiating”–Geoffrey Moore, Dealing With Darwin The first goal of any ministry must be to develop a leadership team that is empowered and earnestly seeks to live out your mission, vision, and values. At this early stage of a ministry it’s usually …
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Mobile Applications Behind Mobile Browsers
“More than 58 percent of mobile internet users in the U.S. are getting content through their browser(s), compared to 42 percent via mobile apps.”—source Yes it’s super cool to have your own iPhone or Android app but if you want your ministry content to be seen by the largest group of people on their mobile …
Help Your Ministry Fight Wal-Mart Disease
“It’s an obsession with sticking to the core business, and doing everything possible to defend & extend it — even when rates of return are unacceptable and there is a constant struggle to improve valuation.”–source The chart above illustrates Wal-Mart Disease best–on the surface there are no glaring signs of trouble–it’s the lack of significant …
Inspiration to Collaborate
The MIT Media Lab recently unveiled a new logo. What’s interesting is that the logo has 40,000 permutations. “The basic idea here is that the logo has three intersecting spotlights that can be organized in any of 40,000 shapes and 12 color combinations using a custom algorithm.”–source I love the description of how and why …
I Wish I Thought Like Groupon
Groupon just announced Groupon Now, a way to buy and use deals instantly. The video shows the power of social media for both the consumer and the vendor. I love the part where it talks about how the store owner can use it to spike business and that the consumer can leverage the geo-location feature …
Centralization Check-Up for Your Ministry
Spending time evaluating what sorts of processes or work can be centralized in your ministry can yield tremendous rewards. Centralization frees up leaders to expand your ministry, pursue the vision, and take significant steps of faith. It also prevents people from depending too heavily on past processes or using resources to protect the past instead …
Screens Are The Future
“The future of media lies on interactive (touchable) screens of all sizes that function as portals to multi-media.”–Kevin Kelly Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine presented at the Biola Media Conference on the future of media. He noted the increasing presence of screens all around us–billboards, tablets, windows, tv’s, etc. This resonated with me and …
The Weight of Past Ministry Victories
Significant steps of faith often lead to dramatic victories that increase the amount of leaders, laborers and resources in your ministry. Surprisingly these victories can start to feel like burdens as the time and energy needed to sustain these surges of growth zaps current resources. Each stage of a ministry’s growth draws leaders or laborers …