I’ve started using Evernote to remember the various sites I visit and Twitter favorites to archive links that I want to read or save for a later time. Evernote for Web Bookmarks Evernote has a Firefox add-on and a Chrome extension that make it super easy to save both the link and/or the entire page …
Have you ever really wanted to get the word out on Facebook but the results of your efforts were significantly less than what you had hoped? Chances are you did not use a picture to spread the word. Video is certainly continuing to rise (see my post on 6 Reasons Why You Should Think Through …
Thank you to those of you who read my blog regularly. I hope what I share continues to be helpful and encouraging. I struggle to celebrate Christmas. Part of it is my personality (INTJ): “INTJs may also be unresponsive and may neglect small rituals designed to put others at ease. For example, INTJs may communicate …
Rising above a website or facebook page is the need for ministries to seriously think through their video presence online. This is from Luke W’s blog: As online video continues to grow, it’s interesting to see how people are consuming and accessing this medium. The average US Internet user watches 182 videos online in a …
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“People are trading in their work day for work-moments when they go to the office”–Jason Fried This is a pragmatic and insightful talk about how and why work gets done or doesn’t. “You don’t go to sleep, you go towards sleep.” –Fried compares the sleep cycle to the work cycle. I love this because it’s the …
Students can not only plant churches, but lead a church planting movement! I found this out on a recent trip to Manila, the Philippines. This short video is of the Melvin, Pastor of Stillwaters Church, casting vision and describing what his student led and planted church is doing. Melvin’s heart and the model of truly …
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 …
