“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 …
“But it is equally critical to have a strategy that makes sense in the context of what is going on and execute it with purpose and pace. If you spend too much time looking over your shoulder, you will not execute well.”–Fred Wilson I feel like I could spend the next ten years on “a …
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Facebook for the time being has begun aggregating common links as one large story. I shared the same link in four different places, and instead of Facebook showing it as four different individual stories they show it as one large story. This is HUGE for promoting your ministry’s events in a socially recommended manner. The …
This week on the RE-Think Blogference I’m hosting a resource drive. Much like a garage sale it’s time to take some of those great items that you have stored away and bring them out for others to see. It’s crazy to me that sharing resources outside of our immediate circle of ministry leaders still happens …
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“If I start a ministry then people should come.” “Attendance equals commitment/alignment.” “Those who have the most external gifts and abilities always lead” I highly recommend Daniel Pink‘s book A Whole New Mind if this kind of stuff is interesting but you have yet to get a 10,000 foot view of the paradigm. Drew Lundgren’s …
