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[SHIFT Conference] Session Two Thoughts
2007-02-28 23:00:10 Donald Miller Notes (I didn’t write them…) Christianity is easy when its just us, but when others come into the conversation-its something else. The priority is outside of me, not me. God doesn’t end the narrative by telling the meaning to the story. We crave story. Our human heart desires story. “Story is the map of life’s hidden order.” Robert ... More About: Thoughts , Thought , Sion , Shift , Ferenc
Ten Characteristics Of Leadership
2007-02-28 16:59:03 Many people are interested in the characteristics of a great leader. There are many lists of these traits. These are quotes taken from an article by Bill George former chairman and CEO of Medtronic. According to him the most important trait is to be yourself! More About: Leadership , Character , Ship , Teri , Lead
Creating An Environment For Student Leadership Development
2007-02-27 22:56:06 At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, “Who gets the highest rank in God’s kingdom?” For an answer Jesus called over a child, whom he stood in the middle of the room, and said, “I’m telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like ... More About: Environment , Student , Development , Men , Leadership
Lead, Follow or Get Out Of The Way!
2007-02-27 22:56:06 This article is going to be very basic in its approach, even leaning on the silly side. However, the concepts revealed should be taken seriously because of their proven effectiveness in helping you lead your organization. There is a children?s nursery rhyme that goes like this: ?Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, and how do you ... More About: The Way , Get Out , Lead
Things Leaders Do
2007-02-27 04:54:13 A Fast Company article ?Thing s Lead ers Do? provide insight into Jeff Immelt?s, 10 keys to great leadership. Personal Responsibility. - ?Enron and 9/11 marked the end of an era of individual freedom and the beginning of personal responsibility. You lead today by building teams and placing others first. It?s not about you.? Simplify Constantly. ?I always use ... More About: Leader
Journaling For Personal Growth
2007-02-26 16:53:12 Although this article is written from a different perspective it is a highly effective tool for those in ministry and those who follow Christ to become disciplined at doing. Learning effective ways to process emotions and situations is really good for leaders. One of the best ways to gain clarity about your life is by journaling ... More About: Personal , Journal , Journaling , Growth , Person
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1 in 3 Boys Heavy Internet Porn Users
2007-02-25 22:52:03 One in 3 Alta. boys heavy Inter net porn users while parents oblivious: study EDMONTON (CP) ? More than one-third of 13-year-old Alberta boys view Internet porn ?too many times to count,? and parents have only the vaguest notion about it, a groundbreaking study suggests. ?If you?re 13 and you can?t put a number on the times (you?ve ... More About: User , Heavy , Users
Why Do Some Ideas Survive And Others Die?
2007-02-25 22:52:03 What makes an idea stick? Chip Heath and Dan Heath recently wrote a book entitled, “Made to Stick: Why Some Idea s Survive and Other s Die”. During their research, they took at close look at hundreds of ideas and came up with six principles that they said they saw over and over again ... More About: Others
Organizing Your Office
2007-02-25 16:51:03 Being organized at the office involves managing a few key activities effectively: Emails Phone Meetings The increase in productivity from investing a small amount of time in efficiently managing these activities upfront is more than worth the result. Email Management Keeping up with the daily onslaught of emails is a major challenge for most of us, both personally & professionally. The ... More About: Office , Your , Organ
[GAME] Frog On A Pond
2007-02-24 22:49:04 This is an easy game of tag that will keep the kids on their toes. Supplies needed: something large enough for 2 kids to stand on (a bath towel, large sheet of paper, carpet square, etc.). You will need enough of these for each kid playing. Randomly place them on the floor throughout the ... More About: Game , Pond , Frog
How To Create An Organized Filing System (Part Two)
2007-02-24 22:49:04 Index Based Organizing Step 1: Discard & Pile Review your papers and discard any papers you no longer need to keep. For the papers you need to keep, sort your papers into a single pile (no need to categorize). Step 2: Create the File Index For each one of these papers or related group of papers (if that ... More About: Organize , System , How To , Part
The State Of Junior High Ministry
2007-02-24 22:49:04 A couple of months ago Alan Mercer wrote a little blog about a new Barna Group Study. Below is that blog entry. George Barna has come out with another research study that says 61% of students who were involved in church youth ministries as teenagers have disengaged from the church during their 20?s. My question becomes ... More About: Mini , Ministry , State , High , Stat
How To Create An Organized Filing System (Part One)
2007-02-24 10:48:01 The test of a good filing system is being able to find something when you need it, regardless of how you choose to organize it. However, there are two basic approaches to setting up a filing system: · Establish categories for like items by subject (e.g., Hobbies) · ... More About: Organize , System , How To , Part , Create
Making Strategy Stick (Part One)
2007-02-24 10:48:01 Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at how to make our great strategies stick. This is a great read for anyone who has ever tried to come up with a great strategy only to compromise in its implementation (I know all about that). Whit Alexander, a co-founder of Cranium?the company that manufactures the ... More About: Strategy , King , Part , Trat , Stra
Laying The Foundation: Leadership 101
2007-02-22 22:46:15 Today, we begin a new Thursday Lead ership Lesson series on Laying the Foundation . Whenever you build, you must carefully lay a solid foundation first. The load of the entire building is transmitted to the foundation, so the foundation must be able to support the entire weight and growth of the structure. ... More About: Ship , Leader
Surefire Ways To Stop Procrastinating
2007-02-22 16:45:13 We’re all guilty of procrastination at some point, when we just can’t get the motivation to start the report, tackle the paper work, clear out the shed, make the phone calls, organise the filing cabinet, repaint the bedroom. Not only that, ever notice how easy it is to get distracted when there’s a pile of work ... More About: Fire , Tina , Stop , Proc , Sure
Ten Tips For Keeping Your Desk Clean And Tidy
2007-02-21 22:43:02 1. Use a system to manage paper Setup: A place for everything First, you?ll need a few items: Inbox This is a standard stackable letter tray. Put documents that don?t yet have a place in here. This may be items like memos, print-outs, and random things placed on your desk by random people. Incubate box On top of ... More About: Tips , Lean , Your , Clean , Keep
Casting Vision
2007-02-21 22:43:02 One of my greatest loves as a kid was fishing. This love developed quickly because my family owned a little bait shop that was located near Toledo Bend Lake in Louisiana. Toledo Bend is well known for its large bass and large quantity of crappies. I soon found out that there is a lot more to ... More About: Cast , Sting , Casting , Sion , Visi
Eight Leadership Techniques For Outstanding Teams
2007-02-21 10:42:01 Apply the following eight leadership techniques to create highly motivated, self-directed, and extremely productive employees and teams. More About: Tech , Leadership , Technique , Teams , Team
Leading In Your Strengths
2007-02-21 10:42:01 National Community Church in Washington, DC has put together some great resources for their leadership team. Here’s some of what they had to say on leadership and leading in your strengths: If we understand ourselves and how we?re wired, we?ll be able to lead others better, so let?s take a look at strengths and leadership styles: STRENGTHS ... More About: Your , Strengths , Leading , Lead
Understanding Relational Spaces And Creating Community
2007-02-19 22:40:03 National Community Church out of Washington, DC has put together a bunch of great resources for small groups and leaders within their community, here are some of their thoughts on creating community in small groups: There are several myths perpetuated within Christian circles about ?community.? One that we tend to spread quite a bit in ... More About: Space , Muni , Creating , Pace
Top Twenty-Five Leadership Quotes
2007-02-19 16:39:01 Ponder what it takes to be a true leader with these practical quotes that will lead you to a more precise understanding of the secrets to successful leadership... More About: Leadership , Quotes , Twenty , Ship , Five
How Canadians Can Save The American Church
2007-02-19 04:38:07 As a Canadian , I’m trying not to be biased in my presentation of articles and ideas that would be culturally insensitive to an America n audience (90% of those who view this website are from America), that being said when an American author writes something with as catchy a title as this, I can’t help but get a little patriotic ... More About: Church , Canadians
Innovative Space Exploration: Designing Your Optimal Creative Environment
2007-02-18 22:37:02 This article will help you recognize why you?re not getting your best ideas where you?d hope to, and will focus on helping you to create a space where you can be more productive in creating new and improved ideas. More About: Creative , Design , Environment , Space , Designing
Principles For Confrontation
2007-02-18 22:37:02 Confrontation is not fun. To be honest, it’s difficult, uncomfortable, emotional, ugh, it can even create more of a mess than you might think. In ministry, despite our best efforts to guide and shape and build people up, sometimes we have to confront those we love and respect with some hard truth. ... More About: Front , Confrontation , Principles
Seven Steps for Effective Problem Solving in the Workplace
2007-02-18 10:36:01 Problem solving and decision making. Ask anyone in the workplace if these activities are part of their day and they?d certainly answer ?Yes!? But how many of us have had training in problem solving? We know it?s a critical element of our work but do we know how to do it effectively? People tend to do ... More About: Workplace , Work , Problem , Seven , Effect
SHIFT Student Ministries Leadership Conference
2007-02-18 10:36:01 EmergentJuniorHigh.com contributor James Giroux is planning on being at the SHIFT Student Mini stries Leadership Conference at Willow Creek in South Barrington, IL (outside Chicago). He’s planning a dinner get together for Junior High pastors that want to connect. Email him to find out more information about the event. More About: Ship , Shift
Top Ten Ways To Organize Your Paperwork
2007-02-16 22:34:09 We must all be efficient and productive in today’s ministry world. Being organized helps you handle tasks quickly so that you have more time and space to do what you truly want to do. 1. One-time mail system. Have an In Box on your desk for new mail/information. Look at your mail once a ... More About: Organize , Work , Your , Top Ten , Paper
What They Didn?t Tell Me About Small Group Leadership
More articles from this author:2007-02-16 22:34:09 Kendi Tremmel is a small group leader at National Community Church in Washington, DC. Kendi came to DC to attend American University. She has been leading Bible studies for ten years and currently co-leads the Ballston Greenhouse small group. If you?ve been in small group leadership for any amount of time, you ... More About: Leadership , What , Hat , About , Small 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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