I was recently playing laser tag and my wife and I had a plan to go to high ground as soon as we entered the arena. Upon the start of the game, she headed off in the completely wrong direction and I tried to re-direct her by taking a more direct route and telling her to “follow me.” We ended up in the wrong corner and both got confused and she, quite angrily, spat out, “You’re a horrible leader.” The statement only frustrated me at the time, but it’s been festering for a few days now and it’s made me really question; what makes a good leader and how do I measure up?
Archives for March 2014
There’s No Such Thing As Bulletproof Hosting
Face it.
There is no such thing as bulletproof web hosting.
I have used various hosting companies and their different plans, and I have many different online friends that have done the same. While I do believe some web hosting is superior to others, there is no bulletproof web host. This is important to understand, especially if you are new to the game or begin to monitor your current web host.
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LinkedIn: The New “Who You Know” [Infographic]
I’ve resisted and treated LinkedIn as a necessary evil for a long time. When it began to grow into more of a social network platform, that resistance increased. In hindsight, however, I think I may have been tossing the “baby out with the bathwater.”
LinkedIn has proven to be a great way to network with others, especially in the online space, and has become the new “who you know” of landing a job. Here’s a closer look at the power of LinkedIn referrals:
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Ingredients to a Rockin’ Sermon Graphic
Before those more conservatively minded folk get all hot and bothered – no, I will not be breaking down how to create the next hardcore edgy album art cover re-imagined for a sermon slide to attract rowdy strangers to start coming to church (though they are certainly welcome!)
Now that we have covered the foundational points in this series on the most neglected church communication (sermon slides for those who have not been following) we get to move onto the fun stuff – actual message artwork and how we can make sure it is rockin’ or stellar if you prefer.
Without further ado here is my summarized list of what I think it takes to create a graphic that will surely hit squarely on the target you are aiming and dreaming of.
Say “Hello” to Steller: A New Way to Tell a Story
I love telling stories, and I am obsessed with finding new ways to tell stories that make full use of the technology available to us, especially when that technology is mobile.
I love a good app, and by the looks of it, I’m going to love Steller!
Here’s why:
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What’s the Future of the ChurchMag Podcast? [Podcast]
In our final episode of the ChurchMag Podcast, we (Eric Dye, Phil Schneider & Jeremy Smith) talk about the future of the ChurchMag Podcast.
What would you like to see happen to the podcast?
We also ask ChurchMag Authors Guild member K.C. Procter Five Questions on this final episode…
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