Weekly Video Pick: Toby Walters

What Is Your One Thing?

As leaders, we generally have one thing we tend to focus on. This is generally the way God wires us – with a focus toward one thing over all others. The problem is that we …

Are You Out of Control?

It starts simple enough – a problem comes up that needs to be addressed. Then another. Then another. Pretty soon, it seems like things are out of control.
Perhaps you are spending too much time …

‘More’ Jeremy Scheller

Jeremy Scheller writes in his blog post titled The Paradox of More:

More sounds better.
More resources.
More stuff.
More beautiful.
More productive.
More is the standard I have set for myself.
More outputs.
More accomplishments.
More pats on the back.
More results.
More …

How To Build A Great Powerpoint For Your Volunteers

Guy Kawasaki put together a set of guidelines for using PowerPoint several years ago. While focused mostly toward startups doing pitches to venture capitalists, I think these rules can be used for leaders that cannot …

Recruiting Volunteers Within The Harvest Of The Crowd

Many of us assume that everyone will want to join our volunteer team. Why not? We are doing awesome things in our [insert your team name here]! It doesn’t work this way.
The problem is that …