March 1, 2010 – 4:22 am | No Comment

Volunteer training has been a hot topic recently. Many churches and non-profits are focused on how they can get their volunteers trained to do the same exact thing every time.While many leaders think this is the key to leading, they are missing the point of what they are called to do.

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Church staff want you to build the team and recruit volunteers – support them
May 21, 2008 – 6:56 am | No Comment

Your pastor doesn’t want to announce your ministry’s desperate need for volunteers from the pulpit. Your pastor wants to focus the attention of the church on what message the Lord has given for the week. …

Church staff are too busy for the technical details – guide them
May 20, 2008 – 6:50 am | No Comment

You may not realize it, but most church staff don’t understand if your servers are dual core or quad core, if the website has an RSS feed, or if the weekly podcast is using mp3 …

Church staff don’t know everything about running a church – help them
May 19, 2008 – 6:48 am | No Comment

Contrary to popular belief, church staff don’t know everything about running a church. Unless you have been involved with a church plant from the beginning, you may not know what goes into running a church …

7 Things Your Church Staff Wish You Knew
May 18, 2008 – 8:15 pm | 2 Comments

If you are a ministry leader, you are most likely a volunteer and report to a staff member directly or indirectly. I’ve noticed recently that ministry leaders don’t really understand what their staff expect. This …

Handle With Care: Second Edition is ready!
May 10, 2008 – 2:10 pm | No Comment

I am excited to announce that the Handle With Care: Second Edition book is now ready! The book almost doubled in size and now includes worksheets for applying the principles in the book, small group …

Taking a short break
April 21, 2008 – 6:18 am | 3 Comments

I’m going to take some time off from blogging to recharge and prepare the next series of posts. In the mean time, you can follow me on Twitter, connect on Facebook, or drop me a …

Notes from the Maximum Impact Conference: Advance 2008
April 19, 2008 – 8:18 am | No Comment

I attended the Advance 2008 conference on April 18, 2008. Instead of just writing down the notes, I decided to Twitter them live. In case you don’t follow my Twitter stream, I have published them …

Advance 2008: Kevin Carroll, Dan Cathy, and Patrick Lencioni
April 19, 2008 – 8:10 am | No Comment

Kevin Carroll

used comic books to inspire his business book – color, visuals
publishers wanted to dumb it down, so he self-published it
picked up by sports company
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1. commit to it – check it …

Advance 2008: Bill Taylor and Andy Stanley
April 19, 2008 – 8:03 am | No Comment

Bill Taylor

Mavericks at Work (great book, btw)
tunnel vision restricts possibilty – look with fresh eyes
cut through the clutter. Create an emotional contract w/ your customers
this includes passion, shared values w/ customers and finding the little …

Advance 2008: Andy Andrews and John C. Maxwell
April 19, 2008 – 8:00 am | No Comment

Andy Andrews

read 200 biographies, found the commonality, wrote a book on 7 principles he found
always be grateful, even in the worst time there can be hope
smile while you talk
expect great things from yourself and others
because …