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Archive for the ‘Leadership’ Category
10 Reasons to Consider Virtual Volunteering at Your Church
What if you could broaden your pool of volunteers without regard for time and space? With virtual volunteering, you can. You increase not only the number of volunteers but also ...
Seeking Staff Criticism as You Roll Out Ideas
Seeking staff criticism from trusted colleagues can help you improve ideas and make them more effective before rolling them out to your entire church.
4 Nonprofit Marketing Lessons for Churches
While churches are nonprofits, there's a lot we can learn from the nonprofit world about how to communicate. We cover mission, branding, advocates and more.
What Can You Control?: Making the Most of Your Position
Take initiative in the jobs you’re given, whether or not they are the jobs you wanted, and use those opportunities to showcase what you can do.
9 Ways Communicators Can Serve Their Pastor
Communication is vital, but it's subservient to a pastor's vision. So how do we serve our pastor's vision while still pursing great communication?
Valuing Communication While Serving Your Pastor
I love church communicators and our mission to serve the church. But the greatest marketing in the world is a failure if it’s not serving your pastor.
6 Lessons From Serving on Vestry
I served on vestry—the leadership board—at my church for three years and learned some valuable communications lessons.
Empowering Church Staff on Social Media
Your staff and volunteers have an immense reach on social media. How can you tap into that audience? Here's how one church did it.
Be a Church-First Person
A church-first person celebrates the wins, they encourage others, they think outside of themselves. Do you have that broad view or are you focused on your niche?
In the Last Year: Jim Kast-Keat
We talk with church communicator Jim Kast-Keat about what he's learned in the past year, including the importance of a rest and taking time for creativity.
In the Last Year: Meiko Seymour
We talk with church communicator Meiko Seymour about what he's learned in the past year, including the importance of a website and branding.
Getting a Seat at the Table
Stephen Brewster talks about how you can earn a voice with your church leadership and bring communication into that conversation.
Developing Self-Awareness as a Church Communicator
Phil Bowdle talks about taking time at the end of the year to focus on self-assessment and learning what you need to succeed and what will hold you back.
Re-Calibrate Your Vision
Stephen Brewster talks about taking time at the end of the year to focus on vision and make sure the things you're doing are the things you should be doing.
Identifying Problems & Barriers: Christmas Light Display
Creative ideas aren't magic. They requires identifying problems and addressing barriers. Which is how this church Christmas light display came to be.
