Topic: Strategic

Kerry Bural

Are You Working Your Systems or Are They Working You?

By Kerry Bural | May 25, 2010
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I’m a huge believer in organizational systems and processes as long as they play servant to calling, heart, vision and mission. With them, things get done and organizations move forward. Without them, you simply can’t be effective or efficient. The problem kicks in when we flip things around and make it all ...

Chris Boyd

Church Branding: A Personal Experience

By Chris Boyd | May 21, 2010
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Before I moved to my wife’s hometown, she had explained to me what her church had been like when she lived in the area and painted a picture of a body of believers that had been through some rough spots but had held on to its values. This created a ...

Steve Fogg

Leading With Your Strengths

By Steve Fogg | May 6, 2010
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We’ve got a problem at our house. We have possums living in our roof. Now before you get all mushy and goofy, they are not cute or cuddly. They are noisy and emit alien-like screams in the middle of the night to compliment all of the WWF-esque thumping that they ...

Kerry Bural

Church or Ministry PR Crisis: Slaying the Beast of Open Mouth, Insert Foot

By Kerry Bural | May 3, 2010
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Occasionally, I run into a situation that calls for church or ministry PR crisis intervention. Thankfully, these situations are few and far between. You know how it happens; someone says something off-the-cuff that’s inappropriate, unaware that the cameras and recorders are rolling (remember, they are always on). Yikes. It hurts when ...

Chris Boyd

SEO Shell Games

By Chris Boyd | March 11, 2010
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I was baffled. Fake sites? An elderly friend asked me to be present when his company brought in a marketing/SEO consultant for an afternoon meeting. I had cautioned him in the past that individuals who promise you a number-one placement on Google should be examined deeply before you take them at their ...

Kerry Bural

You Can’t Cheat Death with Enthusiasm

By Kerry Bural | March 9, 2010
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In my previous post on the power of energy I mentioned that even the best laid plans and strategies, lacking divine and vibrant energy, will fall flat and potentially fail miserably. It is important to temper this by knowing that sometimes the worst thing you can do is try to energize a ...

Kerry Bural

Risky Business

By Kerry Bural | March 4, 2010
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The lifeblood of any church or ministry is the energy running through it. Raw and unfiltered energy, if unleashed, will propel your people and organization forward like nothing else. Energy is the single most significant propellant for progress. In a recent conversation with Pete Wilson of Crosspoint Community Church, he made a great point ...

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