Mark Zimmerman and his pal "Benny"
grateful to my Kingdom ally Mark Zimmerman at Moody Radio Cleveland (please visit their facebook page and “like” them). – WCRF 103.3 fm for the opportunity to give an update on the Present:Hope Tour . you can download it here
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Mark Zimmerman and his pal "Benny"
Had a great opportunity to chat on the radio today with Mark Zimmerman from WCRF Moody Radio in Cleveland about the Present:Hope Tour. Check it out here.
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steve caton
ben stroup
Here’s the 2nd podcast from Ben Stroup of Church Giving Matters. Lauren Hunter with ChurchTechToday.com, Steve Caton with Church Community Builder.
Here is the outline the second conversation:
Key ideas:
1. Movement to an emphasis on large group participation only makes it easy for people to go unnoticed.
2. Measure more than who is coming in the door and who is leaving. The most undervalued and mismanaged aspects of church membership are assimilation and retention.
3. Leverage technology to make assimilation less intuitive and more systematic. Drive social media activity toward a measurable outcome.
1. Lifecycle of Church Membership (Part 1 of 6)
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i’ve spent a couple of decades literally helping develop and fund various ministries and non-profit organizations. with all the noise that exists in all of our lives it seems those of us in leadership need to become more strategic in how we connect our stake holders with our larger mission. too many non-profits(Kingdom and secular) think folks should just buy into their vision. I believe today’s donors are more cautious and are also more concerned about the social impact of their hard earned dollars and how to get the best return on their investment.
Recently i’ve been engaged in a conversation with several good friends and we’ve decided to invite others into it. We’ve recorded a 6-part podcast to push out our thoughts and to engage you in the dialogue.
steve caton
ben stroup
the conversation started when i introduced two good men to each other – Steve Caton and Ben Stroup. I’ve known Steve for about two years now. We’ve had many conversations about building and sustaining community. Steve is the Vice President for Sales for Church Community Builder (CCB). Our outpost uses CCB to manage our ministry. Ben Stroup is a newer friend. He is the Chief Broker of Opportunity at GENERIS. He blogs here. I stumbled on his blog and quickly learned that he had some keen insight that those doing church management needed to hear..so together, on a conference call last October Steve, Ben and I talked about how to leverage our passions and talents. We began sharing some thoughts and ideas and then Ben pulled together this podcast. We invited Lauren Hunter to serve as podcast host. Lauren blogs about church technology here. So…welcome to episode one. we’ll be interested to see what you think.
dana and tim schmoyer
recently i spent some time with an incredible young couple, dana and tim schmoyer. i’ve gotten to know tim over the past couple of years through his web presence life in student ministry. he has a regular weekly podcast and has also recently put up a cool website ministry questions that is becoming a great new connecting spot for leaders in student ministry. tim has a great mind and equally amazing talent with an incredible heart for impacting the kingdom. his bride dana is equally engaged in the ministry. we metup at a local mall for some chick-a-fila after the #nymc last month. tim invited me to particpate in the following short video blog on staying in ministry for the long term. i’m always humbled when i get to do this stuff. (i have to admit dana & tim reminded me alot of my and my bride melinda’s life together before kids- dana and tim are expecting their first soon.)
