Category: Communication
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“Wait a minute,” I hear you cry. “You are busy advertising your Imagine Women’s Conference on the 11-13th May and now you say you don’t do a women’s conference. What’s Going on?” Well, I’m glad you asked. Yes, imagine is a conference for women, its’ goal and design is to empower women for life. However,…
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Here at Christian Life Church (soon to be IKON CHURCH) our Vision Statement is simple. HUMAN FLOURISHING: people doing well in every area of life. We believe that if we are successful in our work this will be the result. In his latest book, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True…
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Nine out of Ten 20 somethings say that Christians are Judgemental What did Jesus mean when he said, “Judge not, and you will not be judged.” It’s one of the most commonly quoted verses from the bible (Luke 6:37). Many of us, and not merely politicians, invoke the verse as a first defense when accused…
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You don’t get better if you are only trying to prove how good you already are. Part of me doesn’t like feedback, be honest, neither does part of you. “Feedback is the breakfast of champions,” sounds great until someone gives you feedback, critical feedback. Even that word, ‘critical’, send shivers doesn’t it. The word however,…
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There’s plenty of books, websites, and leadership resources that talk about the importance of encouragement. As Goethe said in 1768, “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” The following example comes from Phil Cooke who is a media producer, speaker and writer. Some time ago, our team was called into a major, national media ministry because…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a person whose memory is often presented in a kind of secularised version. It would be no exaggeration to say that Dr. King is presented as one of the heroic crusaders for “truth, justice, and the American way,” with the civil rights movement in view as the specific focus. This version…
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In recent years much has been said about not needing the title “leader” to be a leader. You don’t have to be the “Director” or “Manager” or whatever that title is at your organisation to lead. Just because you aren’t a “leader” on the org chart doesn’t mean you can’t lead in your role, that’s…
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Decades before Makoto (“Mako”) Fujimura became America’s most successful evangelical fine artist — and even longer before he advised Martin Scorsese on the director’s new movie, Silence — an unplanned turn down a darkened museum hall in Tokyo defined his artistic calling. Awaiting him there were dozens of fumi-e, bronze and wooden tiles bearing an…
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For 15 years two Stanford Professors, James Baron and Michael Hannan, collected data and studied high tech start ups in Silicon Valley. They were intrigued to discover the five distinct cultures that were represented by the start ups and also to observe the performance of these distinct cultures over time. Here are the 5 Cultures…
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How to make a sign This post appeared first on Sethgodin.typepad.com There it is, at every entrance to the terminal at LaGuardia, one of the busiest airports in the world: TERMINAL CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE between 12:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. until further notice. Ticketed Passengers & Employees ONLY will have access to Terminal. A few…
