This is the best idea I’ve ever come across for planning.

How do you take all that is going on in your movement (the good and bad) and all you hope to accomplish (with often conflicting team opinions on what we should focus on next) and make sense of it all to determine what your team needs to focus on in the fall?

A few years ago I read the book The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam. The author described a brilliant way to take a LOT of information/issues/problems and emerge with THE best solution. We’ve found this approach to be incredibly effective and a lot of fun (something no one has ever accused PrEFACE of!).

Roam calls it the garage-sale principle:

“Regardless of how well organized all the stuff in our garage may be, laying everything out on tables in the light of day yields a completely new perspective on it all. The same is true of data: when it is packed away in individual files and records, it’s impossible to look at the big picture – but getting everything out in the open makes otherwise ...

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Want to see a short glimpse of how the Lord multiplied your partnership in ministry with us this year?

Here’s a video that says Thank You from all of Campus Crusade for Christ.
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As you can see, there’s LOTS to celebrate.

But right now we celebrate and give thanks for YOU!  Words can not describe how grateful Shannon and I are for your friendship, commitment to us through your prayers and financial partnership, and simply your love.

Our ministry is impossible without you.  If you haven’t yet given a special year end gift, would you prayerfully consider it?    All gifts given by midnight on December 31 are fully tax deductible for 2011.

2011 was a great year of ministry.  Yet, in order to properly launch into 2012, we do certainly need significant financial investments and your faith filled, pe...

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This video says it all.  Yet, it’s probably nothing you didn’t already know.

Why and how is mobile technology important to ministry today?

It’s so important that we’ve spent over a year helping a seminary in Kenya offer a Bible class to student pastors via mobile phone.  Others in our ministry have created iPhone Apps such as God Tools and Heart Mirror – excellent little tools to help you engage people in conversations about God.

We want to go where the people are.  And people are “on” their mobile devices.

Take a look at the video and consider the opportunities of using mobile for helping make disciples who can simply make other disciples.

Q:   What steps would you take first to help make disciples who make other disciples using mobile technology?

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What do you do to prepare MPD goals for the coming year?  I can share a few things I do.  One of these ideas should be done in the next few weeks.

Do you ever look over your MPGA report?  You can see it any time in the Staff Services area on the Staff Web.  You’ll find it under “shortcuts” in the lower left corner of the Staff Services home page.  Click on “MPGA” to read your report, download it, and/or print it.  You might want to download it before taking an extended MPD trip. (See below about MPD trips).

RIGHT NOW (after the January 10th paycheck and before February 7th) is the perfect time to get a copy of your MPGA report.  During this time period your report will have all your data for the previous year.  Because I get our own copy of the report every year in mid-January, I have summary data for any particular year on file.  So, I could compare how our account looked last year to any previous year if we ever needed to.

While you’re looking at your MPGA report online, notice the drop-down me...

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This must-see video is about a year old and geared toward economics, but is still eye-opening.  It’s important for all of us to understand the incredible impact of social media on our lives and on our culture.

One update I know about for this video is that Facebook would now be third in population if it were a country.  The populations would be listed like this:

1. China
2. India
3. Facebook
4. United States

What is your “take away” from this video?  For me,  I’m remembering my first website was a static place where others could go for information.   Now, my blogs-Facebook-Twitter interface updates potential readers the minute I hit “publish.”   That is, my posts go to them instead of them going to the posts and … I hear from my readers even within seconds sometimes!

Have you looked seriously at your ministry through the lens of  social networking?  This article can help you understand what different generations are doing online.  Who are you trying to reach and what is the best way to reach them?  Are ...

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