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February 1, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

According to Wikipedia, Web 2.0:

refers to a perceived second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.

I think that a similar paradigm shift has occurred in our understanding of leadership. Our interaction with the Web and the expectations it creates have shaped what we expect from our leaders.

Therefore, if leaders are going to be effective with the current generation of Internet-savvy web-users, they must shift their leadership style. I call this Leadership 2.0. Here’s how it compares to Leadership 1.0:

via catalystspace.com

I love how technology has started to bring a bit a revolution to the paradigm of leadership. In this guest post on the Catalyst blog, Michael Hyatt discusses some of the main points which include:

* Embracing change

* Demonstrating transparency

* Celebrating dialogue

* Encouraging collaboration

* Practices sharing

* Welcomes engagement

* Builds community

Read the article and think about the organizations or leaders today that you admire and want to follow. Do they exhibit Leadership 1.0 or 2.0 characteristics? Which would you prefer to be?

Dock Dividers

January 28, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

via brandon-kelly.com

Are you a Mac user? Want add some organization to your dock? Check out this cool app from Brandon Kelly. Sweetness! Just click on the image to go to his site for the download.

Social Media Signature in Gmail

January 22, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

I am really liking the Google Chrome browser. It is fast, light-weight and maximizes your viewing area nicely. Like Mozilla Firefox, it is also customizable (at least with the beta version for the pc). There is a growing list of extensions available and I’ll probably do another post about which ones I like and use the most, but I wanted to highlight one of them today, thanks to a post by John Antonios – Autopen.

Autopen extension for Chrome gives you something that is not possible in native gmail – a signature that is more than just plain text. You can specify font, color, and include links. As John pointed out, you can also include social media icons with links! It has a rich text editor so you really don’t have to know html (but it can help). Not only does it work beautifully, you can even set up more than 1 and simply pick the one you want if the default one isn’t appropriate for that particular email.

Simple but powerful – two traits I love! What do you think? My Autopen created signature is below:

Greg Davis

Technology & Innovation Director – Fellowship Church

| 302.722.4804

Now Anyone Can Have This Experience!

January 21, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

I’ve been amazed over the past year or so at what Google has done with Street View on its Google Maps, but now this is really awesome! Wanna know what it looks like to walk through the tunnel of the most awesome college football stadium on earth? Check it out below and just walk through right to the field! (email readers – click here)

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If you listen, you might be able to hear the crowd cheering: WE ARE…. PENN STATE!

PC Users – Got Protection?

January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

Better Security through Software

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by Jake Brill Today at 12:47am

One of the best defenses against security threats is a good offense, and we want to help you take the offensive by having the latest security software installed on your computer. Today, we are announcing a year-long partnership with McAfee to offer all 350 million people who use Facebook the ability to download a six-month subscription to McAfee security software at no cost, along with a special discount once the six months are over.

via blog.facebook.com

I was both surprised and glad to see today that Facebook is teaming up with McAfee to help you protect your pc from malicious attacks to steal your identity or ruin your computer.

If you don’t have an anti-virus, anti-malware product, I STRONGLY encourage you to take advantage of this partnership today. 6 months for free – who can argue with that?? NO EXCUSES!

Read the entire post here: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=248766257130

Branches

January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Submitted by: dunno source via deMotivational Builder

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Couldn’t help but laugh at this one today. It also made me think about how we so often overlook or don’t even notice the everyday things (branches) in our lives and when someone does, it seems funny or even weird. Yet, the truth is those ordinary, everyday things in life are also some of the most remarkable.

Ever stop to thing about the beating of your heart or the breathing that you are doing right now? If you are like me, you probably don’t give things like that much consideration, unless you have an illness or pain which causes you to think about it. Yet, if they stopped, we would be history within seconds.

What about the not so life threatening but still everyday things like your friends or family? What about your home or job or car or clothes? Chances are we get bored with the ordinary and the familiar rather quickly and soon we start craving something new. I guess it is just human nature.

Maybe that is why I like technology so much – it is always changing, always creating something new to learn or understand.

I read this passage today in Job 37:24 which says, “So bow to him in deep reverence, one and all!

If you’re wise, you’ll most certainly worship him.” I believe taking notice of the countless everyday things in life that God blesses us with is a small way we can worship and give reverence to Him.

Noticed any “branches” today?

How Wise Are You?

January 6, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Today, January 6th is recognized as the “Epiphany“. Do you know what that is? Try this little quiz and find out!

Wise men for centuries have been seeking Jesus – Do you?

Church Marketing Sucks

January 6, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Looking for a new blog to frustrate, educate, and motivate you in 2010? If so, you should check out Church Marketing Sucks.

You can read more about their purpose, which includes their mission statement :

Our mission is to frustrate, educate and motivate the church to communicate, with uncompromising clarity, the truth of Jesus Christ.

I believe CMS does a great job of living up to their mission. I believe my calling in ministry is indeed to help the church not suck at what it does. For me this includes a broad spectrum of technology and communication processes some of which are seen by the church at large, like the website, but many are behind the scenes and support our staff in doing their jobs better and more effectively. It is easy to find areas where churches often suck and what they do, but that doesn't help much. I don't know about you, but I want to do more than just stand on the sideline and point out the problems, I want to help do something about it.

I hope the CMS blog will frustrate you into action in 2010!

Migrating to a New ChMS

January 5, 2010 in Uncategorized with 2 Comments

A few months ago, I did an evaluation and selection process to help Fellowship find the right Church Management System (ChMS). There a number of choices these days as the industry has grown and matured over the past decade but we eventually selected Church Community Builder (CCB for short).

I first came across CCB while at Ministry Tech conference last Spring and I have been impressed with not only the easy of use of the system features but also the attitude and helpfulness of those I’ve talked to in their organization. What is a ChMS and what will CCB do for Fellowship you ask

? Good question!

Basically, CCB will help us in our vision of Redefining Church through Relationships as it helps to simply many of the administrative tasks of running a church but more importantly with many of the features geared toward promoting the relationships not only between staff and the church body, but across the church itself. I plan to do several more posts that go into more detail about CCB and what you can expect to see in the coming months, but for now feel free to have a look at the feature list yourself. Note: there are 3 tabs on that link to check out (church mgmt, community, website integration).

We are currently in the process of collecting the data we have from a number of different sources including our Fellowship One database as well as 3 other databases in Youth Tracker. The process is rather tedious and time consuming but will be worth it once completed. There are many duplications to be removed and cross-checking to be done. We will also be asking everyone in the church to validate their data and profiles in a few months.

Got a Plan?

January 2, 2010 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Just in time for this New Year, I’m excited to see that the team from LifeChurch.tv has made some great enhancements to the online Bible – YouVersion.com. I have enjoyed the many features of YouVersion in the past, such as the online journal, but now they have added over 20 reading plans to make it even easier for us to stay in God’s Word more regularly.

This past year, for the first time ever, I was able to go through the entire Bible by using a Chronological Bible. So this year, I’m going to try it again, only this time using the online reading plan found in YouVersion. You can customize the settings to pick how long you want you plan to be and track your progress. Read more about the features and plans but most importantly – get started! Let’s encourage one another in 2010 and share what and how God speaks to us!

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