Helping Mission-Driven Organizations Improve their Impact
When creating a website, beauty can oftentimes be a trap. Like the mermaids of folklore, beauty lures us close and we do not realize the danger until it is too late. We end up spending so much time creating a beautiful website that we do not leave any time for ensuring that it is actually effective at accomplishing our goals. It looks good, but does it actually do anything?
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This post was originally written for the Ministry Incubators Blog.
While definitely a click-baity title, this article and podcast by Louis Grenier featuring Seth Godin is a must read or listen for missional entrepreneurs at any stage. In it, he covers 5 fundamental principles that we would all do well to take to heart:
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This post was originally written for the Ministry Incubators blog.
You have an idea that you feel in your bones is a great one. Maybe it will change the world or maybe it will simply change the world for 5 people. The problem is that while you know it is a great idea, you don’t actually know that it is a great idea. And, even if you did actually know that it is a great idea, you don’t have any clue how to get started.
In one of our high school youth group lessons, we were talking about the struggles of being a Christian teenager in a world dominated by smartphones and social media. One of our former high school students, who has now graduated, shared an insight that remains with me to this day. She said, “I think it is hard being a Christian when you are scrolling through all of the pictures of your friends smiling and having a great time in front of their new things and nice houses. It is hard because it makes me want what they have and it makes me want to only share the best parts of my own life.” If you ask me, she is on to something. [Read more…] about Social Media & Lust