Aug
28/
10

Game Changer

by Michael Buckingham
Game Changer

It continues to blow my mind, the doors that God opens.

It happened again a month or so ago when I received an email from Todd Rhoades asking me to be a part of The Nines

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Jul
12/
10

I bet on the wiener dog.

by Michael Buckingham
I bet on the wiener dog.

If you don’t subscribe to the MondayMorningMemo, do yourself a favor and subscribe. Great stuff from “The Wizard of Ads”. Today was no different.

In it he concludes with this statement:

you determine the success of the campaign when…

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Jun
25/
10

Help us pick a bible college.

by Michael Buckingham
Help us pick a bible college.

I’m in need of your advise, experience, etc.

My son is entering his senior year of high school, that means it’s time to start taking a serious look at colleges.

We’re looking at a bible college as he is going…

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Jun
22/
10

Holy Cow! it’s _______________

by Michael Buckingham
Holy Cow! it's _______________

Last month Chris Brogan said something in a conference in Chicago, SOBcon. It’s really quite simple, but I’ve not been able to shake it.

growth happens when you promote others more than you promote yourself.

I knew I…

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Jun
18/
10

Wanting to be VS doing

by Michael Buckingham
Wanting to be VS doing

When I was a kid I wanted to be a fireman when I grew up…or a superhero. But I like my sleep, and not even close to being in shape to fight fires…or villains.

Later in life I thought I…

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Jun
16/
10

Nothing new?

by Michael Buckingham
Nothing new?

Whenever we talk about originality, don’t just copy, stop basing every sermon on a tv show, etc. we’ve all heard the quick retort of

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there…

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Jun
14/
10

No one noticed I shaved my beard.

by Michael Buckingham
No one noticed I shaved my beard.

I’m a guy that can shave in the morning and have a beard by lunch…so maybe it was just out of laziness that I let my beard grow out the last few months. I don’t know, I thought it looked…

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May
19/
10

My bio, your input

by Michael Buckingham

Ok, I have to write out my bio again…and I hate writing about myself. Feels like it should be called a Oh-I’m-so-awesome-and-here’s-why-thingy.

So…I’m looking for your input. Here are two drafts I’ve written up.

With the goal of once again…

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May
14/
10

(thankfully) had a bad day.

by Michael Buckingham
(thankfully) had a bad day.

It was a rough day today. The plate was already full:

working on the launch of the new sites of churchmarketingsucks and cfcclabs
looking at some things for the church marketing lab
2 new logo projects

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Apr
22/
10

The forgotten stage of sketching

by Michael Buckingham
The forgotten stage of sketching

This is the third stage of Ty’s logo project with Rainier Christian Church’s logo. This is the most challenging, most skipped, and most important stage. Sketching.

Ty isn’t an illustrator so at first this seemed like a silly stage. You…

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