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by Michael Buckingham
If you were like me and not able to make it out to Willow Creeks Leadership Summit this year, Kem has her 10 take-aways from the conference. Here are some highlights that caught my attention:
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Tags: conference, leadership, willowcreek
by Michael Buckingham
How many subscribers do you have?
How many hits do you get?
How many people in your church?
All very popular questions…and certainly something easily measured. While these measurements have some value I agree with Scoble and…
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Tags: attendance, measurement
by Michael Buckingham
Can I be honest? Sometimes I skip the last part of the last chapter…the closing remarks…normally, at best, I tend to breeze through them.
Not a good practice.
That was proven today as I didn’t skip the last portion of…
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Tags: leadership, recognition, submission
by Michael Buckingham
Christian TV
Christian Schools
Christian Amusement Parks
Christian Radio
Question: Who are these outlets reaching?
In marketing we often talk about knowing your audience. If you know who you are talking to you can tailor your delivery…
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Tags: change, christian radio, christian tv, holy land experience, media
by Michael Buckingham
We are working with a church on a new identity/logo, as part of our process “friendly” and “welcoming” came back consistently as feedback inside and outside of the church. As we talked back and forth the pastor emailed me back…
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Tags: authentic, priorities
by Michael Buckingham
One of the challenges in working in church marketing are deadlines. Unlike corporate America, there is something new every single week, and if you’ve been doing this for any time at all you’ve had the phone call informing you that…
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Tags: deadline, stress
by Michael Buckingham
While I’m extremely excited about the upcoming HOW conference (and honored to be speaking)…I’m intrigued by Mark Batterson’s Unplugged. I knew Mark had been talking about doing a non-conference conference, but this is the first I’ve heard…
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Tags: conferences, unplugged
by Michael Buckingham
How do you say that, give the honest truth, and do so without upsetting someone, losing your job, etc?
Phill Cooke wrote a post about losing a potential client because they new he would be honest…
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Tags: critique, feedback, honesty
by Michael Buckingham
As part of the partnership of CFCC and HOW, I will be speaking at the HOW Design Conference next month. Here’s a snapshot:
More and more, churches are recognizing the value of good design and marketing. From billboards…
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Tags: how conference, speaking
by Michael Buckingham
I just returned from Chicago with my trend spotter (who also happens to be my son) where we met with Tim Schraeder, Director of Communications for Park Community Church, a church in the middle of a huge building project…
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Tags: frustration, ministry, stress