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Lego of my business card!

Michael Buckingham — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:06:13 +0000

Sometimes people ask if you weren’t doing this what would you like to do. I normally would answer acting, I just think it would be a kick to play the part of different people, personalities and all that good stuff. I think it would be fun. Then I saw these business cards. I bet working at Lego would be a blast. Hmmm…they even have a some positions open.

Here’s how they describe themselves (I think they might be related to Holy Cow!):

At LEGO, it’s all about play. Sure, we work hard, but when your work is about playing, we like to make sure we’re the best in the world.

And that definitely reflects in these business cards.

*Hey Lego see how I gave you free advertising? That’s gotta be worth sending me one of these cool business cards. Right?

Taking Care of Dad (free sermon branding)

Michael Buckingham — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:38:40 +0000

One of the great things about the Church Marketing Lab are when different ideas collide to bring in a huge idea…I love big ideas.

Father’s Day seems to be a tough service for many churches, all the one hit wonders are. How do you make a big bang with one service, no momentum, etc.

Here’s an idea:

Taking Care of Dad

The message isn’t so much to Dad, but more to Mom and the kids about Dad and about the need to support the family leader, etc. There’s a lot of pressure being a dad, and we’re often wired to not let it show…mom and the kids would do well to take care of dad sometimes as he so often is taking care of you. Think of it this way, if Dad spends his time providing for his family’s wants and needs who is taking care of his?

The big idea: Setup a bunch of lazyboys and select dads to sit in the chairs for the service, fully equipped with pop and chips (yep there will be crumbs, that’s why the vacuum was created).

Thought I’d pass it along. In fact, for the first church to commit to doing this all the way we’ll do the sermon branding for free.

The Code of Halloween

Michael Buckingham — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:05:07 +0000

I remember the biggest question in Halloween was always “where’s the good stuff?” We’d hit the different neighborhoods, scoping them out until we had a pretty good idea who was giving out the big candy bars. Now there’s something better….the code of halloween!

	Out of candy. Giving out Taco Bell Sauce Packets.
	Oh, oh. Dentist’s home. (aka. sugar free gum)
	Reeses…get it?
	Garbage…skip it!
	Jackpot! Full-size candy bars.

Use it well! And for those of you who hate halloween…feel free to call this the Code of Fall Harvest (ps. it’s still the same even though you’ve renamed it).

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