Jesus Hates Papyrus » meetings http://jesushatespapyrus.com helping the church become the most creative place on the planet. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:33:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 If this is you…stop it. http://jesushatespapyrus.com/laugh-more/if-this-is-youstop-it/ http://jesushatespapyrus.com/laugh-more/if-this-is-youstop-it/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:51:05 +0000 Michael Buckingham http://jesushatespapyrus.com/?p=119 This video is SO funny…until it happens to you. Pastors, please lend me your ear. Be a pastor, be a leader…and realize that part of being a leader is letting those you have put in place use the ability God gave them to minister with. (aka. stop being a creative director) Trust me…the end result will be much stronger. Now, sit back, watch and enjoy the show.

]]> http://jesushatespapyrus.com/laugh-more/if-this-is-youstop-it/feed/ 14 Creative collaboration http://jesushatespapyrus.com/church-marketing/creative-collaboration/ http://jesushatespapyrus.com/church-marketing/creative-collaboration/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:04:06 +0000 Michael Buckingham http://jesushatespapyrus.com/?p=23 I love collaboration. I believe the best concepts often need the power of a team. Yesterday I spent the day doing just that with the team at Grand Rapids First. It is such a blessing to work with Pastor Sam Rijfkogel and Joe Sindorf…working with these two are like working for rock stars. I think there’s much to be learned about what makes this team work so well. Look at your team meetings…are these elements evident? What do you do to breed creative collaboration?

Keep the architecture fluid. Come to collaboration meetings prepared, but not rigid. Allow the dynamics of the team to breed originality.

Don’t settle on the first idea. Push your ideas further, let them simmer and boil.

Be excellent. If you’re not going to take the time and energy to be excellent, don’t do it…it will just be ignored.

Be a team. One of the greatest things about being a part of this team is how they pull me in completely, not treating me like a vendor and rather a part of the ministry. This breeds true collaboration…it’s not a job, it’s a calling.

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