Posts Tagged ‘ team ’

Nov
02/
09

Creativity breeds creativity.

by Michael Buckingham
Creativity breeds creativity.

It was already an honor to have designed the logo for Cultivate, certainly a highlight to be involved with so many great people to put the conference together. Then I arrived on Monday to Park Community Church and was given the news “we’re putting your logo in lights” As Dawn Nicole put it, “it was [...]

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Sep
19/
09

It's not about a contest.

by Michael Buckingham

Rick Warren quoted this today: Proverbs 31:8 (New International Version) 8 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Which is ironically what I was doing with my open letter to Rick Warren. I don’t need to rehash that conversation, it was covered in length there. [...]

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Oct
24/
08

Designer Revenge

by Michael Buckingham
Designer Revenge

Something to think about the next time you: play art director when you should be finishing your sermon ask for the logo to be bigger make every project hot…and then sit on them for a week give valuable feedback like “we want it to pop more” tell the designer you’ll “know it when you see [...]

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Dec
18/
07

I am an armor-bearer

by Michael Buckingham

And his armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul.” 1 Samuel 14:7 I am an armor-bearer. The work that we do, I view as tools, weapons if you will, for the pastor, for the church to carry and use [...]

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Nov
14/
07

Creative collaboration

by Michael Buckingham

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 [...]

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