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The Best Tools for Reaching Your Ministry’s Audience
How to Communicate Without Using Insider Language
Tracking Engagement in Ministry Communication Efforts
Mission Drift: How Nonprofits Lose Focus and How to Prevent It
Why You Should Track the Impact of Your Church’s Communication
Why You Should Make Time for Communication in Staff Meetings
Every Message Needs a Call to Action
Embracing Innovation: Rethinking Ministry for a Changing World
How to Identify and Connect with Your Ministry’s Core Group
Why Clear and Concise Subject Lines Make a Difference in Church Emails
The Importance of Correct Spelling and Grammar in Ministry Communication
4 Key Insights for Evaluating and Improving Your Ministry’s Branding
Whose Stage Are You Building? A Leadership Wake-Up Call
Leading When You Feel Burned Out
How Can I Reach My Neighbors?
Rediscovering Your Why: Reigniting Passion for Your Ministry’s Purpose
Rethinking Church Metrics: From Numbers to Transformation
Moving Forward: Breaking Free from Nostalgia in Ministry
From Spectators to Ministers: Transforming Volunteer Culture in Your Church
Transformational vs. Transactional Growth: Your church needs both.
Rediscovering Your Audience: Aligning Your Ministry with Who You’re Called to Serve
What Does Success Look Like in Ministry Today
Do Brands Matter in Church? How to avoid the bait and switch.
Assumptions that Hurt Leadership
What If Your Metrics Aren’t Telling the Whole Story?
Communicating with Clarity: 5 Strategies for Pastors to Connect with Their Congregation
The Power of Storytelling in Ministry: Engaging Your Audience with Authenticity
Navigating Change: A Ministry’s Journey to Healthier Communication
Embracing Our Unique Calling
The Power of Owning Our Mistakes
From Transactional to Transformational: Cultivating Genuine Life Change in Ministry
Embracing Change: Overcoming Inertia in our Lives
How Can we Conduct an Effective Church Survey?
Are You Multiplying or Burying What God Gives You?
What are the Key Questions we Should Ask on a Church Survey?
Beyond Numbers: Embracing Transformational Goals in Ministry
Chasing Perfection Has Been Paralyzing Me
How Can We Get More people to Attend Sunday Mornings at Church?
What are Some of the Best Cameras for Recording Our Sermons?
How Can We Create Memes to Elevate Our Sermon Series?
How Can We Take Better Photos at Church Events?
How Do We Improve Our Church Experience For Our Visitors?
Do We Need Permission to Take Video or Photos of People at Church?
What Are the Best Blog Categories For a Church to Use?
Can AI help my church be more creative?
What are Some of the Best Programs for Editing Church Videos?
How Can We Improve Internal Communication in Our Staff?
How Can we Better Equip our Welcome Team at Church?
How Do I Connect Our Mission to Our Church Website?
How Many Announcements Should We Have on a Sunday Morning at Church?
How Can We Craft Subject Lines in Our E-blasts to Ensure Email Openings?
reignite your organizationals original vision
3 Ways to Reignite your Organization’s Original Vision
Do You Know What Motivates Your Volunteers?
Do You Know What Motivates Your Volunteers?
Stop Marketing and Start Inspiring People
The Changing Non-Profit Landscape
Ministries Should Think Like Entrepreneurs
Developing Mentors
3 Ideas to Consider for Encouraging Mentors in your Organization 
vulnerability
Being Honest About Your Organization’s Shortcomings … is it Worth it?
personal issues
When Personal Issues Begin to Impact Organizational Health
want to change the world
Does Your Organization Want to Change the World?
A Lesson in Kindness
A Lesson in Kindness
How Does a Church Navigate the Digital Circus? Start at the Beginning!
How Does a Church Navigate the Digital Circus? Start at the Beginning!
There’s No “Can’t” in Innovation
Who Gets to Do Ministry?
Who Gets to Do Ministry?
Does Your Ministry Know its Mission?
Does Your Ministry Know its Mission?
Leadership Hurt
Leadership Hurt
When Churches Say No
When Churches Say No
The Definition of Insanity
The Definition of Insanity
Revenge Ministry
Revenge Ministry 
elebrating the Wins
Celebrating the Wins
Give Them a Roadmap
Give Them a Roadmap
Create Curiosity
To Create Curiosity 
How Partiality Affects Ministry
How Partiality Affects Ministry
Unraveling Ministry Hurts
Unraveling Ministry Hurts
The Tyranny of Nostalgia
The Tyranny of Nostalgia
audience persona exercise
Audience Persona Exercise
hope: the ultimate inventory
Hope: the Ultimate Inventory
how to delegate
How to Delegate
stress-and-easter-special-edition
Stress and Easter: Special Edition
a-tale-of-two-churches
The Tale of Two Churches: Special Edition
Your Greeting Team’s Biggest Blind Spot
Your Greeting Team’s Biggest Blind Spot

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