Times have changed, especially in the church world over the last decade. Not too long ago you had a church secretary that would click the magical “clip art” button and insert some little “graphic” piece, usually pretty tacky, onto the weekly bulletin template. That was pretty much the extent of graphic art in church. Now, […]
I’m often asked the question, “What can I do to help promote an environment of creativity?” You can discuss that question for days on end and continue to come up with great ways. I believe that there is no all encompassing list of things that you can do, but here’s a list of 5 building […]
There is a difference between managers who delegate and leaders who empower. Managers who delegate often give their employees or the people that they lead a task without much direction. Leaders who empower have worked alongside those that they lead and have shown them the right and wrong ways to do things. Leaders that empower […]
In part 1 of this post I focused on being open to the creativity around us and some specific ways to broaden our creative horizons. In part 2 we’re going to pick up with the assumption that we’ve been open to the creativity around us and that now we have a beginning idea, or what […]
I get questions all the time from creative leaders, artists, and event/church goers asking how I come up with some of the ideas that they think are great. It’s really easy to think that I, or people like me, are “idea machines” and come up with and crank out greatness in our sleep. Sometimes I’d […]
