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What Makes a Good Leader?
What Makes a Good Leader?
This is the first question of the Leadership Synchroblog sponsored by Evangelical Seminary, running September 10th-14th.
Though most of us don’t run big companies, command platoons, or lead mega-churches, but we’ve all had our experiences with leadership.
And in certain ways we all lead:
• As a parent
• As a mentor, coach, or teacher
• In ministry
• On a project
• At our job
• In our neighborhood
…and so on.
So you’ve probably learned some things along the way through your own experiences. OR, conversely, you’ve been led by an inapt leader…so, you know what NOT to do.
Whatever your story, you can read excellent Leadership resources AND join in the first Leadership Synchroblog in the week of SEPTEMBER 10-14th (2012).
Weigh in on “What Makes a Good Leader”. Other topics will follow, usually twice per month. You can check the blog for guest writers and new Synchroblog topics. Write you own contribution and then connect to this bigger conversation.
By contributing, you’ll be part of making leaders better and a larger community with this focus at the fore. We’ve invited some leading experts in the field to weigh in too, so don’t forget to check out what they have to say on Leadership at the blog.Contributor GUIDANCE / REQUIREMENTS:
To participate…
• Use the Leadership Synchro Contributor Badge– (up there)
• Encourage growth in maturity. (This means your piece should be positive toward education, training, and development, and notring negative or disparaging toward others. Such as a specific Leader’s failure, for instance.)
• Link back to through the Badge (or use a text link), that links back to this address: http://www.evangelical.edu/macl/
• Comment on a blog post at least one other Synchro Blog participant. Optimally, once per day (or more), during Sept 10-14th.
• Promote your own post (and the series) well through available outlets (like Facebook, Twitter, Stumble on, google+, etc) to generate interest.
Thank you for caring about this subject and doing what you can to nurture better leaders!
The Evangelical Seminary will host links to all contributions.
News from a Hostel Environment
I just got some postcard love from across the country. Lara lives in this amazing hostel near the Golden Gate bridge. I haven’t been to the West Coast yet, but now I know where I’d love to visit! I’ll take that Hostel Environment any day!
Reaching out though my creative experiment Super Snail Mail has brought new friends into my world. It’s been far more fun than I even imagined with surprises almost everyday. The power of shiny stickers, some creativity, and generosity has a Pay It Forward vibe, and I’m feeling the love.
If you want in, check out this page.
Or you may get your postcard featured here
if you send it to me:
Superb Snail Mail, PO BOX 10 Cressona, PA 17929.
Create your own 4″x6″ card and send it my way.
Peace out.
-Sparky
How To: Use Your Blog to Change the World [infographic]
Did you ever wish it was easier to navigate your responses to news and happenings on the interwebs? How should you blog when your passions get ignited, so you don’t look like an ass later? It’s a navigation issue.
OR
Did you ever wish you could teach someone how to avoid doing and saying things they might regret? (Or things you end up regretting for them.)
Now you can!
Okay, plenty of people don’t take good advice. Me included. Alanise Morrisette and I are not alone. Maybe you try to help your readers navigate, and they just don’t give a care. In hopes that they will, I made a graphic to help.
It’s like a flowchart that hopes to be considered an Infrographic, because infographics are where the coolness is.
Everything seems simpler with a visual, right?
TAH-DAH! The flowchart for navigating how we post on our blogs that you’ve been waiting for…or didn’t know you needed.
You like? Then, Take it. Use it. Spread it. Whatevs. It’s free. Enjoy.
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