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“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General Stanley McChrystal, the US and NATO force commander, remarked wryly when confronted by the sprawling spaghetti diagram in a briefing. via Afghanistan PowerPoint slide: Generals left baffled by PowerPoint slide | Mail Online.
PowerPoint and other graphic presentations should help communicate your message simply so that others can understand it. This example did teh exact opposite and confused people. Sometimes you have to break down complicated topics into their simple forms and approach them one piece at a time until they can be understood.
Think SIMPLE! Communicate better.
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Temamen Warners (6) plays a game of Foosball against his older brother, Ben (21), at their home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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After placing a pink head band around her head, Tessa Warners (4) poses and talks in front of the bathroom mirror while her dad, Phil, holds her on the counter top.
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I remember when my brother and some friends were digging a hole in the back corral. I think it was eventually supposed to be a well or discover treasure or build a fast track to China. I don’t remember exactly. I do remember that we had fun, learned some hard work and eventually stopped digging and moved on to other things.
Sadly sometimes, businesses or organizations start something or come up with an idea that is exciting and wonderful but doesn’t quite pan out.
Whether it’s lack of vision, tradition or some other missed insight, sometimes leadership fails to push the stop button on projects. While they’re never going to reach China, employees are left digging at something they know doesn’t work.
There comes a time that every person discovers when something is not working. It may be a project, a program, or a great idea that outlived itself. There comes a time when it’s time to stop.
Now I’m not saying to just give up, but if you reevaluate your goals and the project’s desired outcomes and find that it’s not worth it, then change the way it’s being done or shut it down and move on.
This doesn’t mean to just give up on a project but that after careful evaluation, if the goals and direction that you’re wanting to go isn’t being accomplished, you need to change what you’re doing and try to reach the goal in a new way. That may mean that you need to close something down, or stop doing something that has been “always done”.
Don’t be scared to try something new, but do be scared to continue doing something just because everyone is use to doing it. If it’s sapping resources and not providing a return or potential return, try getting a backhoe or fill in that hole and dig somewhere else.
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April 20, 2010 in
Social media and marketing.
Tags: bulletin, bulletin covers, church, church bulletins, churches, communications, digital, digital bulletin, ebulletin, largest churches, print to digital, printing paper, transitions.
Remember 1992 when Superman died in DC Comic’s #175 then re-appeared in various forms? Well, that’s kinda what we did with our church bulletin…
Old bulletin cover 8.5"x5.5" size
First off, we didn’t kill our bulletin. Some people thought we did, but that really wasn’t the case. We just changed the way we do church bulletins. In fact, the change seems to be doing a lot of good so far!
Here’s what we did.
We stopped one thing and developed three outlets that accomplish the same goal with greater efficiency, track-ability, and with huge savings in time and money.
- NO — Big multi-page booklet bulletin handed out each week
- YES! — Small “bullet” card with brief event info handed out weekly
- YES! — eBulletin emailed out midweek with links to event signup and more info
- YES! — A few copies of weekly “Info Sheets” available at Guest Services for those who don’t email.
eBulletin
We stopped making the 8.5″x5.5″ multi-page booklets that we were spending more than a dime apiece on each week. We reduced the size of the bulletin to what we call a “Bullet” (8.5″x3.66″). These Bullets are black/white (except for special occasions like Easter and probably Christmas) on heavy stock and cost us about a penny apiece. The Bullet only has limited info on them and are blank on the back for notes if someone needs paper. For those die-hard fans of printed paper, we have a hard copy with an extended list of events, family info (deaths, births, & weddings) available at our Guest Services Desk…though these are getting fewer and fewer requests for theses just a month into the new system. We also started a digital or “eBulletin” which is e-mailed out midweek each week and links people directly to more information about featured events or opportunities. See the archives here.
Continue reading ‘Church Bulletins: Transitioning from print to digital’
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Sonya Weiss gives a number of good suggestions on how to save money when it comes to health care costs….
Never take a bill at face value, especially if it’s a large hospital bill. Errors are more common than you think. If you notice a mistake, ask for an audit.If you can pay cash to pay a hospital bill and the bill is a large one, the hospital will give you a better rate. Some will even cut the amount in half. But you won’t get that savings if you don’t ask. Some pharmacies keep coupons and discount cards given to them by drug companies beneath the counter in a binder. Ask for a discount coupon or card.
Read her article at no_health_insurance.
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On a Sunday evening, Phil Warners spends time putting a puzzle together with Temamen (6) and Tessa (4) on their kitchen table.
Photo by Tamara Jackson
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Tessa Warners (4) poured water on her face as she prepares to go to bed.
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Before bed, Phil Warners plays a game of wresting and horseback ride with Temamen (6) and Tessa (4) while waiting for Connie Warners to come home from Bible study.
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Phil Lewis, an adjunct professor at Cornerstone University and member of Ambassador Martial Arts, has instructed CU students in the art of Martial Arts for the past six years.
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