by Greg Atkinson | Jul 29, 2013 | Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Diversity, Financial, Ideas, Internet Links, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
A friend and I were talking about the FUBU philosophy that so many churches have. The letters in the clothing company FUBU stand for “For Us, By Us.” Here are 3 dangerous lessons that I see in the story of FUBU. Lesson One: It’s not about us. The...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 25, 2013 | Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Continuing Education, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
As I’ve often stated and written: Leaders are readers. In addition to the books that I read completely, I read several books via professional summaries. I do this through my subscription to Leaders Book Summaries. As you can see here on my blog, they are a main...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 24, 2013 | Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Products, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship resources
Here’s a list of books I read in the last 3 months. The last 4 books are ones I’m finishing up in the next two weeks (through July). Leaders are readers! Leaders are life-long learners. Always remember that. Here’s my list: Deep & Wide: Creating...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 11, 2013 | Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Financial, FREE, Green, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Podcasts, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Specials, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve read Andy Stanley’s new book Deep and Wide. I may not have mentioned that I’m taking our entire Leadership Team at my campus through it. We have met and discussed the book on our staff retreat earlier this year,...
by Greg Atkinson | Jul 1, 2013 | Audio, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Internet Links, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources
Each place I’m asked to speak, the first question I ask is, “Who’s my audience?” Each week when I plan worship with our worship pastor, we talk about the people we’re expecting to show up and we ALWAYS think of lost people. We are super...
by Greg Atkinson | Jun 4, 2013 | Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Reviews, Social Media, Web 2.0, Worship Leading
I’m on a stay at home vacation working on my book project, which will be released early 2014. The book is called Strange Leadership. You can follow the book’s Twitter feed HERE. After years of research and traveling the country visiting with pastors and...
