Five Reasons Nobody Comes To Your Training
We’ve all been there: we have a volunteer training scheduled. We arrive early. Set up the room. Straighten the chairs. Run over our notes one more time. And then…we wait. And wait. And wait a little...
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Flashback Friday: Putting In Your Time
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! Imagine for a moment that you’re in a big box store, a...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
An Offer You Can’t Refuse (But Seriously…)
We are just a few days shy of the registration deadline for our One-Day Workshop on Volunteer Culture. Regardless of the area you oversee (Kids ministry? Yep. Worship? Uh-huh. Community outreach? Okee-dokee.), regardless of the area where you’re currently...
Leadership Is Not For The Privileged
The book of Judges contains a relatively obscure story about one of the greatest villains in biblical history. If Abimelech were a modern-day movie character, he’d come pre-programmed with his own bad guy soundtrack (I imagine...
The Two Things You Must Do Before You Fire A Volunteer
We’ve all dealt with ’em: people who are simply a bad fit for a particular team. Maybe it’s because of a lack of training. Perhaps it’s a result of a loss of direction. It could...
Flashback Friday: No Insignificant Jobs
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should...
Thursday Three For All
It’s Thursday, kiddies: the day when I roll out a few things I’ve been reading over the past week. Three of ‘em, to be exact. Enjoy. (Remember: click on the big bold print to read the...
Don’t Just Intersect.
I get confused sometimes. I’m not referring to walking into a room and forgetting the reason (though that happens all the time to, fo’ real). I don’t mean tossing one of my wife’s sweaters in...
The Why Matters. (Even When It’s Accidental.)
In our First Impressions Training, we focus on the “Why.” That’s disappointing to some Type A people who simply want to get a checklist and get on with the job. But checklists don’t allow you to gauge...
