The Top Five Bloggers of 2007

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The year 2007 is coming to a close and I would like to share with you my annual list of the top five bloggers who have impacted my life this year. 2007 seemed to be the year of the blog, with many great new blogs popping up in March and April. I think that the [...]

Empower & Multiply

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In our final look at the book Becoming a Person of Influence by John Maxwell, I would like to look at the last two chapters. Chapter 9 is entitled empowering people and chapter 10 is reproducing other influencers. John lists four qualifications of an empowerer. They are… 1. Position 2. Relationship 3. Respect 4. Commitment [...]

Building Up & Enlarging People

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In our continuing series on John Maxwell’s book, Becoming a Person of Influence, we find chapter six on mentoring and enlarging other people. John explains that we must build others up and help them reach their goals. We should share our time and talents with others and motivate them to do better. Joel Osteen in [...]

Digging Deeper: Becoming A Person Of Influence

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Welcome to our digging deeper series. In this series of posts we will dig under the surface and really explore a topic. For our first go round I’ve taken one of my favorite books and dissected it and broke it down into ten conversations. Over the next few weeks, we’ll look at some strategies for [...]

Small Group Resources: Study Cards

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I’ve been involved with small group studies for almost 25 years. They have included church bible studies, Toastmaster groups, and sales organizations. Small groups are a great way to share information and study together. The key to a successful small group is to have from 6 to 16 people and have a comfortable location to [...]

Employee Evangelism

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I am a big fan of “Customer Evangelism,” the word of mouth framework for developing customers that tell others about your company or service. Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba have developed a great blog, written a book and published a manifesto about the subject. The idea is… When customers are truly thrilled about their experience [...]