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Disney Institute Tips for Building Organizational Culture

Stacey Thomson, the Public Relations Manager at Disney Institute offers some advice on building culture in your organization. The culture of any workplace establishment, church community, or non-profit organization, sets the pace for progress, employee and volunteer interaction, and overall morale. At Disney, culture building starts on a cast member’s first day in their Traditions class. From there, new cast members are immersed into a culture that values Disney history, but more importantly where the brand is headed as a company and how it can create magical moments in the future.

aside 4 Apr

This VIDEO says it all… the difference YOU can make!

Breakaway Outreach will be facilitating multiple adventure camps this summer for prisoners’ children, inner-city kids, and under-served youth. Find out more about how you can help send a kid to camp and shape memories for a lifetime!

aside 26 Mar

Charity Dodgeball Tournament to Benefit Chattanooga At-Risk Youth

Dodging Delinquency Charity Dodgeball Tournament

This is your chance to stake your claim to dodgeball glory! Form your team and go head to head against others as you battle your way to the top. Proceeds will benefit Chattanooga area at-risk youth and help send children of prisoners to summer camp. Come out and play, support your team as a spectator, or just come out and be entertained.

Youth League (12 to 17-year olds)
Adult League (18 and up)
Ultimate Youth Pastor Battle Royal (special for youth pastors)
Prizes for teams and individuals (performance and best dressed)
Lunch included with your registration

More info here

aside 13 Mar

#Leadership Thoughts on NFL Free Agency

Today kicks off NFL free agency. There are many big name players in the market: Peyton Manning, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne, Mario Williams. Here are some leadership questions I believe are healthy to ponder when considering any free agent prospect, whether an athlete, a business hire, your church leadership, or any organizational development.

1. Do they LOVE the game?… or merely love the spotlight. Some players just can’t get enough of the spotlight. Others have a genuine love for the game and their joy for playing always shows through regardless of the uniform they wear or the salary they make. Does your prospective employee have a real love for your industry or product, an enthusiasm for your marketplace, a passion for your organization, and a genuine interest in the people or customers you serve? Or are they just looking for a paycheck? Will they honor your team’s brand simply because they love what it represents, not because its logo is on their paycheck? Does your new church member have a genuine love for God and people, and a passion to reach people with the Gospel at any cost, or are they just looking for a community to showcase their individual spiritual gifts? A player who plays solely for the love of the game is a dying breed. When you find this in a free agent, sign them!

aside 9 Mar

Urban #ChurchPlanting, Keeping #KidMin Volunteers, and #Leadership Favs

Friday Five: Top Posts of the Week

1. Planting in an Urban Church Context via Resurgence. 10 Things to Know about Planting a Church in the Urban Context. Very relevant principles for church planters and ministry leaders in any context.

2. 10 Keys to Keeping Children’s Volunteers via Dale Hudson. Place volunteers in their sweet spot. Don’t place them where you “need” them. Place them where their gifting and passion is. When volunteers are serving in their sweet spot, they will go home energized. When they are not, they will go home drained.

3. Billy Graham Couldn’t Swim via Scott Couchenour. Being all things to all people means being less things to most people. Why not be what God meant you to be and do what he calls you to do.

4. Your Ability to Handle Change Matters via Phil Cooke. Change is about intervention. Rosa Parks sat in the back of a bus a hundred times in Montgomery, Alabama, before she made the decision to move up. That decision ignited a change that jolted a nation.

5. 5-Ways to Always BE Ready via Artie Davis. That was a quote from Kenny Miles, a running back for the University of South Carolina. When asked how he performed so well when called upon at the last minute.

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